NRB Chartered Accountants Celebrates 75-year Anniversary with Charity Ball
Wigan Chartered Accountants firm, NRB, is set to celebrate its 75-year anniversary with a charity summer ball in June, with all proceeds going to The Brick. The NRB story traces back to 1948 when founder Norman Richard Barton opened the firm from offices in King Street, Wigan, and today, working out of new offices […]
The Brick, Appoints New Chair of Trustees
NHS Consultant, Dr Paul Plant (pictured right) joins The Brick, to lead on the growth of the charity through what is set to be a year of expansion and transformation. Dr Plant, a respiratory consultant at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, has many years of experience of NHS management, managing large numbers of staff and […]
Charity or Social Care – Relief,
Restoration and Reform
If I were asked today what The Brick is, I might not immediately answer we are a charity, but would instead explain that we are an extension of adult social care and are pivotal in providing social services to the public that the government, or other public resources, may fall short of providing. Most of […]
Brick by Brick launches to help more than 50,000 families in need in Greater Manchester
The ‘Brick by Brick’ project has launched with support from Amazon, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham to donate more than 400,000 surplus essential goods to more than 50,000 families in need in Greater Manchester this year. The project will be a community donations hub where Amazon […]