During the week of 13th to 17th September 2021, the pensions industry comes together to provide free events, webinars and pension clinics to help the public and employers understand pensions and how to achieve the retirement they want.
This is a great opportunity for you to work with your company’s pension provider to raise awareness and engagement among your workforce with their pension. This could be a group questions and answers session or pre-booked one to one sessions.
New Park Royal Business Group member MoneyHelper has free money and pensions guidance available to all, and they are impartial and government backed. This could be a good time to highlight these services to your workforce?
Whatever your age and circumstances, you can call MoneyHelper’s pension guiders on 0800 011 3797, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm with your questions.
If you want to find out how much you need in retirement and how much you are going to have, try our pensions calculator https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/pensions-basics/pension-calculator You will also find a webchat facility if you prefer to ask your questions online.
For employees aged 50 or over, who have a personal or workplace pension and who want to make sense of their options, talk to Pension Wise from MoneyHelper. You’ll receive free specialist pensions guidance over the phone or local to you during an appointment of 45 minutes to an hour. Call 0800 138 3944 to book your appointment, or visit https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/pension-wise
Take the opportunity to check your state pension forecast. Visit https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension?step-by-step-nav=c0ff9296-e91e-40d1-97bd-008026e90426
And if you need regulated financial advice on pensions, find a retirement adviser here: https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/taking-your-pension/find-a-retirement-adviser
Contact Victoria.copeland@maps.org.uk for further information
