of what i was doing pre—pandemic. it's building and it's getting there but it's painfully slow. during the pandemic, competition forjobs has been fierce. here in hull, 20% of people live in workless households. david has two degrees and had applied for more than 100 jobs. you're out of control of your own life, at a point as to, where's the money going to come? you can't really think long term. so you're constantly thinking about, how am i going to get a job? in the end, he left his home city and moved to manchester to find new opportunities. he is now working for an organisation which supports disabled people. if you're the type of person that's applied for a lot ofjobs, like anybody had at the minute, i suppose, and you don't get those responses, it can really hurt. i do count myself lucky that i've ended up in this position. for others, lockdown has led to reinvention.