"South Yorkshire Police are committed to providing the best for its Police officers and Police staff in terms of Pre-Retirement information.
We have utilised PREP on a number of occasions to run pre-retirement courses and the feedback that I have received from SYP staff regarding the usefulness, the course content and the literature provided, has been very complementary.
Lorraine and her team are extremely professional and ensure that all officers are offered the level of support required to plan their futures to best effect."
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Lisa McCandless HR Development Manager Manor Bakeries – Carlton:
"In order to prepare staff for their forthcoming retirement, Manor Bakeries, Carlton, have used the services of Pre-Retirement Consultant Services Ltd. for a number of years. The two-day course that is available helps staff to prepare for what can be a daunting experience.
The thought of retirement fills most people with apprehension and in some cases fear, the thought of no longer being looked upon as useful, fading away into obscurity, not knowing what to do with life are all comments that are heard time after time. The purpose of the pre-retirement service is to focus attention away from this, make people aware that it is time to re-invent oneself, look at what's good for you, whether this be pottering in the garden or jet setting around the world.
The preparation
that is offered from PREP allays the fears that people have towards retirement,
the advice provided is informative but most importantly of all useful. When
staff have attended the course they have
requested can they do it all over again as it was so good.
The topics covered include such things as, Retirement Planning, Finance, Health & Welfare, Hobbies etc. all points that we take for granted until the years start ticking away. Well done to PREP for softening the blow."
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Fiona Ibberson, Assistant Director of Personnel, Rotherham General Hospital:
"We have
worked with PREP for the last 10 years and have always found them
to be responsive to our needs and excellent in providing appropriate training
for our staff."
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Christian McGrath, Staff Development Officer, Bradford College:
"Lorraine as been running our Pre-retirement
courses at Bradford College for the last 5 years. The service Lorraine
offers is very professional and she always goes the extra mile to make sure
that people on the course have the support they need to help them plan for
their retirement.
Lorraine arranges everything and always gets back to you when she says she
will. If she is running events and you leave a message on her voice mail
she gets back to you as soon as she can, sometimes during the break of the
course just to confirm she got the message. It is really nice to
work with a company that is punctual, polite, helpful and can arrange all
the speakers on your behalf.
When we have had queries off staff who need further information after the
course, or sometimes just wants support in a particular area which the course
covers, Lorraine as always arranged for someone to help, either on a one
to one basis or over the phone.
I would recommend PREP for all your Pre-retirement needs."
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Dr Susan Mullins, Training and Development Advisor, The Sheffield College:
"Lorraine Howie of PREP has provided pre-retirement training for The Sheffield College for the last five years.
The training is very customer focussed and the feedback from both academic and support staff has always been very positive.
Lorraine has extensive experience in training and development which is demonstrated by her professionalism in respect of all aspects of the programme and most importantly her concern to meet the needs of the course participants. Lorraine is proactive in arranging to meet with me to evaluate the programme and discuss improvements to an already very effective and well balanced programme.
The college will continue to use PREP in the future and I fully recommend Lorraine and PREP."
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Sheffield City Council Training Department:
"Prep
have delivered the Pre Retirement and Mid Life Seminars for Sheffield City
Council for the last 10 years.
Everyone who attends says how extremely informative the sessions and and
how they cover issues that they had not thought of. Now due to demand, we
have extended our Courses with Prep from 1 to 2 days. The general consensus
of delegates was that they needed more time with the speakers so as to cover
all the implications regarding their Retirement.
Overall we have had nothing but positive feedback about Preps Pre Retirement
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:
"PREP have provided Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with both the Midlife and Pre-Retirement courses for 20 years.
Lorraine is always responsive
to our needs. The courses are extremely popular, receive excellent evaluations
and recommendation to others. Having attended acourse with PREP, members
of staff find themselves much better prepared for their retirement, empowered
with invaluable, interesting and inspiring information."
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Barry Whittleston, Training Manager, Yorkshire Ambulance Service:
"In response to standards identified within the NHS Plan ‘Improving Working Lives’ project for staff I was tasked in 2005 by the then South Yorkshire Ambulance Service, NHS Trust to seek out a provider of pre-retirement Seminars.
The trust identified that it was particularly weak at demonstrating a genuine commitment to staff approaching retirement age.
A colleague representing staff side and I tested the market before recommending PREP to the trust as our provider. We based our recommendation upon several factors; competitively priced, the seminar content met our needs and standards and not least a willingness from Lorraine Howie to adapt the sessions to meet with the specific issues of staff working for an NHS Ambulance Service Trust.
I can say we were not disappointed and feedbacks from attendees on the quality of the expert speakers, content and relevance, not forgetting Lorraine’s facilitation on the day were both excellent and well appreciated. Unfortunately because of the ambulance service mergers and subsequent organisational changes Yorkshire Ambulance Service is not at the moment buying in pre-retirement seminars."
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Denise Harrison,
Training Manager, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust:
"Prep has provided
pre-retirement training at Rampton Hospital for a number of years.
The course has always been received well and gets excellent feedback from
the participants. As a result the training was reviewed and extended to
roll out to other parts of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust where
again it receives excellent feedback and comment. The Trust has recently
run an ‘Early Planning for Retirement’ course facilitated by
Prep, which we plan to continue.
The organisation and delivery of the courses is always to a high
standard. The subject matter is applicable and has been built on
as the years progress producing a comprehensive resource booklet. The speakers
are appropriate, timely and well rehearsed – nothing is a problem;
all questions are answered and individuals go away feeling they
have learnt a lot but had fun also.
I recommend Prep to you."
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Pat Martin, Human Resources, Chesterfield Borough Council:
"Pre-Retirement Consultant Services Ltd have delivered 2-day pre-retirement courses for Chesterfield Borough Council since 1999.
We always receive excellent and positive feedback on their course, with delegates finding the course content very informative and interesting. Lorraine has the ability to engage well with our people from different skill and managerial levels.
We
believe that the results speak for themselves and our continued reliance
upon their services."
