NORTHERN IRELAND BRANCH

CSPA
First Floor,
102-104, Park Lane,
Croydon,
Surrey, CR0 1JB
Tel: 020 8688 8418
E-mail: enquiries@cspa.co.uk

INTRODUCTION

We trust that your new phase of life in retirement will be long and happy. Great improvements in pension standards have been accomplished over the years but the need is always there to safeguard and improve pensions and the general welfare of pensioners. The old saying “Unity is Strength” certainly rings true in relation to the negotiating and influencing power of the Alliance. We therefore cordially invite you to join over 4,200 of your Civil Service colleagues in the Northern Ireland Branch of the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance (CSPA) which represents all grades and disciplines in the Service.
 
We first formed in 1953 as the Northern Ireland Civil Service Pensioners’ Association. We were a relatively small and local organisation and eventually it became evident that we lacked the necessary negotiating strength to have any real impact on the subject of our pensions and related matters. Consequently, in 1980, we joined with our colleagues in the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance. We are the Northern Ireland Branch of the Alliance which also has branches in Scotland and Malta. As branches we retain full autonomy whilst enjoying all the benefits that flow from membership of the national organisation.
 
The Branch AGM is held on an afternoon in April or May and all members are encouraged to attend and participate. The actual date of the AGM, its location and further information are normally published in the March edition of the ‘Pensioner’ magazine and issued along with your February civil service pension advice note. The main issues for the AGM are the election of officers and the Executive Committee and to take decisions on matters of policy for the year ahead.
 
Further information on the Alliance and/or membership can be obtained from Sam Caul, Honorary Secretary or Alastair Hunter, Membership Secretary/Treasurer. Full details of the Members and Officials of the Northern Ireland Executive Committee are below.
 

Branch Officers and Executive Committee for 2006-2007