Career Change, Redundancy Support & Retirement Coaching | The Next Chapter, Time for U

The Next Chapter

You are not finishing something. You are choosing what comes next.

Retirement is not an ending — it’s the chapter you get to write entirely on your own terms. A career change is not a risk — it’s a decision, made with clarity and purpose instead of guesswork. And the passion you set aside isn’t gone. It’s been waiting.

Whatever stage this is for you — approaching it, already in it, or further along than most people realise — Time for U is built for exactly this moment.

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Who this is for

Every kind of next chapter. Every kind of readiness.

This isn’t one moment. It’s several, and people arrive at each of them differently.

Reinvention

Ready for a career change?

Whether the decision is already made or still forming, the hardest part is rarely the leap itself — it’s working out exactly what you’re leaping toward, and why.

Restructure

Navigating a transition you didn’t choose

Redundancy. Transition. An ending that arrived before you were ready for it. The work isn’t just rebuilding what changed around you — it’s choosing what comes next, on your own terms. The work starts wherever you are.

Retirement

Nearing retirement?

Not just the practical countdown — the question underneath it. Who are you when the role that has shaped your days for thirty years steps back? What do you actually want this chapter to hold?

Return

Returning to what you set aside?

The craft, the calling, the version of the work you once loved before responsibility, timing or circumstance moved it to the back burner — or simply the return to work itself, after a career break, parental leave, illness, or a pause. Either way, it’s still there to return to.

Illustration zone Ink line / watercolour — a path forking, or a door opening · Sage & Linen wash

The case for this conversation

The thinking is already happening. The question is whether it’s happening alone.

47%

of UK career changers are navigating a life-defining decision completely alone — with no professional guidance.

CAREERSHIFTERS, STATE OF CAREER CHANGE, 2026 ↗

33%

of UK workers say they want to completely change careers — Britain is becoming what researchers call a “career reset nation.”

EMPLOYMENT HERO, SEP 2025 ↗

145k

workers were made redundant in the UK in a single recent quarter, with redundancy warnings at their highest since 2020.

ONS, 2026 · LIQUIDATION CENTRE ↗

Statistics reused and updated from TFU’s existing homepage citation and recent UK labour-market research, for consistency and currency. A further UK-specific statistic on retirement-identity transition, and one on returning to work after a break, are recommended for sourcing and verification (ONS / Centre for Ageing Better / Age UK) before publishing.

How it works

The same starting point as every TFU journey — built around your chapter.

1

A free conversation

Thirty minutes. No commitment, no pitch. A space to talk about where this chapter is starting from, and what you want it to hold.

2

A tailored approach

Not a retirement pack or a generic career-change template. An approach built around your specific transition, timeline and goals.

3

The work begins

Sessions are 60–180 minutes, online or in person. One-to-one, confidential, at your pace.

4

Real movement

Progress measured by alignment, not performance — clarity about the chapter, and the confidence to step into it.

Crossroads Clarity

If this feels like a crossroads — that’s exactly what Crossroads Clarity is for.

The Next Chapter is one of the doors into Crossroads Clarity, the process running through all of TFU’s work as a thread. For the person who wants to choose this chapter, not just arrive in it.

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“The old broom knows the corners.”
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO PROVERB · TFU PROVERBS SERIES

UK equivalent: “Old habits die hard” — but read the other way round. Experience is not something you age out of. It’s the thing this chapter gets to be built on.

Time for U is not therapy, counselling, or psychotherapy. Coaching and mentoring are forward-focused, goal-led practices aligned with ILM Level 5 and EMCC standards. If you need support right now: Samaritans 116 123 · NHS 111 · Shout 85258 · Emergency 999

Every chapter begins with one conversation

Ready when you are.

Thirty minutes with Sheona. No pitch. No commitment. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about where this chapter is starting, and whether Time for U is the right fit to help you write it.

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Thirty minutes · no pitch · no commitment

One practice, many doors to meet you where you are.

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