Hi Gordon,
Very sorry to see redundancy, that happened to me last year, not nice, it does get better though, one word of advise as soon as it happens, sign on at job centre, sod the being to proud, I thought that, get the benefits that are due to you.
if I can give any advise drop me an e-mail to jjthefridge68@aol.com.
Good luck.
j.j.