ihelpuk.com is the brainchild of freelance journalist Sally Brockway, 46 a mother-of-three who lives in Surrey.
“It all started when a friend forwarded a blog written by 15-year-old cancer sufferer Alice Pyne. ‘Can you help Alice?’ the message asked. I contacted a few companies on the young girl’s behalf and I passed the message on. So did millions of others. Alice’s bucket list went global. She hit the headlines and people from across the globe, stepped in to make her wishes come true.
“That evening, I saw a BBC documentary called Poor Kids and watched bright, articulate children talk about the extreme poverty they have to endure through no fault of their own. One boy Sam, 12 was bullied because he had to wear his sister’s old shirt to school – his single dad couldn’t afford to buy him a new one. More than 700 people responded on the BBC’s website, asking if they could help these families. Hundreds wanted to buy Sam a new shirt. I was deeply moved by this. Here was the Big Society in action. Here was hope.
“To me, ihelpuk.com is the natural next step. A website with the sole aim of helping us to help each other.”
ihelpuk.com Needs You!
Please tell your friends about ihelpuk.com. Forward our link to everyone you know. And some that you don’t. And if you have an area of expertise that could help ihelpuk.com evolve into something bigger and better, drop us a line.
Love this but it will be a magnet for clever scammers. You need to provide the schema to show the money goes where it should.
Hi, thanks for your comment. The plan is to deal with vouchers and items to be sent directly to the people featured. I could be a clever scammer, but Google me and you’ll see that I do exist and as I am a known journalist in the UK, I’d be a fool to scam people! I’ll let you know where things have gone and what has happened to whom as soon as we receive some pledges plus feedback from those who’ve been brave enough to ask for help. Sally.
I live in the United States within the state of Indiana. I got your message from Phil Gladwin with Screenwriters Goldmine. I got on his email list because I wrote a screenplay after losing my job a couple of years ago. So far no one is interested but that’s life…i’m healthy and my family is well. So i guess I’m wondering what someone in the U.S. can do. Any suggestions? robert
I would love it if ihelpuk.com went global. Am happy to feature any genuine people from the US. Feel free to put anyone my way – and do you want to be our Indiana rep? Go on…
Hi
I have just read your website after being sent it by Phil Gladwin. I think its an awesome idea and hope it goes global. Seeing as I live in New Zealand its too much to send things, unless they are small, to England, but if there is need elsewhere, maybe nearer that would be good. Apart from that, you can see from my website what I do, so if there is anyone out there that needs help in that way, I can perhaps do something for them.
Please keep up the good work. We need something like this in this day and age
Kerin Freeman
Thanks Kerin. There’s a need everywhere! Spread the word and if you want to be our New Zealand rep, that’d be great! We haven’t got one yet. Sally