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CARLTON New Directions for Over 50s
From Mrs M Veevers, Wakefield Close, Freshbrook
REFRIGERATION I was delighted to see your article cued from the morass of depression
about the New Direction Pro- we were in, and set on our feet on
SERVICE & REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES gramme for the Unemployed Over firm ground once more. But this
OF FRIDGES & FREEZERS TEL: 50s in the January edition of The was not based on psychology alone,
LEC APPROVED SERVICE (0793) Link. Ifeell must tellyouwhat it was everything is primarily practical,
ALL WORK GUARANTEED 512550 like for me to be on the receiving including lively and very useful ex-
excises and experience on which we
end!
It was a terrible shock to become ourselves could build a fresh and
unemployed for the first time in my hope-full life. This included hours
life, just two years before I became spent on constructing an honest, in-
eligible for my State Pension: and formative detailed, confidence-
even worse to find out that, on AGE building and effedive CV we could
alone, dozens of prospective em- be proud of.

ployers saw me as being 'over the At least as valuable too, was the
hill'; in most cases not even worth unfailingly wise and friendly sup-
being sent an acknowledgement of port and respect given to each one of
my application, letalonebeinggiven us by Judy, John and Bruce, backed
an interview!!! Anyone who has not up by the cheerful cooperation of
Repairs and tuning MOBILE VEHICLE been through this experience can Judith and Inge in the office. I can-
by qualified engineers D.R.P. have no idea of the trauma and re- not thank them all enough. As soon
from fully equipped sultant deep depression, with total as we entered the room, we could
Mobile Workshops at loss of self-confidence that follows. feel the strength of their support,
your home or place of work SERVICING The Job Centre people were, to my although they MUST have felt ex-
surprise, extremely kind and polite, hausted on many occasions, we
'Phone Dave Powell Mobile 0860 453329. Swindon 612930 and tried to be helpful, but they never saw any signs of it. The com-
SERVICE OR REPAIR ANYWHERE eventually discovered that, although radeship and cooperative support
my (part) Widow's Pension pre- of everybody in the group was also
J
vented me from obtaining 'the dole,' a tremendous comfort. Only first
GET ON YOUR BIKE IN 93
for which I had paid contributions names are used, so anonymity is
for nearly 40 years, widows are not preserved unless the individual par-
Call the Bike Doctor for all your even entitled to sign on!
ticipant wishes it to be otherwise,
bike repairs and accessories What was so brilliant about the but there is a sort of friendship built
We come to you New Direction Programme was the up which allows us, without envy,
enthusiastic determination of eve- to be truly delighted when anyone
BIKE Tel: (0793) 874873 or (0850) 650956 rybody on the staff to see that we does find employment.
DOCTOR poor shattered souls should be res-
I can recommend it!!

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