Hang in there buddy.
I was made redundant just before Christmas 2003. It was an awful time to go through all that but I guess at least the economy was in a slightly better order back then.
About a month later, after the holidays, I was seriously thinking of doing some menial jobs, factory work, deliveries, but my case officer at the job center kept encouraging me to go for the jobs I was actually qualified for (I have a degree). She said that once you go for an easier job it can be harder to find a 'proper' job that will get your career back on track.
I'm not saying that factory work and delivery work isn't a proper job, btw, just that if you've studied hard and got a degree then ideally you'd like to find something in your field.
Before made redundant I had the opinion that there are jobs for everybody out there, you just have to look for them and only losers are out of work, yada yada. How naive. It's funny how your perspectives change when it happens to yourself. Although it was seven years ago now so I guess I was still relatively young then...