Hello!
I've been working for the same company for ten years. The main reason I've been there so long is better the devil you know / lack of confidence / Stockholm Syndrome. I'm desperate to retrain - I'm in a part-time arts charity comms role currently but am eager to do something more directly linked to supporting people to feel better, and something I can really choose my own hours in such as counselling, massage, nutrition, coaching...but I have no idea how to retrain - financially, I earn about 1k a month which is tough to live on (I survive ok but live paycheck to paycheck - I have no savings) and retraining is so expensive. My current job does not believe in development for its staff so I can't access anything in that way.
How does anyone retrain when they don't earn well? I can't find any courses that are free or even vaguely affordable. Alas I think I don't think I can get a career development loan as I did a stupid creative MA when I was younger which was fun but pretty pointless now looking back and I believe this discounts me from getting a career dev loan as I already have a Masters.
Any signposting gratefully received - towards any funding opps / cheaper courses or even any affordable career coaching or anything similar to help me out of this rut.