Job Centre: Not quite charity, but certainly cheering people up

Published: July 8, 2020, 6 a.m.

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Jacob Hawley discusses what life in lockdown means to keyworkers and creative freelancers.

On this week\\u2019s episode, Jacob talks to Blue Peter\\u2019s newest presenter Mwaksy Mudenda about taking on a flagship show from her bedroom and Bethany Wells, a theatre designer who has set up a micro grant scheme for artists ineligible for other support. He also hears from furloughed chef Ben Miller who has set up his own cook at home business, Deliveroo cyclist Tom, and Absolute Radio presenter / Bread King Ross Buchanan.

Jacob Hawley\\u2019s Job Centre is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds\\nArt by Made Up\\nMusic by Jaan \\nProduction Coordinator: Sarah Sharpe\\nProducer: Nick Coupe

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