WORKING FOR NOTHING BECOMES WORKING FOR SOMETHING BIG
A plumber who offers to work for free for the elderly and disabled people has said he aims to help 1,000 families throughout winter.
James Anderson, a plumber from Burnley, Lancashire, runs a not-for-profit company called Depher, which works with a network of plumbers and heating engineers to provide assistance for people who may be unable to afford the cost of their service.
Earlier this year, Mr Anderson received widespread praise when a photograph of an invoice he had given a 91-year-old woman with leukemia for £0 went viral online.
The publicity he received resulted in members of the public donating tens of thousands of pounds to help him with his work, in addition to an increase in requests for services from Depher.
Mr Anderson has now said he is trying to raise enough funds to help 1,000 households over the course of the winter months.
“A lot of them haven’t got a lot of income, a lot of them haven’t got a lot of family they can turn to, and most of the time the family they’ve got can’t afford to help them,” the plumber said of the people who Depher assists.
“A lot of them are in a situation where they end up paying what they haven’t got to get these repairs done.”
Mr Anderson explained that the attention his £0 invoice received on social media has resulted in the organisation receiving an increased number of calls amid the arrival of the...READ MORE
