Give them a send-off to remember with a group retirement card. Collect heartfelt messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and career memories from the whole team, ready in seconds and easy for everyone to sign.
Optional: Add a Group gift collection pot so colleagues can pool a generous send-off gift.
A group retirement card is a digital card colleagues sign together to mark someone's retirement, instead of passing a paper card round the office. Everyone adds their own message, photo, video or GIF from anywhere, and the finished card is delivered to the person retiring, by email or a private link, on the date you choose. It's also called an online retirement card or digital retirement card, and they all celebrate the same milestone. For someone moving to a new job rather than retiring, a leaving card fits better.
A digital retirement card makes it easy for colleagues to create a shared group card online, even across different offices or remote teams.
Colleagues past and present, remote workers, the team in another office. One link, and no one is left out of the send-off.
Professionally designed, AI-enhanced artwork. Add a favourite work photo, even a fun AI face-swap, to the cover.
Contributors just open the link and write their message. No app to download, and no login, so nobody drops out.
Line it up for their final working day so the card lands at exactly the right moment.
Colleagues can record a video goodbye, drop in old work photos, or add the perfect GIF, the memories a paper card could never hold.
A digital card full of memories and good wishes they can revisit and download any time.
Award-winning, too: ExpressWithACard was named Digital Greetings Card Platform of the Year 2026/27 by the Prestige Awards.
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Select a design that feels encouraging, uplifting, or light‑hearted.
Share a simple link so friends, family, or the whole team can leave messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and memories. No account needed for sign‑ups
Send instantly or schedule delivery. The recipient gets an email with the card, available to view and download as a PDF.
The retirement cards people keep do two things at once. On a shared card that's easy to pull off: let a few signers go for the jokes, no more Monday meetings, the alarm clock retiring with them, and make sure at least one message lands a sincere line about what they've meant to everyone. Keep your own note general enough to speak for the group, and if you're writing to a boss, stick to safe ground, lie-ins and escaping Mondays, then finish with a genuine thank you.
One more thing that beats any words: put a favourite old work photo on the cover.
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Pair your card with a smart eGift card the recipient can redeem at one of 200+ popular UK retailers. Here are some of the favourites.
Frequently asked
A group retirement card is a digital card colleagues sign together to mark someone's retirement, instead of passing a paper card round the office. Everyone adds a message, photo, video or GIF from anywhere, and it's delivered to the person retiring on the date you choose.
Share genuine appreciation, one specific memory, and a warm wish for the road ahead. On a group card, keep your line general enough to speak for everyone. Funny works well ("no more Monday meetings"), just make sure the card as a whole lands at least one sincere note. See the message ideas above for colleagues, managers, a close friend and your boss.
Keep it warm and a little more polished. Thank them for their leadership and name something you learned from them, then wish them well. If you add humour, stick to safe territory like lie-ins and escaping Mondays, and always finish with a genuine thank you.
Create a card on ExpressWithACard, share the link with colleagues via email or Slack, and let everyone add their own message, photo, video, or GIF. Once it's ready, send it straight to the retiree's inbox or schedule it for their last day.
Absolutely. Contributors can upload career photos, record video messages, pick from thousands of GIFs, and add emojis, making the send-off personal, celebratory and genuinely moving.
Yes. You can schedule the digital card to be delivered at a specific date and time, so it lands perfectly to mark their retirement and final send-off.
Yes! Add a Gift Collection Pot to your retirement card and colleagues can pool a generous send-off gift, with no awkward cash collecting. The retiree receives a smart eGift card alongside their card full of messages and memories, redeemable across 200+ UK retailers. There's no extra cost to the organiser to set one up.
Retirement cards start from £2.00 as a one-off, with no subscription. See our pricing page for current plans.
