Labradoodle puppy helps charity with deliveries

Wigan Today

A labradoodle puppy named Bowie is helping The Brick to reduce the stigma some people feel about needing help.

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00:00Some of these stories, honestly, they do, they break your heart.

00:03Without this incredible support, I don't know what we would do.

00:06I have no money at the moment, I'm really struggling.

00:10I just wish that I could speak directly to the people from The Brick

00:14to make them understand just how much their kindness meant to me.

00:23MultiBank is a one-stop shop

00:27where we receive items that are surplus to businesses.

00:30We distribute, obviously, anything and everything

00:34that people might need day to day to live your life

00:37and they are things that we probably all take for granted.

00:39Poverty now is massive and it affects so many different people

00:44that we wouldn't expect.

00:46There's people who are working two, three jobs

00:49who are in these circumstances.

00:52There's parents that aren't washing clothes frequently.

00:55It isn't because they don't care or because they don't want to.

01:00Simply, they cannot afford to go.

01:02It's £6, £7 now for a box of laundry detergent.

01:06That is a huge amount of money out of someone's budget.

01:09We know mums wash things in the bath,

01:12they try to use things like washing up liquids.

01:14A child going to school knowing that their clothes smell,

01:17it's heartbreaking.

01:21We make sure that people are treated with dignity.

01:25We don't brand our vans.

01:27So when our vans go out delivering,

01:29nobody feels that it's a charity van.

01:32We even have a brick dog, Bowie the dog.

01:36He's there really to bring that little bit of joy.

01:40He goes out on the van.

01:41Ollie's absolutely wonderful and his dog just makes everyone smile

01:47and that's what we want to do.

01:48We want people not to feel embarrassed.

01:51There's no shame when that brick van turns up.

01:54Every pound that gets donated to the brick

01:57means we can distribute more goods

01:59so that we can help more families.

02:01We are coming up to Christmas

02:03so if we can make sure that families can afford

02:07that little bit of extra money at the end of the month

02:09to buy those presents for those children

02:11because we've provided the toilet roll,

02:13because we've provided the laundry detergent

02:15and I think we're making a huge difference

02:17because it gives family, it gives a mum and a dad

02:22loads of pride on Christmas Eve

02:23to be putting their present under the Christmas tree.

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