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Action On Poverty Opens Shop


The Queens Hall Action On Poverty Shop threw open its doors for the first time on Monday - just in time for Christmas.

Action On Poverty Opens Shop


"It has been one of the charitys ambitions to have a town centre store for some time now, so to finally see it open for business is fantastic."
Trish Green, Chief Executive, The Brick



IF you’re in the market for a pre-Christmas bargain or are looking for ideas for that last minute gift, then Market Street in Wigan really is the place to be. 

And if you visit the town centre’s latest addition to the local economy you’ll also be helping people and families in need all over the borough. 

The Queens Hall Action On Poverty Shop threw open its doors for the first time on Monday - just in time for Christmas. 

Situated right next door to the Queens Hall Methodist Church on Market Street, the shop supports the work of homegrown crisis charity The Brick.

It’s jam-packed with toys, games, clothes, ornaments, furniture, pictures and fancy goods. The shop also displays a range of hand crafted items produced by workers are The Brick’s sister organisation - The Community Warehouse. Whilst there is also a selection of refurbished bikes of all sizes, that have been brought lovingly back to life at the Warehouse.

Many of the donated items for sale have come from the organisation’s existing shop, Home From Home, on Gildlow Road.

After taking over the lease on the shop last week, volunteers worked throughout the weekend to make sure it was ready to open for one of the busiest shopping periods of the years. 

Home From Home manager Lynne Zanni, who has helped to set the new Queens Hall Action On Poverty shop up, said: “Everyone has worked really hard to get the shop up and running. Volunteers at The Community Warehouse have made all the shop fittings and our staff are running it during the day, so it is a real combined effort.”

“It’s a great cause and we will be here for the foreseeable future, so we’d like everyone to come in and have a look.”

All profits from the shop will go to help fund the work of The Brick. On a daily basis it helps a queue of people, many with housing crisis or debt issues. 

In a typical week workers and volunteers will see up to 200 people and speak to twice as many over the phone. Last year the organisation had 10,000 visits from people - 60 per cent of whom have no food. 

The Brick runs a food bank which delivers more than 150 food parcels each week and caters for a client-base that speaks more than 28 different languages. The project also serves around 100 hot lunches a week and provides training opportunities eat The Community Warehouse.

The Brick’s General Manager Trish Green said: “It has been one of the charity’s ambitions to have a town centre store for some time now, so to finally see it open for business is fantastic. It’s also a great chance for us to show off the work of our trainees at The Community Warehouse and to raise awareness about the work we do. We have already had a steady stream of shoppers through the door in our first couple of days, so it’s a really promising start.” 

“Anyone who supports our shop will be directly helping people and families who are facing genuine hardship in our borough, so please come and have a look round.”

The Queens Hall Action On Poverty shop opens Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 4pm and on Saturday fro 9.30am until 2.30pm.

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