Would you like David to visit and talk about the TPS to your staff?
David Fountain set up and leads a peer support group on Facebook that has attracted over 45,000 subscribers and continues to grow by word-of-mouth from teaching colleagues across the country. He has produced and published over 60 videos to explain various aspects of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, shining a light on aspects of the scheme that can make a significant difference to many. He is known for his ability to take complex aspects of the pension scheme and explain them in layman’s language.
David started a campaign in 2020 to allow for a £1 change in pay to counter the negative impact made on pensions during a pay freeze. This campaign was taken up by ASCL, NAHT, NEU, NASUWT and the then Voice Community Unions resulting in the DFE agreeing that this could be implemented.
David is not a financial advisor and sells nothing related to pension schemes or other investments. David is driven by his desire to help teachers understand and navigate their pensions and avoid making mistakes, some of which he made himself. As a young and busy teacher he blindly assumed that if he kept paying into the pension scheme and moving up the pay ladder that his pension MUST get better and didn’t pay attention to the rules of the scheme. His mistakes, he estimates, will have lost him £70,000. This allows him to answer questions without fear or favour.
His fee, for in-persons visits, covers his travel expenses with the remainder being donated to charity. The charities currently being Education Support, Pilgrims Hospices and The Rockinghorse Children’s.
https://www.justgiving.com/team/davidfountain
A secondary teacher of mathematics, science and IT since 1990 he has been a Head of Year, Director of Assessment and was the Head of IT at Astor College in Dover until he left in 2017
His presentation covers:
- The career average scheme
- The final salary scheme
- Impact of inflation
- The 5 ways of getting the pension
- Death benefits
- Maternity
- Opting out
- Buying extra pension
- The TPS Website
- The importance of the pay slip
- What to check in the statement
- Protecting higher salaries (for the final salary scheme)
- Working beyond the Normal Pension Age (60 or 65)
- Transitional Protection
- Q&A throughout.
If you would like to discuss having David visit your school, organisation or conference etc, then please complete this form and he will be in touch shortly.
Presentation Fee: 90-120 minute presentation with Q+A is £450.
After deducting expenses the remainder is distributed to charity.
Additional Fee: Rest of the day: £200
To have David available for the rest of the day for one-to-one or small groups to look over, in more detail, personal circumstances, an additional fee of £200 is requested. This additional fee can be paid to David and passed on to the charities he supports or paid by the organisation to their own favourite charity.