PRE - RETIREMENT
CONSULTANT
SERVICES
Specialists in Lifestyle Planning Seminars
PREP is an independent training company who specialise in helping people to plan for significant Lifestyle Changes such as retirement or redundancy and manage this through seminars and courses.
The company, based in Sheffield South Yorkshire, has been established for over 30 years and works with both Public and Private sector organisations.
Our aim is to assist companies build and maintain an education strategy to support their people during times of change such as retirement, early severance, and redundancy.
We believe it is essential that individuals are made aware of the importance of planning, and our goal is to help them generate a realistic, positive, and confident outlook.
Our clients are offered a bespoke service to suit their requirements, ranging from half-day to two-day programmes. Seminars can be run either ‘In-House’ or at an external venue.
We are committed to providing top quality seminars and delivering up to date information. We constantly monitor our services, developing our programmes in line with customer feedback and delegate input.
You can be certain that attendees will be provided with new ideas and are encouraged to look forward to the future in a realistic and positive way.
We offer a range of seminars including:
PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT
EARLY PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT (MID LIFE PLANNING)
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT
FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR REDUNDANCY/SEVERANCE
Please look at our Testimonial Page to read feedback from our clients.
Pension Information - Company Provision
State Benefits And Implications Of The New State Pension Legislation
Financial Planning
Financial Planning For Retirement/Redundancy
Estate Planning And Making A Will / Lasting Powers of Attorney / Inheritance Tax
Wellbeing
Planning And Developing Leisure Activities
Change Of Lifestyle (Retirement/Redundancy)
Self-Employment
Career Planning
Volunteering
University of 3rd Age
A SEMINAR is useful at any time, but the delegate must feel ready to start planning for life changes.
Our Mid-Career events are best delivered to those people who want to put their plans in place early, say from age 40 onwards, whilst the Pre-Retirement events suit those within 5 years of their retirement. Financial Planning seminars are suitable at any age and especially useful for those under risk of redundancy or severance who want to find out about their pensions and finances.
Ideally for 15 - 20 delegates (no more than 25 unless it’s a 1-day event). We ask that the company provides a suitable training room large enough to accommodate the delegates comfortably, plus the necessary equipment, e.g. Overhead Projector, Flip Chart, PowerPoint. Ideally refreshments and lunches should also be provided.
Companies can choose the whole or part of the seminar programme to suit their employees. Early Planning (Mid Career) events are usually 1 day, whilst Pre-Retirement can be 1, 1½ or 2 days depending on client needs and Financial Planning seminars can be run over ½ or 1 day. We recommend the invitation of partners to these events.
This event is designed to promote a “Realistic and Positive” approach to retirement. Delegates are encouraged to look forward with confidence to a well- balanced and rewarding time of life.
This seminar not only covers finance but also wellbeing, relationships and how to approach increased leisure time in a positive manner. The seminar also aims to prepare employees who are 1 - 5 years away from retirement to start seriously thinking of what work has meant to them both mentally and socially, and how to fill the gap it may leave.
In - house seminars can be held in a suitably sized room in your offices, or an outside training or conference facility.
Costs will be agreed with you at the offset.
Each delegate will be asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire during the seminar. A copy of this is sent directly to you after the event.
Delegates are welcome to bring spouses/partners.
Seminar Overview
Early Planning Seminars (MID CAREER)
Often feedback from our Pre-Retirement events include phrases such as “I wish I’d had this information 10 years ago!” Our Early Planning Events address this need by discussing issues that although important later on are often bypassed, forgotten, or just not thought relevant by busy people in the middle of their careers.
With a particular focus on financial matters, this seminar aims to prepare employees who are 10 - 15 years away from retirement to make the best use of the years ahead.
In - house seminars can be held in a suitably sized room in your offices, or an outside training or conference facility.
Costs will be agreed with you at the offset
Each delegate will be asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire during the seminar. A copy of this is sent directly to you after the event.
Delegates are welcome to bring spouses/partners.
Seminar Overview
Financial Planning Seminars
With a particular focus on financial matters, this seminar aims to prepare employees who want to start planning early, especially those who are under threat of Redundancy/Severance or who are taking Voluntary Early Retirement.
In - house seminars can be held in a suitably sized room in your offices, or an outside training or conference facility.
Costs will be agreed with you at the offset. Although there is a standard fee, on occasion this can be negotiated due to circumstances.
Each delegate will be asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire during the seminar. A copy of this is sent directly to you after the event.
Delegates are welcome to bring spouses/partners.
Seminar Overview
All seminars can be 'Tailor - Made' to a client's needs.
Please contact prep2009@live.co.uk for further information.
