Retirement Useful Links

The following links lead to sites that contain useful information for those who are retired or are preparing for retirement: 
 
thepensionservice.gov.uk is the Governments impartial pensions information site.

The Department for Work and Pensions provides a wide range of information about pensions.

The NHS Website is the official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet.

For information about the Leisure Centres in Dunstable, Houghton Regis or Leighton Buzzard visit the Leisure Connection website. Leisure Connection Ltd manages these leisure centres on behalf of South Beds District Council.

The Bedfordshire Virtual Library offers many of the services of a branch library but from home. Search our library catalogue, request titles, renew all the items on your library card, find out about your local library and the services we offer, use the online reference library and much, much more.

Age Concern is a charity concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people and is the leading authority on ageing related issues.

Age Concern Bedfordshire (ACB) is a local charity based in Bedford operating throughout the whole of Bedfordshire for the benefit of all older people in the County

Help the Aged provides services for the elderly.

Better Government for Older People aims to ensure older people are engaged as citizens at all levels of decision making.

If you are researching family history the Bedfordshire Library Service has a website providing useful information and the FamilyRecords.gov.uk website, aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.

www.police.uk contains details of current Police Appeals and facility for Non-Emergency Minor Crime Notification.

For fire safety information go to http://www.firekills.gov.uk/

Bettercaring is dedicated to helping care professionals and consumers find care homes in the UK.

Advice and information about accommodation for the elderly www.housingcare.org

For Trading Standards Approved Suppliers go to www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/bedfordshire/tsapproved.htm

South Bedfordshire District Council is not responsible for the contents or reliability of linked web sites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.