Pension Awareness Week

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Pension Awareness Week is a week that’s all about highlighting the importance of saving and getting the best from what you’ve saved. 

 

In order to help you this week we've highlighted three important topics for you below. Please also take your time to explore the Pension Awareness website and the webinars avaialble to you this week.

 

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In these difficult times, don’t lose sight of your future

A little over a year ago, the number of UK-pensioners living in poverty passed 2 million. That number has risen again since. In fact, today, around one in five of those over the age of 65 is living in poverty. It’s a startling statistic and, frighteningly, it’s one that’s only set to get worse.

 

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Mind the pension pay gap

The gender pay gap is a hot topic, but an even bigger gap can be seen with pension income. The average pension for a woman is about 38% less than that of a man. 

 

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We want to give you a financial education nudge

As part of Pension Awareness Week, we want to help you any way we can. That’s why we work with nudge, our financial wellbeing partner, to help support you on your retirement journey.

 

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