My time now is about getting more work in, so I can create more profit, and more donations.
“I don’t try to contact the government any more. He is terrified by the escalating cost of living crisis. “But because of the donations, this family will now have winter in a warm home.” The day we speak, he paid for a company in Lincoln to fix a boiler for an elderly man with a disabled daughter – they hadn’t had heating or hot water for five years. In addition to fixing boilers, he’s sending food and fuel vouchers to people across the country, and paying for repairs he’s not able to carry out himself. “We’re now in the position where we can help a lot more people.”Īnderson has massively ramped up his operations. “It makes you feel really humble,” he says.
After his piece was published, he received £70,000 in donations to his GoFundMe page.
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Anderson runs the community initiative company Depher: he takes the profits from his plumbing business and uses them to provide subsidised or free heating repairs for those in need. Of all the Guardian angel columns, James Anderson’s appearance in December 2021 probably had the biggest impact. So getting the new hospital – it’s been huge.”
“We were in a small shed before, trying to do medication, assessments and treatments with two volunteers. “It’s like the difference between driving a Morris Minor and a Jaguar,” says Lowe. Lowe’s former hospital is now being used as an outpatient clinic, while the new one is used for in-patient treatments. James Anderson, photographed at his office for Depher in Burnley This year it’s already 220 and we haven’t had the autumn rush yet.” Which is just as well, as they’ve never been so busy. Or at least it was a 13-hutch hedgehog hospital: thanks to team angel, Lowe now has a second hospital in a specially converted shed. Lowe, a retired psychiatric nurse, is the founder and chief medical officer of a 13-hutch hedgehog hospital in her garden near Ryton, Tyne and Wear. Sandra Lowe takes a break from attending to the patients in her hedgehog hospital to pick up my call. Because you made everything happen for me.” It showed me I could realise it in the future. “Guardian angel woke me up,” says Deakin. With its help, Deakin launched a crowdfunding campaign and raised nearly £19,000 almost enough to get the business off the ground, but not quite. Tern, a nonprofit organisation that helps refugees to start their own businesses, offered support. After our article came out, Guardian readers donated £1,700 towards Deakin’s start-up costs. Time spent helping others is good for itĪ year on, Wakkaa – who has now changed his name to Khaled Deakin, to honour his adoptive British foster family – is well on his way to his goal. We put Wakkaa in touch with the Nationwide Caterers Association, who helped him complete his food hygiene qualifications, and connected him with a local mentor for work experience. He’d put together a business plan for a start-up loan, but it was rejected because of the pandemic, and the idea sat in a drawer, gathering dust. When I spoke with Syrian refugee Khaled Wakkaa back in October 2021, he mentioned his dream of opening a Syrian street food van. Photograph: Alicia Canter/the Guardianīut, before I go, I wanted to catch up with some of my favourite subjects to see how their lives have changed since team angel swooped in. Guardian Angel’s goal is to provide safe, appropriate, and high-quality services to each patient.Khaled Wakkaa doing work experience on the Street Dogs food stall at Eat Festival in Wellington last year. Our focus on individualized patient care and clinical outcomes are unparalleled. Guardian Angel Home Health Agency is a premier leading, JCAHO Accredited provider of home health services in the Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
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