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Scottish Widows, the Plan's administrator, is your main day-to-day contact for anything to do with your Plan pension. But there's lots of other resources available to you too. Here’s what we think might be helpful for you to explore more about pensions…

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Scottish Widows

Get in touch

For more information about the Plan or your Plan pension savings (including information about transferring out, requests to take your pension savings or changes to your personal details), or anything included in this newsletter, please get in touch with the Plan’s administrator.

Email

workplacesavings@scottishwidows.co.uk
workplacesavings@ scottishwidows.co.uk

Phone

0800 032 1260

Write to

Scottish Widows, PO Box 24173, 69 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 1HP

Online resources

View and manage your Plan pension.

Log into your Money4Life account

Read more about pensions basics. You’ll also find helpful documents about the Plan in the Key Documents Library.

Take a look at the Plan's infosite

Pension tools

If you need guidance about how much you're likely to have saved for your retirement, and you’re aged between 18 and 75, you can use Scottish Widows’ tool to help decide if what you’ll have will be enough.

Explore Scottish Widows' future savings tool

This Scottish Widows tool gives you information about the retirement options you have from the Plan, including the income you could receive, and the benefits, risk and tax considerations of each.

Find out more about your retirement options with Scottish Widows

Other helpful resources

MoneyHelper provides free money and pensions guidance, backed by the Government.

Take me to MoneyHelper

Gov.UK provides help and guidance about your State Pension.

Find out your State Pension Age
Explore how much State Pension you might get

Plus, Gov.UK offers a free service to help you trace any lost pensions.

Trace a lost pension

Or call on free phone: 0800 731 0193 (or +44 (0)191 215 4491 from outside the UK).

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a guide to help people plan for their retirement. It brings together various tools to trace lost pensions, find out what your likely State pension will be and work out how much money you may need to enjoy the retirement you want.

Take a look at DWP’s retirement planning guide

Pension Wise (part of MoneyHelper) offers independent and impartial guidance on pensions – like your Plan pension – backed by the Government.

  • If you’re aged 50 or over you can book an appointment with one of Pension Wise’s experts to help you understand your defined contribution pension savings (like your Plan pension).
Book a Pension Wise appointment
  • If you’re aged under 50 you can still ask a Pension Wise expert a question about your pension. Call them free on 0800 011 3797 or use their webchat.
Ask Pension Wise a question on their webchat

MoneyHelper’s directory is designed to help you find a regulated and impartial financial adviser.

All advisers are:

  • regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, the organisation that sets the UK’s financial rules, and
  • able to recommend products from a wide range of providers, making it easier to find the right one for you.

Find a list of financial advisers

ScamSmart (part of the Financial Conduct Authority) provides lots of up-to-date information about how pension scams work, how to avoid them and what to do if you suspect a scam.

Make sure you know ScamSmart’s advice

Keep reading.

Three things to do now. Only have 10 minutes to spare? Make the most of your pension and check-in on these three important things.
Investment matters. Wondering how your investments are doing? Catch up on all things about the Plan’s investments, including some good news about a reduction in your investment charges and some recent changes.
All things pensions tax. Understanding the pensions tax rules means that you can make the most of any tax savings. Learn more about the latest pensions tax rules.

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