Long term supporters will know that late last year UK home builders and developers Redrow gave bricks to support our first project in Cross Hands. Sitting here writing to the company’s Welsh MD to ask that Redrow might consider helping us further, I suddenly realised that I never did show you the end result of the…
Just a super short video on behalf of everyone at Give A Brick to wish you a very Happy Christmas! Have a wonderful day and lots of love to you and yours.
The clocks have gone back, the evenings are getting darker, it can mean only one thing: Bonfire night is nearly upon us! This Saturday, November 6th, at 6.30pm GMT, Give A Brick treasurer Dr Egg and his lovely wife will be hosting their annual Bonfire party. For the first time ever though, they’re holding the…
Back in June I went to Christine Livingston’s Worklife Makeover workshop in London. It was a brilliant day, totally worth getting up at silly o’clock for. And an unexpected bonus came when I met Adrian Swinscoe. We knew each other a little via Twitter and here on the blog but as the day evolved, I…
Give A Brick doesn’t do long, boring application forms. We think they’re very dull! Instead, we ask for video clips. Our latest clip is from a lovely chap called Jonathan and his under 11 football team. He had a few issues with his webcam so, seeing as he lives about a 5 minute drive from…
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. I’ve always loved that quote. It empowers me to believe in the power of little things. It inspires me to just start, even when I don’t know all the details. Today, in my head at least, feels like the start of a new chapter….
This week has been brilliant. If you were here yesterday, you’ll have read about how we’ve teamed up with Just Giving. Didn’t read that yet? Go ahead, click here, you can come back when you’re done. So there was that. But then after all the excitement of that, we had yesterday. And yesterday, well it…
This is a really exciting day for Give A Brick. For months I’ve been dreaming about writing this post. Seriously. I’m so excited, I can’t type in full sentences! At first glance, today’s thing won’t be that big a deal for you. Bare with me though and I’ll explain. But first, the big announcement: Give…
Aside from the fact that he’s the lovely chap who married my sister (yes, she talks more than me but thankfully he’s deaf in one ear ) our Friday Friend, Craig Woodhams, is also a very talented animation artist. His time lapse photography isn’t half bad either In honour of the fact that Craig works…
Hi This is a super quick post to share our Cocktail Party video with you. More feedback on the evening to follow.