50+? Welcome to Retired but Active

July 15th, 2008 | posted by webmaster
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Over 50 or Retired? See it as a Bright New Dawn or a Darkening Sunset?

It's in your own hands!

Some of us are constrained by finance and others by health problems but let's do the best we can with what we've got.

Whatever your circumstances, if you're over 50, we invite you to make the Retired but Active part of your daily life.

Retired but Active is a Community Site:

...written for and by its members

50+? You may be over 50 or retired but that doesn't mean you can't use the community to the full

On RbA you can

  • Read what others are up to and look for inspiration in your life;
  • View their pictures and add your own;
  • Blog and chat, and get involved with the interest groups
  • Set up your own interest group within RbA

..and you can do it in your own home and it costs you nothing

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

George Burns (1896 - 1996)

Now Available Live on RbA

on-line communities are a boon to the retired and if you're over 50
I don't particularly want to retire...
get together on RbA to beat the bugbear of age discrimination in the recruitment and business market
Link through to our 'Working On' page
you may be retired or over 50 but that doesn't mean you can't use the community to the full
I'm 50+ and I don't want to face retirement alone..
Who are you looking for; a soul-mate share your retirement or something much more limited - someone out there to share an interest without commitment?
You can use RbA's data-base of hundreds of people in our age-group who are themselves looking for companionship.

Retired but Active and its new Interest Group format.

New features give you, the members: many retired people are alone and need to be in an active community
Ease of Use
You can read, write, post your pictures to the site whatever your level of IT skills, from novice to expert, ...
..or if that's not for you, you can chat to others who share your interests anywhere in the world.
Control
You set the agenda, decide what topics Retired but Active will address, focus the site on your interests, your retirement.
Opportunity
If you have a consuming interest, a hobby or a cause as long as it falls within our Editorial Code you can use Retired but Active as your shop window to the world.
Companionship
If you're house-bound, short of funds or simply alone you can share your life with others.

Community sites and the over-50s

Used properly, community sites are one of the great democratic innovations of the 21st Century to be used and enjoyed.

Member's Facilities
..provided free of charge by Retired but Active to its members include...
on-line communities are a boon to the retired and the over 50s
Retirement Lifestyles
Ways of improving your retirement experience looking at:
  1. Getting Together - to share interests or life
  2. Retiring Overseas
  3. Hobbies and past-times
Plus any other interest suggested by the members.
Information and Advice
A combination of professional advice plus the experience and knowledge of members. Areas might include
  1. Financing a retirement
  2. Health Issues

Quote of the Week

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

Muhammad Ali on the occasion of one of his retirements