A plumber's promise
James Anderson is a plumber from Burnley. He works for free for people struggling with repair costs and says he was driven to help those in need by a promise made to his late son.
In 2017, James Anderson set up a community interest firm to help the elderly and people with disabilities. The Burnley plumber said he promised his baby son William, who died in 2013, that he would be "the man that he would have grown up to have been". He says he really hopes he鈥檚 "done him proud". The company - Disability and Elderly Plumbing and Heating Emergency Repair - now works with 67 subcontractors and thousands of volunteers across the country. James says "every time we go to a job, every time we show people humanity, there's a little bit of William in there". The number of people he helps continues to grow; he says the recent rises in the cost of living means he's "busier than ever". For 5 Minutes On, the 大象传媒鈥檚 Social Affairs Correspondent, Fiona Lamdin, spends the day with James.
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