Notes Green Seniors Friday 21 July .6.00
2. Notes Green Seniors meeting 3/3/2016:
agreed for accuracy.
3. Matters Arising
a) May meeting
postponed due to General election.
b) Nominations still
open for post of Green Seniors Treasurer.
c) No progress with
crowdfunder, might not be with it if the only expense was conference leaflets. Donations
invited.
d) Pedestrians
Association Aka Living Streetshttps://www.livingstreets.org.uk/ had responded
to Maureen refusing to take up dangers to pedestrians from cyclists on
pavements.
e) Museum charges now
raised to prohibitive levels for many seniors.
f) Lucas conference
working groups: (on Arms Conversion, Localisation, Robotics and Just Transition)
continue next meetings 24/7/2017. PM to attend.
g) GPEW Spring Conference,
a successful eent combined with world and European Greens, some contacts made.
4. General election:
a) Rumours of
November/December election
b) Ongoing Brexit problems
c) Disappointing GP
performance but actually got 2nd highest GP total vote.
5. Gp autumn
conference 7/10 october, Harrogate:
a) Stall:PM to book
b) Meeting: PM to book,
and facilitate, volunteers to help needed.
c) Motions: Alan
Borgars proposing motion on fire proofing, Peter Allen proposing motion on
prioritising NHS campaigning. See GP members’ site
6. Future activities
and events/Aob
a) National Pensioners’ Convention: The Message –
quarterly newspaper 20p/free to affiliated groups and other publications
available from: http://npcuk.org/publications.
b) National Pensioners’ Convention aims now posted at https://greenseniors.blogspot.co.uk/p/national-pensioners-convention-aims.html
Could be used as a
template for Green Seniors.
c) Which MP’s to contact on pensioners issues
2016–present
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Source Wikipedia 21/7/2017
d)
London Older
Peoples Strategies Group www.lopsg.org.uk/
e) Maureen Childs to organise debate of Elders’ issues at
Toynbee Hall
f) Toynbee Hall research into needs of Elders in Tower Hamlets, Maureen
Childs has contacted researcher Natasha Munoz and will further contact to
ascertain how many Senior Centres have closed in Tower Hamlets.
g) Seniors reported to be entitled to double length GP
appointments.
h) GP appointments.being replaced by skype and/or internet in
some areas(?)
i) Sheltered housing: reductions in workers, leading to
reduction in residents’ access to facilities.
j) MC and PM had attended Tower Hamlets and Brent air pollution
meetings.
k) Age Action Alliance MC
l) Ransackers, problems in using Uni facilities
7.Date of next meeting: 22/9/2017 6pm meeting at
the Green Room 7 Grand Arcade Tally Ho Corner North
Finchley
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