excess winter deaths

Freezing to death: action highlights excess winter fuel deaths

Posted by John Sauven - 22 November 2011 at 12:45pm - 5 Comments
fighting the freeze action outside parliament 2011
by. Credit: David Sandison / Greepeace
Activists create a living room outside of Parliament

This morning, outside of the Houses of Parliament, activists from both Greenpeace and the National Pensioners Convention undertook the first of what I hope will be many joint initiatives. With sofas and tables they created a life size living room, covered with frost to highlight the 25,700 excess winter deaths that were announced today.

Article tagged as: energy, energy efficiency, excess winter deaths, fuel poverty, george osborne, houses of parliament

National Pensioners Convention and Greenpeace highlight excess winter deaths

Posted by Dot Gibson - 22 November 2011 at 12:45pm - 2 Comments
Pensioners action on winter fuel payment
by. Credit: David Sandison/ Greenpeace
Greenpeace and National Pensioners Convention activists set up a living room outside of Parliament

Contrary to what you might hear in the media, younger and older people have a lot of shared concerns – not least of which is how society should best manage its affairs so that future generations can have a better life than their parents and grandparents.

Article tagged as: energy, energy efficiency, excess winter deaths, fuel poverty, george osborne, treasury, winter fuel payments

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