The cost of living crisis: paying with our health?
Dignity is what we believe in at The Brick. Dignity is fundamental to who we are as human beings and also to our place in society. Dignity is eroded when people cannot meet their basic material needs. There is no dignity in having to use food banks to feed your family. There is no dignity […]
Trio raises much needed funds for The Brick
A fundraising team raise nearly £1K for The Brick following successful Wigan 10K run. Karen Cheetham, 42, a Healthy Relationship Coordinator at Wigan Council, John O’Grady 51 a Plasterer, and Emma Shaw a Volunteer Coordinator at The Brick, joined forces to raise as much money as possible for The Brick charity, by taking on the […]
Stowe Family Law Wigan Donate Cash To The Brick
The Brick is incredibly grateful to Stowe Family Law Wigan for their recent donation of £250. Support such as this from local businesses is critical as families in our local communities face increasing prices, interest rates, and soaring bills pushing more and more people into extreme poverty. “Stowe Family Law are proud to support The […]
The Brick Launches its ‘£5 for 5 Challenge’!
The Brick is inviting Wigan businesses to get involved in the new ‘£5 for 5’ Challenge, to help us to end child poverty in the borough. The new campaign is aiming to bring the Wigan business community together, by encouraging businesses of all sizes to donate £1 a day for 5 days. The ‘£5 for […]
Rotary Club Community Day
Staff and volunteers from The Brick attended the Rotary Community Day on Saturday. What fantastic event! We met loads of lovely people from our local communities, alongside other charities and community groups. Highlights were: > Meeting the Mayor of Wigan, Cllr Marie Morgan. > A little girl called Wren, who donated the £5 her grandma […]
The Brick and Wigan Warriors launch Campaign to End Child Poverty
The Brick has launched the Text Brick £1 campaign to end child poverty in the borough and local rugby team, Wigan Warriors, have helped to kick the campaign off, with their support. Data from the Department of Education showed that by the end of the 2020/21 school year, 60% of children in Wigan were eligible […]
From Criminalisation to Compassion: Have We Finally Scrapped the Act?
The Vagrancy Act of 1824 was on course to reach its bi-centenary in 2024 because incredibly, it was still valid law until April 2022. Our Trustee, Clare Wood, takes a look at the legislation, its repeal and subsequent developments. Background to the Act The law was enacted under the reign of King George IV, formerly […]
Business Owner Takes on Leeds to Liverpool Canal Bike Ride for The Brick
A business owner from Appley Bridge has completed the 127-mile Leeds to Liverpool Canal bike ride in a single day, to raise money for The Brick. 50-year-old Marc Conroy runs an eco-friendly property investment business by day and took on the challenge to raise money for The Brick, as his way to help the most […]
Jubilee
This week I shall be attempting to make a lemon swiss roll and amaretti trifle. This is the Jubilee pudding, ’70 Years in the Baking.’ Perhaps it will follow in the footsteps of coronation chicken and Victoria sponge, going down in history and becoming part of British food folklore. Whether my children will be impressed […]
Latics Donate HerGameToo Range Profits To The Brick
The amazing Wigan Athletic Football Club are the first EFL club to release the club-branded #hergametoo range AND they are donating ALL profits to The Brick to help tackle period poverty in Wigan. Local business, Sweet Life, has also created a special edition HerGameToo tub of sweets to accompany the new Latics range! The Latics x HerGameToo […]