Retirement and pensions
Advice and support
Directgov - provides links to information about retirement, including how to plan ahead, claim your pension and deal with tax issues.
Pensions service website (part of the Department for Work and Pensions) for information about the range of benefits and services available to pensioners. You can also search for your nearest Pensions Centre.
Activites and volunteering
- Search our database of adult learning courses in your area.
- If you find that you have more spare time once you're retired, you might want to do some voluntary work.
- The University of the Third Age was established to encourage lifelong learning for older people who are no longer employed.
Benefits and assistance
Find out about the types of transport and travel concessions available to you when you retire.
- There's never been a better time - the whole range of services available to older people in Hampshire.
- We have a list of voluntary organisations that may be of use to older people in Hampshire.
- Rukba (the Royal United Kingdom Benificent Association) is a national charity that helps older people to live independently by providing grants, equipment and support.