Anyone from Yorkshire, England?

[SavannahRose]

Ok, I am a scottish lass- who has recently been made redundant :-( but has decided to use this as an opportunity to relocate where I have always hoped to- to the refrshing air of Yorkshire- maybe Sheffield, Wakefield or York areas.

Needless to say in my panic about finding work, coupled with my social anxiety am feeling very out my depth right now. I have visited the areas and believe this relocation will really help me make a fresh start, however I know very little of the economic climate and am kinda just throwing caution to the wind. I am a genuine, patient and friendly, sociable girl once I find my feet and if I have a few close friends. I just find bigger social situations difficult, but of course someone who appreciates knowing what that is like may be ideal to get to know better.

So here I am guess, going out on a whim posting this- but u never know! Male or female, I just really have felt closed off and isolated here anyway. I need to move on, and to be happy, and I would love to have some like minded friends that I knew perhaps a little, before I take that leap. I guess I won't know unless I try.

 

[SavannahRose]

Guessing not. oh well

 

[Prestonator]

No but I'm currently studying at a university in Newcastle and used to live in Carlisle, cumbria!!!

I love the Yorkshire accent by the way

 

[Prestonator]

Ok, I am a scottish lass- who has recently been made redundant :-( but has decided to use this as an opportunity to relocate where I have always hoped to- to the refrshing air of Yorkshire- maybe Sheffield, Wakefield or York areas.

Needless to say in my panic about finding work, coupled with my social anxiety am feeling very out my depth right now. I have visited the areas and believe this relocation will really help me make a fresh start, however I know very little of the economic climate and am kinda just throwing caution to the wind. I am a genuine, patient and friendly, sociable girl once I find my feet and if I have a few close friends. I just find bigger social situations difficult, but of course someone who appreciates knowing what that is like may be ideal to get to know better.

So here I am guess, going out on a whim posting this- but u never know! Male or female, I just really have felt closed off and isolated here anyway. I need to move on, and to be happy, and I would love to have some like minded friends that I knew perhaps a little, before I take that leap. I guess I won't know unless I try.

My mum is a sufferer of SA and depression, and she got told a few weeks back that she will be made redundant in a year as the office she works at is closing thanks to the government cutting the benefits. She is in a very similar position to you as well she has been in the same job for the past 20 years and is very worried about having to find a new job. The thing is though, she can't afford to not get a new job as my sister and I are at university and that needs to be funded.

If the job market wasn't so bad at the moment then it wouldn't be so bad and hard to find a job and well I guess your anxieties about it would in effect be lessoned, right? I have 2 years left at uni, and really hope the market sorts itself out by the time I get out otherwise I will also be in the same position. I, like you, find bigger social situations difficult, especially like job interviews etc so I totally understand where you are coming from. I don't have any advice for how you could find a new job, but I do understand your anxieties as I think I would be the same if I was in the same position.

It's unfortunate you have been made redundant in the present job market; its just so poor at the moment. I don't think the conservative government party are doing much to help either ::

Hope this helps. Oh and by the way, sorry to hear you have lost your job.

 

[Remus]

Yorks nice but not keen on the other places, You should try Manchester yay! (And there's a big SA community)

 

[Richard-Edinburgh]

hey, not from Yorkshire. but a fellow Scot from Edinburgh, who can sympathise with a lot of your issues.
I was made redundant a couple of years ago, my wife and I swapped roles in effect and I became a stay at home dad. I have loved it from a family point of view but to be honest my S.A. has gone thru the roof. I have always had problems but never to this extent. so my advice to you is to find work as soon as you can and the same with friends. I have ever so gradually became someone who cant enter a crowded room, would rather put my privates in a vice than attend a family wedding (serious) and I link it back to stopping being at work every day. however I do wish you all the best in your move South! you wont know unless you try!

 

[prickly prickly hedgehog]

Yes! I'm from York and it's lovely. You should definitely move there. I'm studying in Scotland at the moment though so I don't know if there's much of an SA community or much support.. But if there isn't we should start one. I'm not entirely sure what I mean by that. I don't know anything about the job market either. So basically I am completely useless to you. Sorry this is probably really obvious but did you try the UK specific forum? there might be more people on there from Yorkshire.

 

[caringsoul]

hi, savannah.. im not scottish.. but im british.. nice to meet u! and i can relate to ur redundant thing, sorry about what happen. im also in the same position as u. i hope we can find a better job.