A WORK from home mum has set up a group to help people find remote jobs in the lockdown.

Katrina Sykes from Great Harwood is not getting paid for setting up her Facebook group, The Work From Home Hub, but she wanted to help other mums and people who cannot work unless it is from home.

The mum of one has been working from home in various jobs for over 10 years, and when the pandemic first started, she realised that many people were struggling to work if they had to be in an office.

She said: “So, when it became apparent we were going into a lockdown, I set this group up on Facebook. The last 10 years I have worked in digital call centres and when I told people what I did, they would say they would love to do something like this, because I work from home.

“I know loads of people that had to leave or lost their jobs and could not work because they needed to be at home.

“I felt like I needed to do something about it to help people find jobs again.”

Initially she started it to share opportunities with friends and people in Hyndburn but found that many people were messaging her asking for help.

She said: “I got messages from people who said they had been looking for months without luck.

“Some people wanted help with asking employers to be allowed to work from home, even just temporarily.”

Mrs Sykes has received many supportive messages thanking her for helping them find jobs.

She said: “One lady suffered with social anxiety and needed to be at home, so it is not just mums but also those with medical issues, physical concerns or just students who need to work around their schedules.

“I have met so many people now, who if they cannot work from home, they simply cannot work.

“I just want to do this because I know there are people who are struggling, and I have the skillset to help.”

Mrs Sykes has a list of 400 employers and spends her free time outside of her own work, looking in websites for openings as well as her messages, where she is often requested by employers of their job openings.

Every job posted is a full working from home role.