WHEN Wendy Eachus joined Women against State Pensions Inequality (WASPI) last year, she and others, were determined to get redress for the lack of information they had received about changes to the state pension age for women.

But they didn’t march through the streets or wave banners.

They started a choir and expressed their feelings in song.

The words stating their case,were written by Wendy, from Chapel Lane, Stretford.

Wendy, aged 60, said: “I cannot sing to save my life but the others insisted I join them.

“ The lyrics took me two days to write and edit.

“We recorded it on March 20 in Birmingham.

“They want us to sing it in Wales but its not easy getting everyone together and we are all without a state pension,” she said.

Wendy feels she has been unjustly treated because the then Conservative Government didn’t inform her in 1995 that they were increasing the women’s state pension to 65 to equalise it with men.

In 2011, she was unaware that the Coalition Government had upped it even further – to 66. It wasn’t until June 2013 that she was informed by the Department of Works and Pensions, DWP, when she would get her pension.

Wendy was made redundant by Trafford Council in 2011, after she was downgraded from being deputy manager of Northlea Day Centre. Sale, after it closed. She ended up at the Princess Centre, Urmston, where she had started 21 years earlier.

She praised MP Kate Green for her support. Ms Green had sent a petition of 1,000 local signatures to pensions minister Ros Altmann and had also raised their case in Parliament.

Another, on-line petition, now has 193,000 signatures.

A spokesperson for the DWP, who confirmed that letters had been sent to over five million people about the changes, between 2011 and 2013, said: “We offer anyone over 50 a pension statement to help them make informed decisions when planning their retirement.

“Women retiring today can still expect to receive the state pension for 26 years on average – four years longer than men.”

For more information, see Waspi on Facebook. Click here to hear the song.