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The Brick is a small charity that delivers big results for the community it serves. As its name suggests, it provides a safe, solid building block for people in crisis to begin to construct a new life and become valuable members of society. Since it began life in 2008, The Brick has become a real force for social change in Wigan Borough. The charity’s original aim was to support homeless people and help them make the transition from the streets back into independent living. The Brick’s remit has developed and evolved significantly over the years and it adopts an holistic approach to supporting people in need. The organisation seeks not just to help get people out of crisis but to transforms lives through training and work-experience opportunities that lead to real independence. In a typical week The Brick sees nearly 200 people who need help with issues such as financial hardship, fuel poverty, homelessness and domestic violence. It speaks to more than twice this number over the phone. It delivers 150 food parcels, serves 50 hot lunches and provides training opportunities for more than 30 people. The Brick is seen as an honest broker between its clients and the statutory service providers both in the borough and beyond. Working closely with other public services, The Brick has become a fundamental part of the care and enablement pathway for people in crisis in the borough. The organisation has attracted a diverse range of volunteers who know that in order for the community to thrive, each individual member of that community must thrive. Ultimately, The Brick provides the fresh hope of a brighter future to those who are, for a variety of reasons, struggling with their current circumstances.

Keep Scotland Beautiful inspires action for a clean, green, sustainable future. Our mission is to inspire changes in behaviour to improve our environment, the quality of people’s lives, their wellbeing and the places that they care for. We are committed to combatting climate change, to tackling litter and waste, to restoring nature and biodiversity and to improving places that matter to us all – but we couldn’t do it without your support and funding. We lead environmental education in schools, encourage litter picks, harness the power of community gardening, celebrate climate and nature friendly achievements and support businesses to operate more sustainably. Connecting people and championing practical environmental action remains at our core and with new partners we aim to keep Scotland beautiful now and for the future. We’d love you to help us.

Special Olympics GB provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of skills, gifts and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.