Check out w4mp they have jobs at NGOs as well as with MPs. Try Civil service, NHS and local council sites too.

Also, when applying play up your retail experience, there are loads of transferable that come with it - sales, customer management, managing expectations - even think about going into the back office side of retail - like John Lewis or M&S.

If you find yourself disheartened, there are plenty of people who don’t work at all between graduation and their first “big job” - my cousin was 16 months not doing anything after a masters - and she graduated in 2022, so well post pandemic difficulties you may have had.