Richard Burden MP Supports Retooled

Really pleased to have gained the endorsement from the local MP for Northfield and Longbridge, Richard Burden. Here’s what he has to say about Retooled and what the resource is doing to support people going through redundancy:

“As the local MP for Longbridge, I will never forget those days in the spring of 2005 when MG Rover collapsed and thousands of people were thrown out of work. For each of them and their families, the financial impact of losing a job was big enough.

“But it was about even more than that. It felt like a giant collective bereavement. And since then, many of the families involved have gone through so many of the emotions that you associate with bereavement – grief, anger, sometimes denial, and then a desire to draw a line and move on. Only people who have personally been through something like this themselves can really understand what it is like. Even people close to them – maybe like me as the local MP – can only get so far in that understanding.

“That is why I think Retooled is such an interesting initiative. It gives people who have been through redundancy themselves the chance to share experiences, to pass on knowledge and to support each other as they build a new future. It also means they can join together to tell policy makers what they need to hear. Continuing global economic uncertainty and the impact of the new Government’s austerity programme will make Retooled’s contribution even more valuable in the months to come.”