The Charities Pensions Club holds various events throughout the year.
Our meetings are a mixture of in-person and virtual. Check out the calendar below to see what we have planned.
If you are thinking of joining the CPC then you can join the first meeting FREE! Contact us today to reserve your space.
2025 CALENDAR
Tuesday 11 February 2025
3.00pm - 4.00pm
Webinar: Case Study from Cancer Research UK on Their Defined Benefit (DB) Buy-in Journey to proposed Buy-out and subsequent Wind-up.
Online webinar via Teams.
Charities Pensions Club member Cancer Research UK (CRUK) are currently in the process of a proposed buy-in to wind-up journey of their DB scheme, and plan to have ‘insurance’ for a Buy-in in place for all members from March 2025.
Ian Hill, Pensions Manager at CRUK has kindly agreed to share his experience with the CPC.
This session will be held as an online webinar and will only be open to members of the club.
If you're considering becoming a member of the CPC, you can attend your first meeting for free to see how the club works, no obligation to join if it is not for you!
Contact us today to reserve your space!
Thursday 6 March 2025
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Charities Pensions Club Session - Led by Arc Pensions Law
Hybrid Event.
In-person: Arc Pensions Law, 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2AT.
Online: Via Teams
Agenda
Member Roundtable Discussion - The member roundtable session provides an open forum for members to raise concerns, ask questions, and seek advice from one another in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Legal update: Pensions Dashboards, PO Determination and Virgin Media
Arc Pensions Law: Kate Payne and Nneka Egbuji
Pension Dashboards: overview, recent developments and how to get ready from a legal perspective.
Pensions Ombudsman Determination: review of determination in relation to promise of mirror benefits to members.
Virgin Media Case: refresher and latest developments.
If you're considering becoming a member of the CPC, you can attend your first meeting for free to see how the club works, no obligation to join if it is not for you!
Contact us today to reserve your space!
Wednesday 14 May 2025
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Charities Pensions Club Session - Led by First Actuarial
Hybrid Event.
In-person: First Actuarial.,6 Snow Hill, EC1A 2AY, London.
Online: Via Teams
Agenda
Member Roundtable Discussion - The member roundtable session provides an open forum for members to raise concerns, ask questions, and seek advice from one another in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Actuarial update: General Code's "Own Risk Assessment" and GMP Equalisation
First Actuarial: Dale Walmsley and Natalie Ogden
Practical steps to completing an Own Risk Assessment: First Actuarial’s session will provide an overview and practical steps for those looking to complete the General Code’s “Own Risk Assessment” (commonly known as an ORA) in the coming months. The session will look at the objectives of the ORA, approaches to completing it, who is likely to be involved, what the output might look like and key outcomes.
GMP Equalisation: First Actuarial will provide a refresher about GMP equalisation, the background, requirements and typical process and resulting impacts for Trustees and members.
If you're considering becoming a member of the CPC, you can attend your first meeting for free to see how the club works, no obligation to join if it is not for you!
Contact us today to reserve your space!
Thursday 22 May 2025
10.00am - 10.45am
Webinar: Pension scheme funding for charities - an introduction
Do you know your statement of strategy from your statement of funding principles, or your technical provisions from your long-term funding target?
Running a Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme is now more complex than ever. For charities that sponsor DB schemes, a solid grounding in fundamentals such as funding and the triennial valuation process is crucial.
This 45-minute webinar takes place on Thursday 22 May 2025 at 10am. It’s aimed at people in the charity sector who need a good understanding of Defined Benefit (DB) scheme funding. We’re running it in collaboration with the First Actuarial.
Whether you’re new to pensions in the charity sector or simply need an update on the requirements for DB scheme sponsors, this webinar will help you navigate the complexities of funding.
In the webinar, the First Actuarial pension specialists will answer key questions such as:
Who runs your pension scheme?
What are your responsibilities as a DB scheme sponsor?
How does the actuarial valuation process work, and what needs to be agreed?
What is changing because of the new funding code?
This webinar is free to attend for anyone working in the charity or not-for-profit sector for both members and non-members of the Charities Pensions Club. Click on the link below to register for this webinar.
Tuesday 23 September 2025
9.30am - 4.00pm
Charities Pensions Club Session - Annual Event
In-person only: Central London
Agenda
We are currently arranging the programme for our annual day and more details will be confirmed soon.
Sessions from our partners Arc Pensions Law, First Actuarial and Pi Partnership.
Moving to a DC Master Trust Case Study from Action for Children and Royal Mencap Society.
Who Can Attend?
This event is for those responsible for pensions at charities and not-for-profit organisaitons and must be an employee, not a third party.
Club members can attend for free while non-members from charities and not-for-profits are welcome to join for a small fee of £160, which includes complimentary membership of CPC for the remainder of 2025.
To register contact us today.
Wednesday 19 November 2025
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Charities Pensions Club Session - Led by Pi Partnership
Hybrid Event.
In-person: London
Online: Via Teams
Join us for a hybrid session where you can attend in-person or online! We’ll kick off with a member roundtable discussion, where members can submit questions or topics they’d like advice on from the group or our partners. Following this, our professional trustee partner, Pi Partnership, will lead a 1-hour session, covering the latest relevant trustee topics and updates requested by members. These informal, relaxed meetings foster plenty of discussion and are based around what you, our members, want to learn and hear about.
If you're considering becoming a member of the CPC, you can attend your first meeting for free to see how the club works, no obligation to join if it is not for you!
Contact us today to reserve your space!
Member Feedback
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