Retirement Gifts
Throughout our working life we all look forward to the day when we no longer need to work anymore. The day when life truly starts again. When you have freedom and time to enjoy the little and big things like hobbies, travel and family. When someone retires it is customary to celebrate in some way and often it is nice to give them a sentimental gift to mark the occasion. Giving a beloved colleague a special gift from all the team is a great way to say thank you for all your hard work and enjoy this next chapter of life. We have a great selection of personalised gifts ideal for retirement. Let's take a look at some of our favourite items.
Personalised Stationery
We have a wide range of stationary available including pens, pencils and gift sets. These are great choices for retirement gifts. Give them a personalised pen for their morning crosswords, help them discover a new hobby with our calligraphy gifts or keep track of their thoughts with our notebook and pen gift sets.
Our extensive range of engraved pens are perfect for retirement gifts. No matter what they’re plans are for retirement they will certainly appreciate a useful and thoughtful gift like our pen and case sets. These sets are available with various pen design options including check, aztec and chrome, each one comes in a case engraved with a message of your choice. Alternatively we have a great gift set for the more sophisticated of people with our Waterman notebook & pen gift set including a fountain pen and A6 jotter notebook. You can explore our entire range of engraved pens from Parker, Cross and Waterman with options to suit all budgets. From our lightweight Parker jotter through to the luxurious Cross Century II Fountain Pen.
Personalised Keepsakes
Retirement is a special occasion to be commemorated, your family, friend or colleague will certainly appreciate a personalised keepsake ‘from all the team’ to treasure as they go into the next phase of their life. We have a great range of personalised gifts that act as great practical items but also excellent keepsakes.
How about a traditional pocket watch, perfect as a wearable item for special occasions but also as a delightful keepsake reminding them of great times before retirement. Our silver coloured pocket watch with white dial is available with Arabic or Roman numerals on the face. These can be personalised with a laser engraved message to mark the occasion. We also have some lovely personalised hip flasks available with an engraved message of your choice. Each hip flask comes in a high quality gift box to preserve this as a keepsake. Our most popular hip flask is our 6oz plain hip flask which comes with personalisation over 4 lines of text. Show you care with a personalised candle, our high quality candles come in a recycled glass jar and personalised label. We have several great designs to choose from including photo options.
You can add their name to our elegant monogrammed initial design or initials to our monogrammed personalised candle. Share treasured memories or a photo of the whole team with our photo candle. These candles are a fabulous gift, with a delightful sandalwood scent, personalised label and option to add an engraved message to the lid; this is something they can treasure for years to come.
Personalised Hobby Themed Gifts
Retirement allows time to take up a new hobby, spend more time doing a current hobby or even being reintroduced to an old passion. We have some excellent personalised gifts themed to hobbies that can be enjoyed throughout life and more so in retirement.
We don't like to stereotype however golf is commonly associated with retired men so lets start with some golfing themed gifts. Our range of golf themed includes a handy golf tee set ideal for a trip out on the green. How about some golf themed cufflinks with a personalised gift box. We have some great choices including our golf bag & clubs gift set or our golf ball and tee gift set. Both of these sets come with a chrome gift box which can be engraved with a message of choice.
Football is another popular hobby for all ages. Whether they are taking up playing for an over 60’s team or are avid attendees at their teams matches a football themed gift will surely be a hit. We have some great personalised keyrings ideal for sending a congratulatory message ahead of their retirement. Our football circular keyring and football boot circular keyring are ideal with the option to engrave a short message onto the back.
Why not some football themed socks, everyone loves getting socks as a gift right? We have some football is my life socks perfect for match day, personalise with their name to make them extra special.
Who doesn’t love getting out in the garden, especially when the weather is nice! Retirement means more time at home so more time to spend in the garden and we have some lovely gifts for avid gardeners. No matter what stage of their gardening journey they are in, some personalised leather gardening gloves will be a super practical gift for retirement. Give them some handy essential tools with our luxury copper trowel and fork set. Who doesn’t love A hot drink to get them through a tough day's work, we have a lovely gardening mug design featured on our durable enamel mug perfect for being outside.