Let's talk about living longer

Working, learning and saving

Let's talk about making the most of longer lives

Life today is very different to previous generations.

Crucially, we’re living far longer, unlocking opportunities our parents and grandparents never had.

So why do we still imagine our retirement journey will look like theirs?

With as many as 1 in 3 children born in the UK today set to live to their 100th birthday, it’s clear that how we think about traditional employment, retirement and savings needs to change. Otherwise, too many people could be left unprepared for the future.

As the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, we want to help drive this change. We’re doing this by working with the government and other businesses to ensure the system is fit for the 21st century.

But that doesn’t mean you have to wait.

To enjoy fulfilling longer lives, we all need to think differently about our futures, and the futures of those we care about.

We know it’s not easy, but the first step is to talk.

It could be the most important conversation you’ve never had.

 

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Watch real people have conversations about preparing for living longer

Lets Talk About Caring Leila And Jack

We need to talk about caring for loved ones

To enjoy fulfilling longer lives, we believe we all need to think differently about our futures and the futures of those we care about. We brought Leila and Jack together to tell their stories of balancing work, caring for loved ones and saving for the future.

Lets Talk About Learning Stacey And Rachel

We need to talk about learning

Whatever our age, and with the right support, we all have the power to do something different. We brought Stacey and Rachel together to talk about how they made changes to their careers to better suit their future.

Lets Talk About Retirement Stan And Anne On The Bench

We need to talk about retirement

Everyone's view of their future is different. Not everyone wants to, or can, retire in their mid-sixties, and the way they save will be influenced by the twists and turns their lives take. We brought Stan and Ann together to hear why they're working past typical retirement ages.

You can live a better longer life

Everyone's view of their future is different. Not everyone wants to, or can, retire in their mid-sixties, and the way they save will be influenced by the twists and turns their lives take. We brought Stan and Ann together to hear why they're working past typical retirement ages.

Are you saving enough for the retirement you want?

Our research shows that one in three UK adults aren’t financially prepared for retirement. Of those who think they are, one in three are facing a pension savings shortfall of more than £100,000. It might sound scary, but there’s plenty you can be thinking about to avoid falling into the savings gap. In this article we delve deeper into how someone could end up with a savings gap and advocate for increased access to information and guidance about both their finances and their careers.

We also polled 2,500 workers aged over 45 across the nations, regions and cities of the UK to capture regional disparities in preparedness and expectations for retirement.

Take a look at our interactive pensions heatmap to explore how ready people in your local area are for retirement.

Stacey And Rachel On The Bench

Might you want to work past state pension age?

Not everyone can or wants to fully retire at the current state pension age of 66, so we need to think differently about how we make work more flexible for all. With more than 750,000 over 50s not working but want to, businesses must overcome any age-discrimination in their recruitment and employment policies to ensure people have the opportunity to keep working.

In this blog we explore how career development paths need to change to support longer lives, helping people keep working for as long as they want, in the way they want.

We brought Stan and Ann together to talk about why they are working past state pension age and what that means for them and their families.​

Have you taken time away from work to care for others?

Caring for family members shouldn’t mean you need to make a choice between love or money. Looking after elderly relatives or young children often forces people - particularly women - into part-time work, or out of the workforce altogether. Afterwards, it can be difficult to return to a full-time role and save enough for the future.

This year the government announced additional financial support for those caring for children. In this blog we consider the financial implications for grandparents choosing between retirement, work and looking after grandchildren.

We brought Leila and Jack together to talk about how they’ve balanced caring for their loved ones, work and preparing for their future.​

Leila On The Bench

Are you considering a change of direction in your career?

As you journey through a longer life, you could find that your personal circumstances change along the way. This means you might have to think about making other life changes to help you navigate your way through. At any stage in your career, you may look to switch industry, reskill or set up on your own, but it’s not as daunting as you may think as there is plenty of support out there.

We want to help people take control of their longer working lives, so we created Careers can change - bringing together a group of specialist partners to provide clear and meaningful guidance for allIn our blog, we explain why thinking about your career is so important to a fulfilling future.

And we introduced Rachel and Stacey for them to have a conversation about how, as our lives change, it's natural and right that our work should too. 

It's time to start thinking about the retirement you want

Nobody has all the answers. Yet. We’re navigating the opportunity of longer lives for the first time in human history. The first step is to ask the right questions. Together we can help you prepare for the career and retirement you want.

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Who are Phoenix Group?

We are the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business with around 12 million customers and over £250 billion assets under administration. It’s our mission to help everyone work towards retirement and stay with them for the whole journey.

It’s going to take different ways of thinking to achieve the retirement we all want. Our aim is to transform the way society responds to the possibility of living longer by starting conversations and inspiring the action needed to make better, longer lives a reality for us all.

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The research behind our insight:

* Includes those aged 50-64 who are either Unemployed (239,700) or who are Economically Inactive and want a job (526,600)