An unemployed single mum has been given £32,000 at a Job Centre following a chance meeting with a stranger who made the extraordinary offer.

Jodie Graygoose was at the routine appointment in Plymouth when she was approached by the businessman who had an amazing gift, reports Devon Live.

The chief executive of Imployable, Peter Kelly, offered her a one per cent stake in his company.

Hidden cameras filmed the moment Jodie, who was with her eight-year-old son, was handed the money, which has transformed her life.

Jodie looks round in disbelief as Peter explains his story and frowns and she says: "Why?" Then she smiles and said: "Sounds good", as she pushes a child in a pram out of the room.

She said she was "shocked" as "you don't get something for nothing."

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Initially suspicious, she said she was picked at random as she had sat at a certain seat at 10:10am. A previous draw had determined this was the place and time slot for the amazing offer.

For days she could not believe what had happened and she is yet to decide how best to spend the money.

Recalling the moment, she said: "It was half-term, and I had to get the kids ready. Well, my child, and I was babysitting, too. We got to the Job Centre in the pouring rain, and this guy came over and asked if we could have a chat.

"I didn't mind, I was there early anyway.

"I thought it would waste some time while waiting. We went in and I was like, 'Wait, what?'

"I'm thinking, this isn't happening. Surely he's going to say he's just joking. Apparently it wasn't a joke."

He told her he wanted to gift her something and asked her how she felt about being at the Centre.

"I said they help with what they can. He told me he used to come to this Job Centre and explained what he's been doing, it was brilliant."

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She said when he said: "I want to gift you 1 per cent", she was "in shock. Why would you do that?"

She's now met Pete a couple of times and describes him as "absolutely lovely, such a genuine guy".

"It's nice to be part of it, he keeps me updated", she said. "I wouldn't claim to know anything about shares and I don't know what one per cent means. I'm terrible with numbers."

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When he was writing it down, she said she was like 'Come on, dumb it down for me.'

She went to his offices to meet the team, they sat down and talked her through it. "When he told me I was like, 'Oh my God, you must be crazy to give somebody you don't know that kind of money.

"He said it was his way of giving back."

People keep asking how she feels and "I still don't think it's really happening," she added. "I had to go to my Job Centre appointment after, then rang my sister. She was like: 'Are you sure?'

"And I didn't know. We were very sceptical about it."

Obviously, she now knows it's real. "I speak to Pete quite often and ask ho it's going. He'll say it's al good and that they've had meetings with so and so. And I'm like 'Epic.' I don't know who these people are half the time, but it's nice to know what's going on."

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She's just letting the money sit as she hopes it will be worth more in the future.

And in the future she may like to buy the house where she currently lives, and added that her day to day life hasn't changed yet.

"I drop Riley to school, do a bit of housework and some shopping. Obviously, I'm unemployed at the minute, which majorly sucks. I am hoping to get hired. I volunteer at a children's centre."

Peter Kelly said: "It is very rare that you get the opportunity to change someone's life directly. This campaign was about giving a gift to someone who is deserving of a break whilst inspiring entrepreneurs to increase their social value and close the gap between businesses and society.

"I hope that people in the same position as Jodie can be inspired, be open to opportunity and achieve more than their circumstances dictate."

Six more businesses are following Peter's example and giving shares away worth more than £300,000.