30th Anniversary Celebration Tayside Pre-Retirement Council

I was really pleased to be at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Tayside Pre-Retirement Council today. It was great to hear about the work of this organisation. Planning for retirement is really important and people should give this some thought. Companies should also think about how they prepare their staff for retirement. With people expecting to live longer and be more active in retirement it is important that they have prepared properly. The City Council supports this work and encourages staff to attend courses. I think that all employers should give serious consideration to this. It is easy for companies to see this as an unaffordable extra which could be cut in these difficult economic times.

Well done to all the volunteers who have made this organisation work over the last 30 years, I hope that it goes from strength to strength.