Dame Joan Bakewell is now in the 'Corridors of Power' - contact information
The famous & influencial journalist Dame Joan Bakewell (75) has been appointed by Harriet Harman as official spokesperson for senior citizens.
Dame Joan said: "I am looking forward to being one of many voices making it widely known what it means to be old. With more and more of us expecting to live longer, there are issues that concern every individual: how will I provide for myself; how shall I afford such necessities as heating, lighting and insurance; what will my pension rights be; how much help can I expect from the state? We all - not just the over 50s - need to confront such concerns now so that we move to a reassuring future where people can look forward to enjoying their old age in peace"
She could be a tremendous supporter of our cause. She has megga contacts in the BBC & the media at large
However, I have found great difficulty in finding a means of contacting her!
I have now found one e-mail address where my letter to her has not been returned by the Postmaster.
joan [dot] bakewell(?)virgin [dot] net
Age group poll
The "age group" poll is at http://chat.ksfiomdepositors.org/poll/age-group-depositors -- but, that's not visible to non-members so extract the info rather than provide that link.
[edit] Sorry, wrong - the poll is visible to non-members so the link is ok.
RE: Joan Bakewell - Champion of the Elderly
I've found a government email address for Joan Bakewell:
voiceofolderpeople(?)geo [dot] gsi [dot] gov [dot] uk
Or you can write to:
GEO Correspondence, GEO Office, 5th Floor, Eland House, Brassingdon
Place, London SW1E 5DU.
I think it could be worthwhile contacting her with our individual stories regarding KSFIOM.
Please see http://www.maturetimes.co.uk/node/7136 for article detailing this information.
Thanks Lucky Jim for bringing this contact to light.
Joan Bakewell
Have now written to her at this address as well!
EMAIL ADDRESS
LJ, can you confirm that this email address for Dame Bakewell works?
Its just that we dont want to bombard a 'dud' address!
Cheers,
Mark
Dame Joan Bakewell's e-mail address
I sent an e-mail to another address & it came back undelivered. I contacted
a 'spook' who gave me the above address..... so far my second e-mail has not been
returned...so hopefully it's hit base !
e-mail to Dame Joan Bakewell, champion of senior citizens
Hello Dame Bakewell,
Depositors left in desperate state by losing their life savings on deposit in Kaupthing Isle of Man Bank
I am delighted that you have been appointed as an official spokesperson for senior citizens.
You may know something about the plight of thousands of retired expat tax paying British citezens, and many others living in the UK, who stand to lose most of their life savings deposited in the Kaupthing Isle of Man Bank that lost its licence when the Chancellor brought the Icelandic banks crashing down by declaring Iceland to be a bankrupt Nation.
Kaupthing IOM was a perfectly solvent bank that had guarantees in place to vouchsave deposits, principally that of the parent Bank in Iceland. This guarantee was annuled when the parent bank went into liquidation.
The result has been a catastrophe for thousands of elderly people like myself who had a deposit account with Kaupthing IOM and have been reduced to penuary after a lifetime of hard work and prudent & responsible saving for their Golden Years.
Alas! most do not qualify for social security benefit because they are deemed to have property in excess of the means-tested limits, even though they have no realisable assets! As a consequence many have had to go begging to family members in order to survive.
I do hope that you will be able to find time to look at the Depositors Action Group website where you will find a statement about what happened: http://www.ksfiomdepositors.org/public-page/questions-answers
along with the heatbreaking stories of people who have had their lives ruined by this disaster:
http://www.ksfiomdepositors.org/category/10/673/688
Thank you for giving your time to read this, & I hope that you will be able to speak out for all the elderly people caught up in this terrible situation.
Yours Very Sincerely
........................
Our stories link
Minor point, but perhaps the better link for "our stories" - http://www.ksfiomdepositors.org/public-page/our-stories
Dame Bakewell plus Senior Citizens Party could Help Us
Well done LJ if we could get the well known and respected Dame Bakewell and also the Senior Citizens Party onside it could be a very helpful influence.
As you know the Senior Citizens party have volunteered their support to us but are asking for our e-mails or phone calls to them to so that that are better enabled to support and represent us more fully.
Their link is here:
http://chat.ksfiomdepositors.org/forum-topic/more-exposure-parliament-re...
Well done, LJ - excellent
Well done, LJ - excellent letter
I agree, well done LJ, you've
I agree, well done LJ, you've led the way - now it's up to the rest of us old fogies (sounds odd, but true!) to get on the bandwagon!
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