Currently am based in Bristol but want to move to a city/town up north to be closer to family in Cumbria - but my family live rurally so haven’t got any urban experience to help us decide where. I’m 25F with partner 25M, both interested in community, nature, the arts and free party scenes. Both creative and want to work in conservation/nature. What are some places that would be a good fit? Any ideas would be appreciated ! Thanks :)
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Just lost my job don't get any payment until June just ran out of food this morning is there anywhere who supports with this please does anyone know I have a young child
Genuinely believe that the UK has one of the worst job markets right now. On top of that I keep hearing from friends, acquaintances, or former colleagues about redunancies / more rounds of layoffs at not only their workplace, but in their industry.
Employers don't want to train and don't want to pay for the right people either - so they're looking for unicorns that can slot right in on a low wage.
Recruiters, and even HR, don't know how identity talent or CVs properly, don't know what transferabble skills or even what they are being asked to recruit at times. They just want "x exact job title with exact specfic y systems for z years."
I've seen an increasing number of civil service roles being adveritsed, but when clicking through to the app you're greeted with "this role is for existing civil servants only". And none of this even mentions the whole Ghost jobs thing which is supposedly anywhere from 10% to 30% of listings...
I’m trying to put together a list for curiosity’s sake.
So, for instance, “Aye” meaning “yes”, or “Bairn” meaning “child” are used both in Scotland and Northern England, but nowhere else.
If you live in the North of England and work in London, how do you find the commute there?
Esepcially interested to know the cost of the commute as it must be expensive but also tiring considering length of journey.
How much would you say is a good comfortable wage in Northern England especially considering the current economy now?
A journalist has published a book about the difficulties working-class writers face, after she was pushed out of the industry herself over costs.
Kate Pasola, from Prudhoe, Northumberland, said she was all too familiar with writing's "class ceiling", having believed hard work and internships would be rewarded with success.
"But, what I realised, as my own career moved forward, was that some people were falling away from their calling because they couldn't afford to do it," she said.
The Creative Mentor Network found the number of working-class people in creative roles had fallen by half since the 1970s, while the Sutton Trust found only 10% of writers are from working-class backgrounds.
Pasola, who had to leave the journalism industry for a brief period due to the cost-of-living crisis, said she first became aware of socioeconomic barriers at university.
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A survey from business magazine The Bookseller found almost 80% of people from working-class backgrounds felt class had adversely affected their career, and charities like Newcastle-based New Writing North are trying to break down the barriers they face.
According to its founder, Claire Malcolm, added stresses such as the cost-of-living crisis are making things "more difficult" for people trying to break into the industry.
"I think a lot of people get put off very early on because they don't see any role models or people like them in some of the places they look," she said.
"So it's hard to be it if you can't see it."
Last year New Writing North launched The Bee, a literary publication centred around working-class experiences, which it funded through their programme A Writing Chance.
For Malcolm, getting these voices heard is important because it reflects "who we think are the right people to be making culture in our country".
"You don't see working-class or northern voices represented well in the national media and that creates a deficit," she said.
Beamish, County Durham