Life member home

Recently retired or considering retirement in the near future? Make sure you don't lose your union protection and the benefits that came with your NAHT membership by transferring to NAHT Life.

Act fast - to be eligible for life membership, you must apply within six months of the date of your retirement from a school leadership role.

Life membership grants you access to:

• Retrospective cover for issues arising from your time in service as a full member.
• Pension support: Expert advice on retirement and pension-related queries.
• Public voice: Right to attend, speak, and vote in branch meetings and elections.
• Representation: National Life Member Sector Counil and National Executive Committee who actively work on your behalf to protect your current and future needs

• Regular newsletters and continued access to the members’ area of our website.

• Mentoring: Opportunity to become a mentor through NAHT’s mentoring scheme.
• Community: Opportunities to get involved or stay involved in your local NAHT branch
• Termly Leadership Focus magazine.
• Website access: Full access to NAHT’s online resources.
• NAHT Extras: Member savings platform offering 24/7 discounts (e.g. 9% off coffee, 6% off groceries, 8% off holidays).
• Affinity services: Preferential rates on financial advice and other services.
• Counselling & support line: Legal queries referred to Law Express.
• Clerking opportunity: Earn £38/hour as a clerk via Judicium Education (contact: Jeremy.kaye@judicium.com).
   

Whether leaving a labour of love or embracing a life of leisure, there can be no doubt that retirement from school leadership marks a huge change in lifestyle.

NAHT is here to help you with the transition from having a very busy school leadership role to potentially having time to fill, and perhaps even experiencing less of a sense of belonging than when you were in work.

We provide support in terms of pensions, ideas for using your time and preparation for the next phase of your life.

We also recognise that, while the organisational structures of school might no longer be there, you may still want to be part of a wider group of retired professionals who support members or just meet up socially. Life membership is about bringing all of those opportunities into one place.
 

Trade union benefits in retirement    

NAHT Life provides retired members with the same excellent trade union services as they received when they were in post. It allows you to continue to play an active volunteer role within NAHT regions and branches, if that’s what you choose to do, so that NAHT and its members can continue to benefit from your experience in the same way that you will have benefited from experienced leaders and NAHT members in the past.

From time to time life members need their trade union to support them over historic cases stemming back to their school career and NAHT can only do this work if you’re a life member. With the cost of a Barrister upwards of £300 per day it makes sense to ask your trade union to protect you.

To ensure that you don’t miss out on all of the rich reservoir of resource available to life members, please ensure NAHT has your correct post-retirement contact details.