Useful Links
Below is a list of links to other sites you may find useful. We have also included a brief description of their content for you. Click on the relevent logo to be re-directed to the appropriate site.
| Age Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older people. |
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The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from over 3,000 locations, and by influencing policymakers.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) website provides information about benefits and services. Find out about the help that you may be able to get, and how to apply for benefits.
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The United Kingdom Steering Committee on Local Government Pensions (the UKSC) has been in existence for over 15 years. The UKSC was renamed the Local Government Pensions Committee (LGPC) on 1st April 2000. The LGPC’s main function is to represent the employer interests of the 99 local authority pension funds in the UK.
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General information about financial services is available from the
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IFAP has been running for over 15 years and promotes the benefits of independent financial advice to consumers and businesses. Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) are the only type of financial advisers who are able to select from all the products available in the marketplace - making sure you get the right product for your individual needs.
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The Inland Revenue is there to ensure that everyone understands and receives what they are entitled to and understands and pays what they owe, so that everyone contributes to the UK's needs.
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Law Centres provide free legal advice and representation to the poorest and most disadvantaged members of society. They mainly practice in what is loosely termed Social Welfare Law. There are at present 60 Law Centres, 28 of which are in London. The LCF has developed strong links with other organisations which have similiar interests, social justice, human rights, and access to the law as their remit, such as Liberty, Legal Action Group, Justice etc |
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Learn about money is an independent site which provides information on many aspects of finance. As well as pensions it also covers topics such as saving and borrowing, money management and taxation. |
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NAPF promotes workplace pensions. Its priority is to ensure a regulatory and fiscal environment that encourages the provision and take up of employer-sponsored pensions, as well as sound stewardship of pension fund assets. It also provides its members with valuable information and other services to assist them in the effective running of their schemes.
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The Local Government Pension Scheme has its own website to provide up to date information about the Local Government Pension Scheme to members, former members, potential members and other interested persons. |
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The Local Government Pension Division works to provide a secure, modernised statutory pension scheme for local government employees in England and Wales. The website contains information for those administering the Local Government Pension Scheme but will also be of interest to members of the public and others who want details of the scheme or about other topical issues relating to retirement and pensions in general.
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TPAS, the Pensions Advisory Service, is an independent non-profit organisation that provides information and guidance on the whole spectrum of pensions covering State, company, personal and stakeholder schemes. They also help any member of the public who has a problem, complaint or dispute with their occupational or private pension arrangement.
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The Pensions Ombudsman investigates and decides complaints and disputes about the way that pension schemes are run.
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The Pensions Regulator is the new regulatory body for work-based pension schemes in the UK. They opened for business on 6 April 2005, replacing OPRA, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority. Created under the Pensions Act 2004, The Pensions regulator has wider powers and a new proactive and risk-focused approach to regulation.
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The Government has set up The Pension Service, which is part of the Department for Work and Pensions. It has been set up to improve the service you receive, whether you are already a pensioner or are planning for your retirement, no matter how far off it might be.
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Pension Tracing Service |
If you think you may have an old pension, but are not sure of the details, the Pension Tracing Service can usually help by tracing it for you. It can be easy, for instance, if you have changed jobs a number of times through your working life to have lost contact with a previous employer and their pension scheme. The Pension Tracing Service has access to a database of over 200,000 occupational and personal pension schemes and can be used, free of charge, to search for a scheme. |
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The Personal Finance Society is the largest professional body for individual financial advisers (and those in related roles) in the UK. This site is entirely made up of Qualified Financial Advisers who subscribe to a code of ethics and conduct, as well as maintain their continuing professional development through further training. |
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The Prudential is the current AVC provider for the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund. The site provides information on the services provided by the Prudential. |
All the links from this page lead to sites maintained by other organisations or companies. These links are provided purely for your convenience. Please note that the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund and South Tyneside Council does not endorse or support the organisations, the content of their pages, or their products or services in any way.
No responsibility is assumed by the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund for the contents of their pages. The Tyne and Wear Pension Fund will not be able to deal with any issues arising from these external sites - please contact the provider of that site.