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The Retirement Show at London’s Olympia on 17 and
18 July is set to demonstrate how to make the most of your
retirement. The Retirement Show - sponsored by Prudential
- will take place 10am-5pm on Friday 17 and Saturday 18
July at London Olympia's Grand Hall. Pre-registration
is free via www.the-retirement-show.com.
The show director Dr Robert McCaffrey says that the show
has been set up to make retirement fun: “The Retirement
Show – now in its third year in London – is
a showcase for all the activities that you always wanted
to try and never got around to doing. As well as being a
great day out, the show will give visitors many ideas on
how to make the most of their retirement, not just for hobbies
and pass-times, but also real practical advice on tax-saving
tips, pensions and inheritance advice, energy efficiency
in the home and even sex and relationship advice for the
mature visitor.”
“Our visitors have previously told us that they like to be active, so
that this year we have a wide range of activities for them to try, including
all-day dancing sessions, have-a-go t'ai chi and yoga, an Art Zone where the
experts will show visitors how to paint in watercolour (and then the visitors
can take their paintings home), have-a-go needlework and stitching, indoor
bowls and even a Laughter Healing Workshop.”
“The entertainment at the show includes live music and choral singing,
live cookery demonstrations with simultaneous TV broadcast and the ever-popular
fashion shows. In addition to all that, we have a gardening question time session
when visitors can put their questions to reknowned horticulturalist Sir Roddy
Llewellyn and his expert gardening panel; a session on computers for beginners
with Valerie Singleton; and an inspirational talk from Rosie Swale-Pope, who
ran around the world starting at the age of 57 after her husband died of prostate
cancer.”
The Health Zone at the Retirement Show is offering free
health checks and is very popular with visitors, while
the show also features a full-size park home that visitors
can walk around in.
Dr McCaffrey says that the Retirement Show exhibition is
also of great interest to visitors: “People coming
to the show – who range mainly from their mid-40s
upwards – find that the exhibition allows them to
find out about so many products in a very relaxed way.
There’s no hard sell at these shows – after
all, if you are not interested, you can just walk away.
Visitors often say how much they have enjoyed the politeness
and openness of the exhibitors.” The show manages
to cater for a wide variety of needs, since the diversity
of visitors is extremely wide: “We are expecting
around 140 exhibitors – the same as in 2008 despite
the Credit Crunch – covering every imaginable area
of interest, from charities like Wood Green Animal Shelter,
the Stroke Association and the RNID and educational organisations
like the University of the Third Age (U3A), to companies
like SAGA, Viking River Cruises, The Lady, Cadbury World,
Girlings and Tingdene that offer products that appeal
directly to discerning mature buyers. The range of exhibitors
is really mind-boggling, and you would be hard-pressed
to see everything in a single day. In fact, there’s
so much to see and do that many of our visitors come for
both days of the show.”
The organisers have a few final tips on how to make the
most of a visit to the Retirement Show: “Friday
is usually the busier of the two days of the show, so
you might want to come on Saturday for added space and
enjoyment. It’s great to visit the show with a friend
or in a group, and last but not least, wear comfortable
shoes!”
There will be plenty to do all day - come and see for yourself!
Free registration is
now open. We'll see you there!
Dr Robert McCaffrey
Show Director
See Valerie Singleton on 'Discount Age' promoting the Retirement
Show in London. |
