Welcome...

to our very first newsletter and before we go any further, we would like to say a huge thank you for joining the workr community.

Although the website’s been a work in progress for a while, we launched about four weeks ago and already more than 100 people have joined us…a major milestone as we continue to build our community.

It's still early days but we're beginning to establish some really great relationships with a diverse range of individuals, organisations and potential employers, all of whom understand the benefits that older workers offer. We’re looking forward to bringing you updates about what’s going on in our future newsletters.

Meanwhile…

Our first webinar

We are delighted to announce our first event - a webinar titled ‘The value of mature workers: Successfully creating a multi-generational workforce’

The webinar is being hosted by Hunter Leonard* and will cover topics such as:

• The value we bring to the workplace and to the teams we are part of

• Does the contribution we make change as we age?

• Ageism in the workplace

• What can be done to make things better

• Case studies of some companies who are making things better.

Date: Wednesday 1st May

Time: 6:30pm - 7:15pm

To register please click here 

* Hunter is the founder and Managing Director of Silver & Wise (www.silverandwise.com.au). He has written ten books including three on the topic of mature employment and self-employment. This trilogy of books were written to help mature people in a business and self-employment context. Hunter is a highly regarded and enthusiastic keynote speaker and MC who is passionate about a mature world at work. He is also an active advocate for an end to ageism.

We will be recording the webinar, so if you’re unable to join us, you'll be able to watch it on our website.

Please feel free to reply to this newsletter if there’s anything here you’d like to comment on. Please also let us know if there’s something else you’d like to bring to our attention or make a comment on.

Thank you again for being part of our community.

Simon Pemberton

PS. If you haven't already heard our interview with James Valentine on ABC Radio Sydney, you can listen to it here

(It runs for about 8 minutes)

PPS. If you like the idea of being part of our community, please feel free to share this newsletter with whoever you think might be interested in what we’re doing, or better still, in joining us.

Other links

Here's one of Lisa Leong’s podcasts from her ‘This Working Life’ series on the ABC which you might find interesting. 

"You need us": why over 50s need to be "old and bold" to fight ageism at work

You can listen to the podcast on:

 ABC Radio

 Apple podcasts