Which day to choose
The first day is the favourite: the morning they started, decades ago. The last day works too, the hour of the leaving drinks. Give us the date, a time and the place, and we frame the galaxy that was directly overhead with the place, the date and a line from the team.

From the whole office

- Margaret · 38 years at Barclays · we'll miss you
- First day: 4 Sept 1989. Last day: today. Thank you.
One person orders and pays; the collection can cover it.
Collecting for it at work
Retirement collections are usually run by one colleague with an envelope or an online collection page. Set a target before you choose the size: twenty colleagues at £15 each covers the 11 × 14 inch size; a larger department can reach the next one.
Sign it from the team, and ask a long-serving colleague for the first day: personnel files and old ID cards usually carry the start date.




