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Launching our first local impact report

23 October 2025

We’re pleased to release our first local impact report. It shows the positive social and environmental impact Avon Pension Fund has had since it started investing locally in 2024.

Avon Pension Fund is changing who manages its investments

13 October 2025

Avon Pension Fund has decided to join a group called Local Pension Partnership Investments (LPPI). This is referred to as a pension pool.

Nothing changes for your LGPS pension, which remains secure and protected by government.

Publication of member survey results on Aerospace and Defence investments

9 October 2025

We’ve published results from a recent member survey which sought views on whether the Fund should continue or cease investing in Aerospace & Defence companies. The survey was conducted online with members between 4 - 22 September 2025.

Annual Report 2023/24: a year of progress

3 December 2024

It has been a year of encouraging progress and development.

The Fund is in robust financial health, with an improved 98% funding level at 31 March 2024.

This improved position has enabled us to deliver stable employer contributions, critical given ongoing strain in local government finances.

Avon Pension Fund new member website and brand

29 February 2024

Our old website had to be replaced. We decided to take the opportunity to make our website more user-friendly.

We’ve designed this website to help members do more of the tasks they want to do online, making content easier to find and simpler to understand.

Calling for action on climate change at COP28

12 December 2023

Councillor Paul Crossley, Chair of the Avon Pension Fund Committee and Councillor Shaun Stephenson-McGall, Committee Vice-Chair and Chair of the Investment Panel, are signatories to a letter calling for action on the global stocktake.

The Fund’s AVC scheme is now open to new applications

7 February 2023

New applications for the Fund’s Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme with Legal and General can now be accepted.