Dignity magazine

Thanks for drawing attention to this mag.

I'd given up on finding a magazine that would interest me, and from the subjects shown on Digity, that's about to change. I'll give it a go and get a copy, then subscribe if it comes up to expectations.

It'll be good to get back to putting my feet up with a cuppa coffee, gingernut and good newsy magazine I can relate to

Bit of ‘product placement’ going on there, Lara
Shameless!

I missread the name ! and thought it was a route to Switzerland !!!!

Me too aggie

Shocking choice of name!

I opened this thread thinking it was Dignitas!

? Agree Terrible name!

It also appears to to be Shouting Dignity on on 'our' behalf which (imho) is quite undignified.

There may be a need for a magazine that reflects age, interests" lifestyle etc,
But it does need to look like Protest Magazine or an informative brochure to be found in advice centres.

Me too ?

Does NOT need to look like......

I confess that I am not comfortable with niche magazines like this. Especially when part of the blurb includes phrases like:

Some of their readers have told them that because of ageist attitudes, they have felt unable to participate in or contribute to society in any meaningful way once they hit state pension age. Dignity Magazine aims to challenge this state of affairs by empowering their readers, whatever their age, to take charge of their lives and thrive.

The only way to deal with ageist attitudes is to go out and challenge them and be part of a bigger wider world. Not hunker down behind the barricades and cower. I am afraid this magazine sounds like a barricade.

Agree M0nica I don't need when I reach 65 for a magazine to protest on my behalf.

Especially now retirement is a moveable feast.☺

Think they might have shot themselves in the foot with this daft name and saturated publicity stuff on here

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I agree with MOnica & Cherrytree and its a terrible name.

I’m sorry to disagree.
Whereas I think everyone deserves to be treated with respect, behaving with dignity is a choice we make. It’s not bestowed on us.
Not every older person behaves with dignity.

I agree with janainsworth

And I agree too.

And, I don't need a magazine to protest for me.

I am treated with respect by almost everyone I meet. And, if I'm not, I don't think about it a lot, I just get on with what I am doing and ignore it.

Kitty ?

The moment I hear the word dignity I think of death. I really do think the name of the magazine will put a lot of people off.

I am sorry the name is just far too close to Dignitas i fI saw a magazine on the book stalls called dignity I would expect it to be trade magazine for undertakers or a magazine devoted to preparing for death, funeral plans etc.

The first rule of marketing a magazine like this is to make sure the name has the right connotations for your target audience. The last thing to consider is whether you, as the promoter like the name. That is completely irrelevant.

I have just read the link in OP.
I was mistakenly under the impression that this was a New Magazine launch.
However it states in the link that Dignity Magazine was first published in 2014
and is a bi-monthly publication.

So I can only conclude that it has been brought to our attention because Gransnet in their words has 'partnered with Dignity Magazine

Perhaps GNHQ could/should have canvassed GNers opinion before partnering up.