The former Prime Minister set up Multibank with Amazon and it has already donated 1.5 million essential items to households in Scotland and Greater Manchester.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has told how a charity project he helped create which donates surplus items to those in need is seeking to expand to help more families who are facing "another tough winter".
Working with the Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy, the Multibank operates a "click and collect" service for more than 1,000 local charities and professionals - such as social workers, teachers and midwifes - to access goods from the warehouse to help those in need. Top news stories today 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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