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“Stewart Hall and Darin Astbury, Customer Service Assistants are credited, with turning around the fortunes of the station, which welcomes over 100,000 customers a year and had previously been a hotspot for anti-social behaviour.
Stewart and Darin set up a ‘Swap Shop’ at Brinnington station. It provides a service for those in the local community in need of food, clothes, books and other household items.
The scheme proved incredibly popular, with more than 1,000 members of the local community joining the Facebook group and five volunteers now helping to co-ordinate donations.
They have even helped fully-furnish houses for people who have moved into the local area with no possessions.
Stewart told us
"For us, the ‘Swap Shop’ was about providing practical help to people living close to the station that were most in need.
“As word spread throughout the community about what we were doing at the station, we saw a steady reduction in anti-social behaviour, which makes the station itself a more valued resource for the community who need to use the railway to get about.”
Their work has been featured on The One Show and BBC Radio 4, File on 4.
Further information see
https://media.northernrailway.co.uk/news/national-praise-for-greater-manchester-man-credited-with-turning-around-plight-of-rail-station-in-stockport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001r3nl/the-one-show-02102023“
“Fantastic night thank you all involved”
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