Urgent call for new government to deliver new strategy for UK’s ageing population
The National Pensioners’ Convention is calling on our newly elected government to urgently prioritise a strategy for the UK’s rapidly...
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NATIONAL PENSIONERS CONVENTION
The campaigning organisation for older people in the UK
TRANSPORT GROUP
Terms of Reference
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To examine, consider and advise the EC on issues relating to public transport and related services and how they affect older people.
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To submit to the EC as appropriate formal papers, briefings etc that deal with these issues, as an aid to policy making.
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Where appropriate, to also consider and advise on the different arrangements for transport across the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies.
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To develop and maintain contacts with like-minded organisations and if necessary, to plan with the EC’s collaboration, seminars, meetings and conferences on appropriate issues.
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To co-opt additional expert members as appropriate.
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To brief the EC regularly on the working party’s progress.
National Pensioners Convention
Jan 272 min read
Give Us Better Buses for England!
The NPC has backed the Better Buses campaign. You can sign the petition on: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/give-us-better-buses-for-engla...
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National Pensioners Convention
Oct 31, 20234 min read
NPC welcomes news that watchdogs object to mass ticket office closures
The National Pensioners’ Convention welcomes the decision by travel watchdogs Transport Focus and London TravelWatch to object to the...
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National Pensioners Convention
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Cross-party MPs criticise ‘too far, too fast’ plans to close rail ticket offices
The NPC welcomes a Transport Select Committee intervention which labels plans to close almost 1,000 railway ticket offices as going ‘too...
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National Pensioners Convention
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Ticket office closures a ‘national scandal’
The mass closure of rail ticket offices is the ‘biggest threat to accessibility in a generation’ a former government transport adviser...
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National Pensioners Convention
Oct 3, 20233 min read
UK bus and rail services failing those who need them most – older, vulnerable people
The National Pensioners’ Convention Transport Conference will hear how the decline in UK bus and rail services is creating a human rights...
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National Pensioners Convention
Oct 1, 20231 min read
International Day of Older Persons 2023
Each year on 1st October, people across the world mark UN International Day of Older Persons to raise awareness of opportunities and...
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National Pensioners Convention
Sep 30, 20231 min read
Have you got your ticket?
The NPC Transport Working Party is holding a day conference on Wednesday 18th October, 11am - 3pm at St Aloysius Church Hall, 20 Phoenix...
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National Pensioners Convention
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Better Buses
The website for the national Better Buses campaign is now active! You can find it at: https://betterbusescampaign.uk It has been set it...
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National Pensioners Convention
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Mass closure of railway ticket offices a breach of human rights for oldest and disabled
Plans to close a thousand railway ticket offices attacks the rights of older and disabled people to travel safely and for the best value...
286 views
National Pensioners Convention
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Make sure you have your say
The consultation on the plan to close hundreds of ticket offices in England closes on 1 September. So far, nearly 500,000 people have...
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National Pensioners Convention
Aug 22, 20231 min read
March to Downing Street
The campaign against the DfT managed train companies’ plans for wholesale ticket office closures continues with a march to 10 Downing...
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National Pensioners Convention
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Transport WP Conference
The NPC Transport Working Party is holding a day conference on Wednesday 18th October, 11am - 3pm at St Aloysius Church Hall, 20 Phoenix...
368 views
National Pensioners Convention
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Rail ticket office mass closure consultation extended
The consultation into the plan to close hundreds of ticket offices in England has been extended until 1 September. More than 170,000...
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National Pensioners Convention
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Planned closure of ticket offices
The NPC has co-signed a letter to Transport Focus & London Travelwatch objecting to the planned closure of ticket offices. Download the...
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National Pensioners Convention
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Transport Committee inquiry
The NPC recently responded to the House of Lord Transport Committee's inquiry on Accessible transport: legal obligations. The Committee...
236 views
National Pensioners Convention
Jul 11, 20232 min read
Ticket office: Days of action
RMT are organising days of action in July in defence of ticket offices. It is clear from the extent of the Train Operating Companies’...
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National Pensioners Convention
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Rail station ticket office changes – have your say
Passengers are being asked for their views on the proposed closure of the majority of ticket offices in England. As part of the public...
336 views
National Pensioners Convention
Jul 5, 20232 min read
NPC calls for immediate halt to rail operators’ plans
The National Pensioners’ Convention is calling for government and rail operators to urgently scrap plans to close virtually all rail...
387 views
National Pensioners Convention
May 30, 20232 min read
Campaigning for Outstanding Bus Services
A national conference on the scandalous decline in UK bus services will bring together passengers and campaigners to share experiences...
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National Pensioners Convention
Apr 27, 20231 min read
YHPC Conference
The Yorkshire & Humber Pensioners Convention (YHPC) are organising a national bus conference “Campaigning for Outstanding Bus Services”...
351 views
National Pensioners Convention
Feb 28, 20233 min read
NFBUK petiton
Last week the NPC went to Downing Street with the National Federation of the Blind UK to hand in a petition signed by over other 150...
283 views
National Pensioners Convention
Aug 19, 20226 min read
Urgent request for EHRC intervention: Rail network staffing
The NPC has written a joint letter to the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission about railway destaffing. Download the letter...
381 views
National Pensioners Convention
Jul 27, 20222 min read
RMT petition - ticket office closures
Please take a minute to sign the below RMT petition about ticket office closures. Older people and those with disabilities will be...
679 views
National Pensioners Convention
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Budget ignores pensioners facing bitter winter of rising bills
Chancellor’s Budget Box empty of help for pensioners facing bitter winter of rising bills The UK’s largest campaign group for pensioners...
586 views
National Pensioners Convention
Jul 20, 20211 min read
UK Bus Deregulation Report
Read the new report with Philip Alston on the human impact of bus privatisation in the UK. This is a follow up to his 2018 visit as UN...
348 views
National Pensioners Convention
May 28, 20212 min read
Missing the Bus: Can Older and Disabled People Get on Board?
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport webinar will look at the Government’s Bus Strategy from the perspective of older and...
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National Pensioners Convention
May 10, 20211 min read
The NPC Report
The NPC Report - April 2019 - March 2021 details the amazing work the NPC has done over the last two years to campaign on issues...
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National Pensioners Convention
Feb 15, 20219 min read
Future of Transport: rural strategy
Read the NPC response to the call for evidence on the Future of Transport: rural strategy Future of Transport Rural Strategy Call for...
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