'I was frozen out of furlough scheme'
Even before Covid, unemployment was high in the area where Julie lives - Trimdon in Country Durham. The north-east of England has the highest level of unemployment in the UK, at 5.4%. Trimdon itself is among the 20% of poorest neighbourhoods in the country.
"[I feel] discriminated against and not treated equal - that's how I feel and I feel angry because of that. It's wrong, he can put it right, he can still fix it." "Teesside's been hit massively over the last five to six years with the steel industry, with job losses… and do you know what? The people in Teesside are now standing up and saying together we'll make sure that we're all ok."
"If I had to go home tonight and sleep knowing that there's still people suffering, and I chose to do nothing about it, I couldn't live with myself."Gym owner Mike Hind and his team have been delivering care packages to vulnerable people during the pandemic "People who've been affected by Covid, they're going to need help for the next 12, 15, 20 months. I think we have to do something with them people."Julie has been campaigning with Excluded UK on behalf of people like her who were left with no financial support during lockdown
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