Plumber Receives £80,000 In Donations After Help For The Vulnerable Goes Viral

“People are talking about doing it in America, France and Australia, and they’re all going to contact me to get advice and guidance as to how to do it in their countries,” Anderson told the PA news agency.

“Hopefully… we can bring all communities together for one common cause across the planet, so everybody who’s elderly and disabled, not just in the UK, can benefit from something like this in society.”

On Sunday, Anderson confirmed that he had received £79,767 in donations since Monday, saying that before the fame “I’d have been lucky if I could pay my overdraft”.

Furthermore, the donations mean that Anderson can increase the amount of help his company offers, which extends from free to discounted service, as well as advice on what other help might be available.

“I had to lay two of the lads off because I couldn’t afford it, then I had to go out and do the jobs myself as well as the paperwork, advertising, quotes and everything else,” he said. “Now I can look at bringing them back.

“We don’t just have to do Lancashire now. I’m going to be ringing local engineers in the wider area.

“We’ve had companies say they’ll do all the advertising for us including a website, all free of charge. This is just the beginning of something that can be global.”