For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here "I have lost a lot in my life, but one thing I haven't lost is my pride. "I have had to swallow that to come here......and they helped." Thomas, from Middleton, a 52-year-old agency worker who has been laid off from his job order packing for a large retailer, is speaking at The Lighthouse Project in Middleton.
He has been coming here on and off for two years to use their food bank, every time he finds himself out of work. "I was working on the internet doing online orders," he says. "Work was going well but because of Covid, the shop closed. "The shop staff started doing the internet work instead and as I was working for an agency it was a case of 'see you later'. "I am
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