Have you managed to return to work after 10+ years as a SAHM

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I became a SAHM 13 years ago - partly through choice, partly through circumstance (long story!)

Didn't intend to be out of work so long but:
DD had additional needs
We live quite rurally and no part-time jobs nearby to fit in with school hours
No family to help
The depression and anxiety that have plagued me all my life have overtaken me during this time and zapped all my confidence

DD now at high school so more independent but needs some support so I can work more than part time but less than full time.

Anyone returned to work after a long break? Any tips would be appreciated.

One request: can we not have the SAHM-v-WOHM debate. It's not helpful.

I volunteered for a couple of years, like a lot of folk above. Eventually got a job with the charity I volunteered with, after doing an ECDL course free through my local library to brush up my IT skills.

The charity would have paid for my childcare although my children were all at school when I started so I didn't need this.

My mum was at home for 22 years and then she had to find work. She started off temping and then somehow she never left the office - they kept renewing her contract. I know she found it very very hard to go back though at first, in terms of the routine and the office culture.

For pp who didn't hear back from volunteering position. The large animal charity I volunteer with didn't get back to me at all. I eventually plucked up the courage to go into the local branch to ask about it and he said info gets stuck all the time is it possible to pop in and ask?

Good luck to all of us 😀