I had a very bad experience in my first job at 18 and honestly, it put me off ever working again, plus I got rejected for every job I applied for. I am autistic and find the demands of most job roles very difficult, and I had my children very young and one has complex special needs which unfortunately meant looking for work was not a priority. It’s something I have been deeply embarrassed by and I know I am very very limited in skill and feel so useless. It gets me down knowing that if I apply for a job no one is likely to take me on when I haven’t worked for 10 years. So I have decided to try to build up on my skills and I have applied to volunteer at Women’s Aid now that my kids are at school and I could commit time to it. I have so little confidence I am worried I won’t even be good at that, but the one thing I do have is quite a lot of adverse experiences and come out the other end and might be able to help others. Do you think volunteering is a good idea to get some skills to increase chance of future employment? Better late than never I guess!