layout: true background-image: url(../../images/slide_background.jpg) background-size: cover class: middle --- # Integrating into a community ### Long Quotes --- ### Quote 1 --- ### “I think very often young vets, in their first couple of jobs, they go and find a job somewhere else other than where they call home. And think perhaps, they don’t fit in to the community. So they need to do something to fit in, so they need to join a club, young farmers. Young farmer groups, is one of the supports, is usually the best way to meet people, at least if you’re a man. *(cont. ...)* --- ### I know, I read once and this resonates with me; woman tend to be friendly with people who they talk to, men tend to be friendly with people who they do things with so there might be a gender difference there in terms of building friendships. But certainly I think for men, and I’m just speaking from my own experiences, as a boy, doing things with other people, is helpful.” --- ### Quote 2 --- ### “… we’ve got some good support groups on Facebook that now do encourage people to ask questions. And you can say, “my boss is doing this – what do you think?” People will give an overwhelming support for that person. If I had realised that all those things were around when I was not coping well, or put the questions out there for people I don’t know to give their opinion! *(cont. ...)* --- ### That would help you to rationalise your own thoughts, to say, “well actually this is what I’m going to do. I can’t see any future for me here, I’m going to move on”.”