We invite a team of excellent presenters to complement the structure of the seminar. Several of these are actually retired persons who obviously have firsthand knowledge of the issues involved in preparing for this time of life. The Independent Financial Advisors who form part of our team, provide an educational presentation that does not include any "hard sell" on either specific financial products or on their services, although an invitation to seek their advice on an individual basis, is offered to delegates during the event. Whether this offer is taken up is entirely the decision of the delegate and they will not be pushed to do so.
Please look at our Sample Programme page to see the subjects we may cover.
"This event has been extremely valuable. It has given me a lot of food for thought. I'm glad I did it a few years before retirement"
Sheffield College Delegate
Our Speakers Include:
“Doncaster Council has been working with PREP for over nine years. PREP generally deliver a one day combined Pre-Redundancy and Pre-Retirement event for Council staff. Schools teaching staff are also welcome to attend these events too and PREP are happy to amend the content / format of events to suit our particular needs.
They also work closely with the Local Government Pension team to ensure the best information is included in the content of the events they deliver.
The events receive positive feedback from those who attend. The organisers (Lorraine and Jane) are professional and provide well co-ordinated sessions with very relevant speakers who are also well received by attendees.
PREP are happy to work with neighbouring Councils that maybe providing similar sessions to help promote events which is especially useful for people who want to attend a session at a time that suits them.
We are happy to continue using PREP and hope this information is useful to you.”
Julie Murphy
Senior OD Officer (Organisational Development - HR & Communications)
“Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has been working with PREP for seven years. PREP delivers Pre-Retirement programmes for Trust staff and over the last two years they have delivered 22 courses with 344 staff attending.
The courses are popular, receiving excellent feedback from staff who have participated on the programme.
Lorraine and Jane are professional, organised and co-ordinate the events to a high level. The speakers who contribute to the courses are also very well received by staff attending.
Staff who are thinking about or who have decided on retiring find the course to be informative, a learning experience and fun!
I recommend PREP to you.”
Denise Harrison
Head of Learning & Development (Local Services)
“I’m just e mailing to say how much I enjoyed the pre-retirement seminar this week. It’s given me lots of food for thought and lots of useful information.
I am recommending this seminar to my colleagues who are nearing that certain age.”
NUH Delegate
“West Yorkshire Police has been working with PREP for nearly two years. PREP delivers Pre-Retirement programmes for Police Officers and Police Staff, and over this period they have delivered a number of courses where all of the feedback received has very much been from a positive perspective. Delegates have found the seminars to be informative, relevant and fun, encouraging people to find it a less daunting experience of what is a substantial change in lifestyle.
Lorraine and Jane are professional, organised and co-ordinate the events to a high standard. The speakers who contribute to the courses are also very well received by attending delegates.
I happily recommend PREP to you.”
Simone Cleeve
Equality & Diversity
Leadership & Professional Development
West Yorkshire Police
“Lorraine Howie, from Pre Retirement Consultant Services Ltd, has been delivering a 2 day Pre-Retirement course twice a year at The Sheffield College since 2004.
This course has always been fully attended by staff and the evaluations positive. It is delivered by professional consultants who have a wealth of knowledge of their specialist subject area. The training is informative, engaging and very useful to staff.
Staff have requested places more than once, sometimes a few years before retirement and then again just before retiring.
I can fully recommend this training provider as being professional and discerning in their field.”
Staff Development, Hillsborough Barracks
“I have worked with Lorraine and PREP for a long time – almost 20 years, I believe.
The services they provide are absolutely first class. Both Lorraine and Jane pay great attention to detail to ensure that each and every attendee on their programmes has an interesting and worthwhile learning experience. They are flexible in their approach so that they meet any organisational requirements and the result is an excellent programme.
I always believe that staff will get up-to-date and accurate information from any of the speakers that contribute to the programme and I would recommend Pre Retirement Consultant Services Ltd unreservedly.”
Janet Wilson,
Learning and Development Facilitator, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
All bookings should be confirmed in writing, by e-mail via prep2009@live.co.uk
Fees will be agreed based upon our client's requirements.
We hope you will find these outside links useful. Just click on them and they will take you straight to the website.
If you feel other useful websites could be added, please just contact us.
Andrew Rogers Wealth Management
Armed Forces Pensions
Care Quality Commission
Career Counselling
Citizens Advice Bureau
Civil Service Pensions
Conference Facility in Sheffield
Department of Health
Dept of Work and Pensions
Estate Planning
Financial Ombudsman
FCA
Gov.uk
HM Revenue and Customs
Land Registry
Life Coaching
Local Government Pensions
Money Advice Service
NHS Pensions Agency
NHS Retirement Fellowship
Paid Part-time Work
Pensions Regulator
Pension Service
Police Pensions
Professional Financial Advice
Public Guardian Office
Sports Therapy
Teachers Pensions
Training
U3A - The University of the Third Age
Volunteering
Website Design
Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity
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