Former prime minister Gordon Brown worked with online retailer Amazon on the Multibank project, which redistributes surplus goods to those in need.
Gordon Brown is hoping the Multibank project he helped set up with online retailers Amazon can help more families this winter
Simon McMahon, of Amazon UK’s Impact Team, said the initiative had “grown rapidly” and had already “far exceeded our expectations”. Goods such as bedding, toilet roll, nappies, wipes and toiletries, as well as clothing, backpacks, home furnishings, lightings and electrical products have all been donated, or banked, at the warehouse – which was provided free of charge by Bob Purvis, chairman of The Purvis Group.
Mr Brown thanked bosses at Amazon for “their willingness to experiment with redistributing their returned goods to families in need” in what he described as a “path-breaking new model” which shows that “big corporations can do real social good at a grassroots level”.
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