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Real people. Useful questions. Straight answers.

Films and conversations for people planning retirement, living through it and helping someone close to them. Watch our videos here, with films streamed directly from our YouTube channel.

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What Is Retirement Living?

Start with an introduction to retirement living.

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Your questions, explained

Explore eligibility, finances, maintenance, length of stay and limited mobility.

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Explore retirement properties

See five retirement properties featured on our channel. These videos are property showcases.

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Meet Retirement Living UK

Meet Rob Ellice and see our channel introduction.

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Programmes in development

More conversations to come

Alongside the videos above, these are the series we plan to develop.

Places & communities

Retirement Village Reviews

Independent visits that look beyond the brochure: location, community, facilities, costs and the questions a prospective resident should ask.

Real experiences

Downsizing Diaries

Honest conversations with people who stayed, moved, rented or bought—and what they learned from the process.

Practical answers

Ask the Retirement Expert

Plain-English discussions with legal, financial, health, housing and later-life specialists, with connections clearly disclosed.

Life after work

Real Retirement Stories

Work, relationships, loss, new interests, volunteering, travel and the many different ways people give later life shape.

One story, several formats

Meet people where they already are.

Facebook

Short extracts, questions and community conversation.

Instagram & Shorts

Concise moments, practical tips and reasons to watch the full story.

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