Fairheads News | Retirement funds
The Chlldren’s Act of 2007 brought the age of majority down from 21 to 18. While it may make economic sense to expand the group of financially active people (and political sense to increase the voting pool), how many young people of 18 are able to handle large payouts on termination of their beneficiary fund or umbrella trust? It is not uncommon for service providers like Fairheads to pay out R100 000 or more on termination of accounts.
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January always seems to pass in a flash! However, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients and service providers a prosperous and healthy year.
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The guardian workshops that Fairheads held between September and November last year were hugely successful. The logistics of the exercise were a real challenge but we conclude that nothing can beat the value of face-to-face contact. Guardians had a chance to ask questions and we were able to further educate and assist them. These interactions provided the opportunity to further improve communication as well as services provided.
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Poverty continues to be one of the major challenges in South Africa. While charitable donations and aid play an important role in bringing relief to the destitute, it is not enough to uplift and empower the disadvantaged communities in our country. Enterprise development is an option that empowers not only previously disadvantaged entrepreneurs but also the communities in which they operate.
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Fairheads made a donation to the Kliptown Youth Program (KYP) as part of our corporate social responsibility for 2011. The funds allocated to assist with the KYP tutoring program stemmed from Fairheads’ decision to donate funds to an educational cause instead of an elaborate stand at the 2011 IRF Conference.
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Fairheads Times carries beneficiary case studies from time to time. In this way readers can get a glimpse into the frequently very difficult circumstances of our clients. Here is an account by Mpuseng Sekaleli, client liaison officer in Fairheads Johannesburg office, about how she managed to trace a beneficiary while she was on leave.
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Santa Shoebox started in 2006 in Cape Town but soon became a national project. In 2011 over 70 000 shoeboxes were pledged and handed out to children around the country.
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For the second year running the men, known as Mo Bros, of Fairheads have taken part in the worldwide movement called Movember.
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The Fairheads training team is working hard to make sure training programmes are suited to our clients’ needs.
In 2011 we rolled out a major training initiative, or learnership, to our contact centre staff as well as to all job levels across the operational departments as these staff members are at the front line when it comes to dealing with clients.
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