The joys of volunteering
I was surprised not to see volunteering as one of the things newly retired people could do in your article comfort in retirement (July 2014). I have volunteered all my adult life in a wide ranging fie ...
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Part-time pensioners
The nature of retirement has changed and it is no longer a matter of leaving the workplace with a golden carriage clock and entering a quiet life of leisure. Many people are taking a more gradual appr ...
Taking away bus pass funding could cost over £1.7 billion
Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people delivers real and significant economic and social benefits, new research has found. Taking away the bus pass could cost the UK economy considerab ...
Economic contribution of £61 billion by over 65s
People aged 65 and over in the UK contributed £61 billion to the economy last year through employment, informal caring and volunteering, according to a new report by Age UK. That’s equivalent to 4.6 p ...