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Survey update: Avon Pension Fund selects research partner

27 June 2025

We have selected a research partner who will provide expert guidance and best practice in research methods. We expect to email members the survey later this summer.

Could you represent members on our Pension Board?

10 April 2025

We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers from our membership to serve as member representatives on the Board. You'll amplify the voices of Fund members, offering informed advice and guidance alongside a diverse group.

Increase in value of members pensions

10 April 2025

All our active members’ Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) pensions were revalued in April 2025. The value of the CARE pension increased by 1.7%, in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure for September 2024.

Our deferred members have also had their total pension increased by 1.7%, again in line with September 2024 CPI.

The McCloud remedy and your LGPS pension

19 December 2023

The rules of the pension scheme changed on 1 October 2023 to address age discrimination. You may qualify for underpin protection if you were an active member of the LGPS on or before 1 April 2012 and active between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2022. If you do qualify for underpin protection, you do not need to do anything we will write to you in due course.

The McCloud judgment and your LGPS pension factsheet

21 April 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published a member factsheet - The McCloud judgment and your LGPS pension - that summarises the McCloud judgment and changes the Government are making to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).