Graham started working at 16 years old in a bank.
Some years later he became a cabbie and drove London’s streets for decades. One day a pension statement from the bank arrived in the post. He rang us and we explained the statement to him.
We heard nothing more from Graham until, a year later, he rang again to say he was fed up with cabbing. He wanted out but was convinced he couldn’t stop working. We had several meetings to discuss what his bottom lines income-wise were and what else he might want to do – to help his sons, get a dog and go on a Lions Tour. Graham couldn’t quite believe how valuable the bank pension could be to him and how it could support him for the rest of his life.
It took Graham three years to finally feel safe enough to stop work, but he got there mentally, eventually. Since then he’s been on a Lions tour, helped his sons out and got a bulldog. He’s also immersed himself in organising a walking football team, been to see the Ryder Cup and watched his favourite football team play in Europe. All things he thought were beyond him, but we helped show him were possible.