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 […]

Arnold Clark Plans Charity Car Wash to Raise Money for The Brick

Arnold Clark Wigan MotorStore is holding a charity car wash on May 21 and the are hoping to raise £1,000 for The Brick. The Arnold Clark team are encouraging people in the community to bring their dirty cars to the motorstore for a car wash by 7 members of the Arnold Clark team, and to […]

From a Food Bank to a Food Community – building the ‘new normal’

In response to the ongoing crisis – the pandemic, the rising cost of living and the fuel crisis, charities like us, community groups and businesses have all stepped up and are continuing to step up to feed people. There are significant achievements to be celebrated and we are thankful to all our supporters and volunteers […]

Food Poverty is the problem – Food Banks are not the solution

Here at The Brick we have been running a food bank as part of the charity since 2013 – this giving out of food and hot drinks was really what started the whole charity off, so it has always been a critical but non-funded part of our service. Last year we gave out over 10,000 […]