‘Don’t do anything rash’ was replaced by freedom to chase a dream: To be a plumber like her Dad…
£7,000 redundancy from her teaching job at a sixth-form college was invested in buying a van and a one-year plumbing course where, although the only woman in the class, she discovered she wasn’t the oldest: There were plenty of men in their 50s and 60s training to be plumbers, too.
She’s now set up her own business and friends and family are benefiting from ‘mates rates’ while the business gets established.
She said she wishes she’d done this years ago yet would never have had the courage to make the leap had it not been for the push of redundancy.
Moral of the story: Redundancy can mean opening our eyes to new opportunities AND It’s never too late to follow your dream!