Resources

Age UK (UK’s largest organisation working with and for older people, formerly Age Concern). Tel: 0800 169 6565. Lines are open between 8.00am and 7.00pm.

Age UK England, York House, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ, Tel: 0800 107 8977; and Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER, Tel: 020 8765 7200, Email: [email protected].

Age UK Scotland, Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR, Tel: 0845 125 9732, Email: [email protected].

Age UK Wales, Units 13/14 Neptune Court, Vanguard Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ, Tel: 0800 169 65 65, Email: [email protected].

Age UK Northern Ireland, 3 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR, Tel: 0808 808 7575, Email: [email protected].

Capital Stewardship: UNISON site aiming to ensure that members’ interests are actively pursued through representation on fund boards and investment panels and by engagement with the companies which UNISON members “own” or lend money to, Web: www.unison.org.uk/capitalstewards.

Citizens Advice, Online CAB advice, including about pensions, at: www.adviceguide.org.uk.

Committee on Workers’ Capital, an international labour union network for dialogue and action on the responsible investment of workers capital, Web: www.workerscapital.org

Department for Work and Pensions, responsible for welfare and employment issues including pensions, Web: www.dwp.gov.uk

Fair Pensions, Campaign for responsible pensions investment, Web:www.fairpensions.org.uk

Financial Services Authority (FSA),regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK (Bank of England retains responsibility for systemic risk), 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS Tel: 020 7676 1000, Web: www.fsa.gov.uk/, The FSA’s Pension Calculator: www.moneymadeclear.org.uk/tools/pension_calculator.html.

Financial Assistance Scheme (DWP), offers an opportunity for interested people to sign up for updates on the development of the Financial Assistance Scheme as and when information becomes available, as well as links to various other documents from the development of the scheme. Web: www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/penret/fas.asp.

National Pensioners Convention, Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation representing over 1,000 local, regional and national pensioner groups with a total of 1.5 million members, Web: www.npcuk.org.

Occupational Pensioners’ Alliance, a non-party-political organisation of occupational pensioners’ associations in the UK, Web: www.opalliance.org.uk.

Pensions Regulator, www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk, www.trusteetoolkit.com, Napier House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton BN1 4DW, Tel: 0870 606 3636.

Pensions Service, executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Web: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/StatePension/DG_4017919.

Pensions Advisory Service: independent, non-profit organisation providing free information, advice and guidance on pensions, including state, company, personal and stakeholder schemes, Web: www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/state-pensions/state-pension-age-calculator.

Pensions Ombudsman (PO), investigates complaints about how pension schemes are run. Service is free and open to people who have a complaint against those responsible for the running or administration of pension schemes.The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman, 11 Belgrave Road, London SW1V 1RB, Tel: 020 7630 2200, Fax: 020 7821 0065, Email: [email protected], Web: www.pensions-ombudsman.org.uk.

Pensions Resource Groups, a group of trade unionists and other individuals interested in the subject of pensions, Web: www.prg.org.uk.

State pension forecast: Web: www.direct.gov.uk/en/pensionsandretirementplanning/statepension/statepensionforecast/dg_10014008

TUC Pensions doctor: advice and information, Web: www.worksmart.org.uk/pensionsdoctor.

TUC Pensions Champions: Web: www.pensionschampions.co.uk.

Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation runs a number of courses for union reps on pensions including Introduction to Pensions, Pension Champions at Work and the more detailed Pensions, www.unionlearn.org.uk/courses