Labelling
It can often be very difficult for people accessing our services to feel ‘normal’. 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 a person […]
Monthly Update – Training and Mentoring
This month we wanted to celebrate all the hard work and dedication from our training and mentoring staff at the Brick. Our training and mentoring program helps to build confidence and allows people to gain skills and training to get them back into the community and employment. Some young people experience multiple disadvantages such as […]
Social Justice
Social justice can be defined to have different 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 […]
PTS Coach Blog – Working Alongside People
Working alongside people What does it mean to be a ‘professional’? Regardless of whether our working background comes with a certificate from University or personal anecdotes of going through tough times, we become attributed with the unwritten title ‘professional’. The system not only labels us as the ‘professional’, it labels people we work with, they […]
The Brick Provides Free Picnics And Books For Children This Summer!
The Brick is launching the Holiday Hardship Campaign to alleviate some of the short-term pressure placed upon families, across Wigan and Leigh, who may be facing financial hardship during the school summer holidays. The Brick has several initiatives planned throughout the summer break and we are kicking off the campaign with a healthy food provision […]
Do you have the skills to make a difference as a trustee for The Brick?
A charity supporting people across the borough facing homelessness, poverty and hunger is looking for caring volunteers to help make a difference. The Brick is searching for trustees to join its board and help oversee the work being done by the charity’s staff and volunteers. They play a vital role in how the organisation operates […]
The Brick Reveals 2021 Poetry Competition Winners
100’s of students from Wigan and Leigh schools and colleges entered The Brick’s poetry competition and we can now reveal our 2021 Brick Poets! Erin Myhan, in year 6, from St Thomas’ CE Junior and Infant School in Golborne and Elisha Foster, year 12, from St John Rigby College, have been named the winners of […]
The Brick Honoured With The Queen’s Award For Voluntary Service
Staff and volunteers at Wigan charity The Brick have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The Brick, which operates across the borough, provides support to people experiencing tough times, whether they are facing homelessness, debt, poverty or hunger. It has a […]
Wigan man takes on ‘Windermere to Wigan dash to raise money for local charity
Josh Riley, 29, from Wigan is walking and running 80 miles from Windermere to Wigan in 2 days, on Saturday June 19, to raise money for Wigan charity, The Brick. The Brick operates across Wigan and Leigh, providing person-led, strength-based support to people experiencing tough times, including homelessness, emotional distress, debt, poverty or hunger. On […]
A Blog By A PTS Coach
After Covid Throughout lockdown I was met by new challenges in my role, the biggest for me, was not being able meet people face to face. But I learned, my coaching knowledge and skills developed. I realised for many people, virtual contact works better and I was able to continue meaningful conversations and experiences with […]