{"id":40807,"date":"2026-02-12T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/branch\/london\/about-the-london\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:57:57","slug":"about-the-london-branch","status":"publish","type":"branch","link":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/london\/about-the-london-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"About the London Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the\u00a0London and District Branch\u00a0of the\u00a0National Association of Federal Retirees. Our volunteers serve the members who reside in London,\u00a0Woodstock, Tillsonburg, St. Thomas and the rural areas, towns and villages found in the counties of Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Brant and Norfolk. We also have a few members who now live elsewhere but have opted to keep London as their home branch.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; float: left; height: 125px; margin-right: 10px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"Branch 40 area\" src=\"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/branch_40_area.jpg\" alt=\"Branch 40 area\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5bd7c9ec-3c4d-4c50-a502-4836f4af05c2\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>London and District Branch boundaries.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The branch held its first board meeting on January 27, 1965, electing its first president at that meeting.\u00a0In that same year, on October 1, the London branch was granted its charter by the National Association of Federal Retirees. London and District Branch membership is currently comprised of about 1800 members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"title\">About Branch Services<\/h2>\n<p>The London Branch supplements the services available from the Association&rsquo;s national office.<\/p>\n<p>Membership services are provided through the national office&rsquo;s website or by calling them, or with the assistance of our membership secretary. New member applications, fees payments, arranging dues deduction from pension, changes of address, email, or telephone are just some of the many membership services that are provided.<\/p>\n<p>Other branch volunteers provide services through several committees whose responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>communications<\/li>\n<li>recruitment seminars<\/li>\n<li>advocacy initiatives<\/li>\n<li>military liaison<\/li>\n<li>arranging branch social events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"title\">About Our Meetings<\/h2>\n<p>The London branch typically holds five meetings each year: four of these are recruitment &amp; general meetings usually in October, March, April and May with a light buffet lunch; and one full hot buffet luncheon meeting in November.\u00a0The November meeting is our holiday meeting, as of 2017 as decided by the membership vote in May of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda for meetings usually includes a business session, a guest speaker and a social time with refreshments. The April meeting is the branch&rsquo;s annual meeting and includes any required elections and business activities.<strong>\u00a0Registration starts at 10:30 a.m.\u00a0and the formal meeting at 11:00 a.m.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>All<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>meetings require advance reservations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dates, times and locations of our events are available to our members through the events listing on this website, email bulletins, and notices in the branch announcements\u00a0section in\u00a0<em>Sage\u00a0<\/em>magazine.\u00a0The branch home page has a link to the events.<\/p>\n<p>The London Branch asks that members reserve tickets in advance for luncheon meals by 5 p.m.\u00a0the Monday of the week preceding the event (purchasing a ticket isn&rsquo;t necessary if you do not partake in the meal).\u00a0If you cancel your meal reservation by noon the Friday of the week preceding the event, your ticket price will not be billed to you. Unfortunately, after that time we are committed to the purchase with the venue and cannot offer any cancellations or refunds.\u00a0 The luncheon price inclusive of any branch subsidy is currently $10 for March, April, May &amp; October light buffet lunch and $25 for November\u2019s hot full buffet meal. To obtain tickets, pre-purchase them at the prior meeting or make the advance registration by sending an email to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:londonbranch@federalretirees.ca\"><strong>londonbranch@federalretirees.ca<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or by leaving a voicemail at\u00a0(519) 439-3762\u00a0being sure to include your name, phone number and the number of member and number of guest tickets being reserved.\u00a0\u00a0Including your member number will also help should there be any follow up need.\u00a0 Your tickets will be held at the door in your name.\u00a0 A cancellation list is usually maintained so if your plans change you are able come after the reservations close, give us a call to see if there are any openings available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the\u00a0London and District Branch\u00a0of the\u00a0National Association of Federal Retirees. 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