What YOU can do about it

What You Can do about it?
With the compliments of British Age Pensioner Alliance

Stirring the possum using all manner of publicity

What Can an Individual Frozen Pensioner do?

If you have not already done so, join BAPA or a British pensioner association in your own country.

If none exists in your country of residence, take steps to form a British pensioner association, then contact BAPA for the next step.

info@britishpensions.org.au

Recruit new members for BAPA or your national association.

Write to the DWP and claim Pension Parity. For information see writing.htm. The strategy here is to claim parity on the basis that you were never told about freezing until long after you first made contributions. Send a copy of your letter to the MP for the constituency where you last resided.

Here are some other ideas.

Write to Members of Parliament, whether you have the vote or not, at: House of Commons, London, SW1A SW0AA. If you know the name of the sitting member in your old constituency, address your letter to him/her personally. If you don't know the name of your current member, look at Guidelines for letter writers

Make them aware of your anger at being cheated

Ask them to ask a Parliamentary Question, or to sign a relevant Early Day Motion.

Have a look at Useful Links for UK government information sites.

Spread the word at every opportunity and by every possible means...
- Use the material on the other pages of this site freely, summarising what we say or expressing it in your own words.
- Write to Editors of UK newspapers. Brief letters to the point are more likely to be published but all letters will add grist to the mill. Even if your letter is not published, someone is reading it!
- If you read an article in the online editions, such as Expat Telegraph, and it offers the chance to make a comment, then do so. See if you can find something in the article that enables you to mention pension freezing.
  Even if other people making the comments don't see yours, you can still get through to the author of the piece.
- in the Press in your country of residence and elsewhere. Write to the home and international editions. You should be able to buy a copy of the international editions locally; look for e-mail addresses and use them.
- on Radio and TV
- in appropriate magazines. Look for magazines specially targeting older people.
- at your Club. Bowls club, Gardening club, Probus, Senior Citizens.
- wherever and whenever you can. Don't become a bore, but don't pass up a golden opportunity.
- Explain the problem to friends and family back "home", and see if they can approach their local MP.
- Persuade your relatives and friends near and far to do any or all of the above.
- Write to the member of parliament in your country of residence, and offer support for any positive action taken by the responsible minister.
- Include the address of this web site in the text of your letters, or in the signature block.
Never never ever give up. Remember the ram and the million kilowatt dam.