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Click here if this newsletter does not display correctlyDear laterlife subscriber, Hello again and welcome to the latest edition of Laterlife Today - telling you what to look out for at laterlife.com. |
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NEW FEATURES
NEW WEBCHATS AND WEBCASTS Even if you miss the web chat or webcast you can still see what was said after the event
Tax Action - avoid paying too much tax! Perplexed by pensions? Confused by CGT? Stumped by self assessment? Billions of pounds of hard earned cash is wasted every year through unnecessary tax payments or failure to use tax breaks. But how do you ensure you are not paying more than you should? Help is at hand with Philip Pearson from P&P Invest, and Ian Hudson, Hudson Green & Associates, both IFAs specialising in tax, who will be joining us to answer all your questions. Submit your questions now and join us when we go live on 11 March. LATERLIFE TWITTER - it can be useful!
Yes it had to happen. We've decided Twitter has a useful role to play in Laterlife.
From now on we will use twitter to also announce new things on Laterlife, so you don't have to wait for the newsletter to arrive e.g. new web chats, new competitions, new content such as our new Cookery Section (announced in this newsletter), useful updates etc.
So if you would like to receive these just go to our page LaterlifeTweets - if you aren't already registered on twitter click on the large JOIN NOW button and this will automatically also set you up as a follower of Laterlife. If you are already registered simply login from our page and again you will automatically be set up as a follower.
If you've not tried Twitter, now is definitely the time to have a go because you've got a useful reason for trying it! FEATURES ...and links to new sites you will want to explore
and the other new articles in the Laterlife Health, section.
Should grandparents who provide child care receive financial assistance?
laterlife interest brings the following new features...
NEW SERIES It's Never Too Late to Learn to Bake with Mrs Simkins
Popular cookery author Mrs Simkins is recognised for her straightforward writing and easy-to-follow recipes. Also see Mrs Simkins Suggests...
Ian Darkin of One Traveller, which organises holidays for Mature Single Travellers, talks about Travelling Alone, Where do you start?
Award winning travel writer, broadcaster and photographer Hugh Taylor spotlights destinations and topics in the travel guide. This month a focus on Scotland SCOTLAND-NORTH - The Castle of Mey SCOTTISH BORDERS - Peebles Town Trail SCOTTISH BORDERS - Tontine Hotel Peebles View all the destinations in the
Travel Guide
or go to the relevant index to find what you are looking for: As well as this month's current features you can always search our past articles, too. Visit the laterlife interest index and the healthwise-index (covering articles in the last 2 years - both of which also provide links to lead you to earlier articles). Don't forget - you can also use the keyword site search facility on every page to find anything on the laterlife site.
Have you visited the Later Lifestyle Network since the last newsletter? Why not do it now and add your contribution? Just click on Later Lifestyle Network If you aren’t yet registered on the network If you haven’t registered yet just click here to visit and 'Sign Up' to the Later Lifestyle network. PLEASE NOTE the Later Lifestyle network is entirely separate from the newsletter list it does require you to sign up, you can't just login. If you have any problems just send an email to Matt at laterlifestyleadmin@laterlifestyle.co.uk GUIDE GUIDE - LATEST UPDATES We believe that our series of laterlife Guides is a valuable resource for laterlife readers, so we want to remind you what's there and encourage you to make use of the guides. Each month we highlight the latest guide we've updated, so even if you've taken a look before, it's worth another visit to remind yourself and see the latest updates.This month Guide to Making the Most of our Money We're all aware of the current 'credit crunch' and recession. For retired people, the blow has come because of the fact that interest rates dropped dramatically and have remained low for some time now. Therefore the savings that we might be relying on to provide some income through the interest has dried up. Therefore, it's even more important at the moment to ensure that we're making the most of our money. We might not be able to get a lot but it's important that we get what we can. The principles of making the most of our money are on the first page. Once you have read about the principles, go to the more specific pages, the first of which is Analysing our Finances. It talks about why we should analyse our finances, what to do before you retire and how to go about managing things financially once you do retire. Even if you have already retired, it's worth reading this page because there may well be some things that you're not doing. It talks about the importance of knowing your budget and the next page is about how to construct a budget for retirement. It also gives you some things to think about once you know your budget. If you think that you might want some help with making the most of your money, look at the next page of the Guide, which is called Getting Financial Help. It's not all about financial advisors, although they are mentioned. There are also lots of links to websites that will help you with your financial affairs and will help you generally to make the most of your money. If we're going to make the most of our money, we need as good a return as possible on it. Have a look at the Where to Put it page for some thoughts on where we can put it in order to achieve this. As we said above, at the moment it's difficult to get huge returns but that's no reason not to try to do the best we can. Eventually, of course, things will return to 'normal' so we need to be well placed for when they do. Finally, read the page on Spending Wisely. There are lots of tips and links to other websites and it's all designed to help you to spend money in the most effective way so that you're not wasting it. One of the links is to the laterlife Guide to Concessions and Discounts, which will help you to take advantage of what's on offer both in the public and private sectors. The less we waste the more we have to spend on enjoying our retirement and later life. We should always want to make the most of our money so that we have the maximum that we can for having a fulfilling and enjoyable retirement. When times are tough it's even more important, so read the Guide and pick up some tips for getting the best out of our finances.
SITE FOCUS Focussing on a section of the site that could be new to you. As part of our enjoying Laterlife section, there is a sub-section called Sports and Activities. On this page there is information on a variety of sporting activities that you might enjoy in later life, as well as links to other pages on the site that may be of help to you. If you've been inspired by the Winter Olympics, then maybe now is the time to start a new sport or activity of some sort. When you go to the Sports and Activities page you'll find that the first piece of information is for those who want to watch sport and there is a link to a website through which you can buy tickets for all kinds of sporting events. There is then a link to an online magazine on which you can find information on a whole list of activities from archery to trekking and which has links to many specialist sites where you will find out even more information about your favourite sport or activity - or the one that you think you might try. Following that, there is information on a range of activities including archery, cycling, golf, winter sports, rambling and more. There are links to other websites that will give you more specialist information on these things. Finally, there is a link our Hobbies and Interests Guide that has more information on Physical Activities and Sports. So have a look at this part of the laterlife website and it may inspire you to take up a new activity. PLANNING RETIREMENT Take a look at the schedule of Planning Retirement Courses for 2010. The remaining courses in March and all those for April are as follows:
March
25 Mar Bristol 30 Mar London April 01 Apr Peterborough We normally limit the workshops to 12 people, so that everyone gains the maximum benefit - so book your place soon. Plus there's the online retirement planning workshop which you can do from the comfort of your own home! Why not take a look at our separate retirement courses web site? KEEP IN CONTACT We welcome any suggestions and ideas for
topics of interest to the over 50s that you would like to see covered and any
comments you have either on this newsletter or the site itself. Please Until next month, enjoy your laterlife! Tony Clack P.S. If you change your email address, please click on the link at the very bottom of this page to change your preferences and then amend your email address accordingly. Otherwise you will stop receiving the newsletter ! If you know someone who would like to receive the laterlife newsletter, they can subscribe by going straight to this link - www.laterlife.com/news.htm. Just cut and paste the link or forward this newsletter using the forward facility below.
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