work? ok i would if i could...

Hi Emma, l am sure some think will come up you will just have to keep looking. Yes it can be very boring to be stuck at home alone. Its lonely when all your friends are out of work.

It is hard and as you say but not to mention you have had cancer would be wrong and could count against you.

Your manager is not much cop not even getting in touch with you. Dont blame you for not wanting to go back there.

Could you do some voluntry work it could lead to a proper job and it would get you out for a while.

love Rosiexxx

Hi Emz,

You have hit the nail on the head,how can you get a job when there is no jobs available, But you will get people telling you , of course there are jobs lots of jobs you only have to move, to China or the moon.

If you want one. But then again you have a problem

you see you have Cancer and people with Cancer need treatment which means you would have to take days of work.

So you are back to square one. I dont know I worked for the Civil Aviation Authority. National Air Traffic Service Division. You know the people that stop Aircraft from bumping into eachother,for 30yrs

and since I got my Pals the Cancers and had to get medically retired.12yrs ago not one has been round to see how im doing. Not that I give a shit.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse my language. What goes around comes around. That is  the first moan I have had since I came on this site. It dosent make me feel any better

so there you go my Pal Emz nobody outside Macland loves or cares for us. Ah well we will survive.

You take care and be safe Big Hugs Love Sarsfield.xx

We're with you, Emz. Keep trying, my lovely.

Love,

ALi

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I just wanted to let you know something I was told when I decided to go back to work. I spoke to someone from Macmillan as I was worried I wouldn't even get through the door if I told prospective employers I had cancer. She told me that A) they cannot discriminate because of this as we are protected by the disability act B) that I wasn't actually required to tell them about the cancer until I was officially offered a job and C) if they don't specifically ask about your medical history then you don't have to tell them about having cancer although she did advise that you do. I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck with the job search xxx

Emz

Hve you thought of a couple of hours volunteering just to get you out and a bout - the great thing is lots of the agencies you could volunteer for also offer training and courses for volunteers. Also when you do voluntary work, you get on the radar of organisations who might be looking for part time or temporary staff... from this you get to do something for others, meet new people, have the chance to learn some new skills and finally there may be a job somewhere along the line...

The issue regarding your current employer... if you aren't wanting to go back you could support your friend in her claim and if she is successful then there is a precedent set for your case... which will make it less stressful - some extra cash by way of a compensation could go towards a holiday or some training...

As for value.. the smile I saw this week from 4 old ladies using the community transport bus service, they told me without their volunteer bus assistants and drivers, they would be housebound... confined to 4 walls and waiting at the window to see if they were going to get a visitor...

Spread a little and you get so much back...

Jules xx