Ed, join the military and be a RW pilot. Plenty of money (relatively which will help pay for IR) cheap place to live and free flying.
I'm biased but I'd recommend it to anyone. The reason you can;t find a job is that you have 'paper' qualifications but little real world experience. Offshore (and quite a lot of onshore) work can be very demanding and if a potential employer can filter you out on experience grounds they will. If you can't beat them, join them.
The RAF is basically a flying club anyway and you;ll get paid at least £30k a year plus to be a pilot even under training (check the pay scales out online).
Lots of down sides of course but if you take along term view and find out where a lot of the people in the industry come from, ex mil is a pretty popular route. Think about flying as a career and not as the next job. using the mil route gives you access to a flying career which in the current environment you might not get.
Just my 10c worth.