Asset Coach Training in Edinburgh
Charlie and I were very excited about the arranged trip to Edinburgh, not only because we were going on a training course with our partners (Mayday Trust) but because Edinburgh is a beautiful city and we got the evening to enjoy all that Edinburgh had to offer. Our journey from Wigan started very early, on […]
Choices Not Chances
The word chance is very subjective, what it means to one person doesn’t mean quite the same to the next. I believe if anything only you can give your own chances – the ones that really count. You need to take the control back, feel empowered to make your own decisions. Take your own chances […]
The Importance of Choice
Social justice can be defined by multiple meanings depending on the context. There are many ways to consider what this means on a social, economic, cultural, systemic or individual basis. The term is important to our work and vision as a charity, social justice informs the approach we adopt towards people who access our services […]
How a simple change in language can build better relationships
It can often be very difficult for people accessing our services to feel part of society. That difficultly can come from a fear of being labelled. Labelling of someone as a homeless person or a client or service user often creates a power imbalance between those accessing a service and those providing it. For someone […]
Think Ink
Did you know that you can help raise money for The Brick by recycling empty Ink cartridges? Think-Ink (@1ThinkInks) israising awareness about the mass waste of plastic, which is now contaminating our oceans. Think-Ink and The Brick are passionate about protecting our environment as well as raising money, helping those in need. Roughly 45 million […]
Festive Food Monsters Launch – 2019
Check out the launch of our Festive Food Monster campaign. Entered by a host of Wigan and Leigh Schools. Whilst the Brick Judges make their final decision take a look at this film from Saint John Fisher High School, with some of the students explaining why they got involved in the competition and what it means […]
World Homeless Day
Today, 10th October, is World Homeless Day and will be marked around the world in dozens of countries on all continents. The purpose of World Homeless Day is to highlight the needs of homeless people locally and to provide an opportunity for communities to get involved and respond to those needs in practical ways. What We Do: […]
Open Evening: Working at The Brick
14th October 2019 – 17:30 to 19:30 The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations, not only for the people we work with but also for our staff. Our innovative three R’s mission statement (Relief, Restoration, Reform) and asset based approach, is making fantastic progress in the local community and the support work sector. We […]
The Tragic Plight of Homeless Deaths – Thoughts from The Brick
This week the latest figures on homeless deaths were released. Whilst we weren’t completely shocked we were really distressed to see such a sharp national rise in the number of people who have lost their lives on our streets, without a home of their own. The latest homeless death statistics show an estimated 726 homeless […]
Saturday Successes
Some people we work with have come together to construct a brilliant (and huge!) sales counter for the new Leigh shop using reclaimed wood – We were absolutely blown away by how fabulous it looks! The Brick in Action team stayed at the Project and made a start on the Brick Poppy display that they […]