Hello! We are a family of 5, consisting of Neil (33), Suzi (31), Finley (6), Valentina (3) and Madison (2). Neil and I have been togethr for 15 years and have been married for 8. We have always dreamed of a better life but until now its all been just that! A dream! It's time for action!
Valentina, Finley and Madison.
Neil was made redundant 2 years ago this month, obviously it has affected our financial position alot, we became reliant on the benefit system just to survive, which obviously at the time we were very grateful for but it is not how we see our future and it is certainly not how we would like our kids to grow up. On the opposite end of the scale redundancy improved our family life ten fold. Neil has been able to see our children grow up over the past couple of years, he saw our youngest Madisons first steps, heard her first words, has watched Valentina our middle child turn from a toddler into a little girl and has had the opportunity to help our eldest Finley with homework and encourage him at after schools activities. All of these things that you are unable to do whilst at work all day like most.
It led us to discuss our future and what we wanted as a family, employment as you are all aware is still quite difficult to come by so we made the decision to go it alone and start our own business, Nice Buns. We have been very lucky and the jobcentre have provided us with the advice and support we need to do this and indeed will be with us for the next 26 weeks following our progress and providing support when needed.
Nice Buns began with the thought of being a home baking produce supplier however the idea has quickly expanded to include childrens and adult workshops in sugar craft and baking, teaching other people what we do and providing them with the skills to do it at home. It's early days but hopefully we are on the up.
We have big plans for the future of Nice Buns. In conjunction with Hutch and Janine we would like to offer more workshops, not just in home baking but also in other skills so as in the long term we are providing people with a skill that will ultimately save them money and help to make their life a little better.
One thing that we are all in agreement with is that although we are the people bringing Operation Better Life into action we are very aware that there are plenty of other people just like us out there also craving and striving for better things and the dream would be that it would help not just us but plenty of others too. This isn't just about us! It's about everyone who dreams of better and has the drive to achieve it. Nobody is going to hand it to you (or us) but we believe with help and good old fashioned grafting you, them and us can achieve that dream that seems so far away.
Love:
Neil, Suzi, Finn, Vale and Mads.
xxxx
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