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Literature Group.
A planning meeting will be held on Wednesday 22.09.2010 at 10.30am in Belvor Players Theatre. First meeting of Autumn Session will follow on Wednesday 06.10.2010 at 10.30am - 12.30pm in same venue. New members will be most welcome.

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Volunteers for the Belfast Musical Festival
won

A Certificate for coming second

in the awards for supporting the festival

A vote of appreciation to all supporters

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Traveling in Europe?

GET AN EHIC CARD

The European Health Insurance Card [www.ehic.org.uk] costs nothing to obtain and entitles holders to free or reduced-cost state-provided medical treatment in many European countries. Though no substitute for full travel insurance, it’s still worth having, not least because many insurers waive the excess on a medical claim if you use the card.

Further

Oldies heading to Europe might also want to consider EHICPlus [0845 055 5222, www.ehicplus.com]. A top-up policy for those with an EHIC card, it covers all costs for treatment in a state-run hospital, along with private am bulances and repatriation to the UK, and the usual non-medical stuff on a travel insurance policy such as possessions and cancellations.
As it does not cover treatment in a private hospital, the policy is more limited than normal travel insurance, but it is very affordable for pensioners – an annual policy for someone over 70 costs just £40 and has no upper age limit.

Traveling Further Afield?

SHOP AROUND IF YOU’RE OLDER
Finding affordable travel insurance when you reach your 70s can be a challenge. Annual worldwide policies in particular can be astronomically expensive [though you can sometimes cut premiums significantly by excluding cover for travel to North America].
Prices with general insurers are often lower than with companies specialising in services for the elderly. One exception, which crops up in several of the Which? “best buy” tables, is Intune [0800 022 3192, www.intunegroup.co.uk], a subsidiary of Help the Aged, whose policies have no upper age limit.
Single-trip policies with Egg [0845 122 2888, www.egg.com] which insures those up to 85, and Virgin Money [0800 051 7000 www.virginmoney.co.uk], which imposes no upper age limit, can also be competitively priced.

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