Skipton asked us to find around 50 Mumsnetters to check out their new website portal called “retiresavvy” and to report back to MN. Selected MNers are from a range of backgrounds and approaches to retirement planning.
Skipton say, “We believe retirement is one of the biggest social issues of today – in terms of improving people’s awareness of retirement planning and also helping then to understand other important issues that may affect them enjoying their retirements. Increasing life expectancy means retirement is no longer a relatively brief period – for many people retirement can last as long as their working lives and many are choosing to do it differently, with set retirement dates becoming less and less common.
Mums are among the hardest hit groups, as we know they often need to contend with all of the above and to also make room for career breaks or reduced hours to make time to be mums. Retirement’s no longer a subject for ‘oldies’, it’s something everyone should be considering, and the earlier the better.
For these reasons, we think retiresavvy is very relevant to Mumsnetters and – given a community forum is the beating heart of the site – we’d hugely value your opinions about our new site, including what you like about the site now, what you’d like us to do differently and things you’d like to read about on there in the future.”
Reviewers: please answer the following questions on the thread below.
Q1 Please give your age, current working status and status of your retirement planning to date
Q2 Thinking about the articles on retiresavvy - do you think the content pieces are readable and accessible enough without being overly complex? Are they informative? What about the length of them? Too long or short?
Q3 In terms of the range of content – what interests you? eg financial planning, real life stories, interviews etc? What would you be interested in seeing more of? What sorts of things from other (eg non financial sites would you like to see on retiresavvy?
Q4 In terms of site design – this is under review, what did you think worked/ doesn't work – What would you expect to see on the homepage? Does the range of colours they’ve chosen grab you/ your DH/DP? What about the art style – do you prefer line drawings or maybe photos?
Q5 Multimedia – are you keen on more video on the portal or maybe a podcast etc? if so, what sorts of things would you like on there?
Q6 Forum: please let us know what you thought of this area?
Q7 Any other comments?
Everyone who is selected and who gives feedback as required will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher for the store of choice (from a list). Standard Insight T&Cs apply.
Thanks and good luck
MNHQ
PS: Want to take part in a cutting edge social media campaign? Sign up to support retiresavvy on Thunderclap (best described as an online flash mob) and fight for the retirement you deserve! For more information visit retiresavvy's Thunderclap page.