Hello. Just a reminder that this Friday, 17th February, it’s RAOK Day (Random Acts Of Kindness day) and to celebrate with a purpose Beckworth job centre is launching it’s inaugral National Take A Goth To Work Day. This tie in is likely to become a great annual country-wide opportunity to help these noir-lovers and participants will be able to say I was there at the start… Yes it’s down to you to get these mumbling workshy doom-mongers off benefits and into full-employment, and preferably not just jobs in undertakers. It follows a trial day last year, in Doncaster, where everyone in the town had to dress as sun-avoiding Goths whilst taking a real one to work. It wasn’t a success up North but we’re still rolling it out in your local town, just without the need for all towns people to dress like they’re vampires and listen to loud music.

If your employer has signed up to the scheme you can take as many unemployed black-clad misery guts with you on Friday and have them shadow you all day to see what work is like. We currently have a shortage of companies signed up, so please help us out. We are especially short on surgeons and nurses, chartered surveyors, strippers and judges to take goths with them on Friday, so if you’re one of these get your skates on and sign up. Some poor old ashen-faced lank-haired youth is relying on you to transform their sad, pathetic life. Now that really is a random act of kindness. Ruth Freshford. Manager. JobCentrePlus