James Anderson, 52, from Burnley, says individuals from everywhere in the world have been in contact to learn the way they may help (Picture: SWNS)

A sort-hearted plumber who fixes boilers freed from charge for the aged and disabled, is now hoping to lengthen his providers throughout the nation after receiving £80,000 in donations.

James Anderson, 52, from Burnley, risked going bankrupt, by closing his personal enterprise and re-launching it as a not-for-profit firm, Depher, so he might assist individuals.

He raises cash utilizing crowdfunding and donations to assist individuals throughout Lancashire.

His work and generosity went viral after an image of his invoice for £Zero despatched to a 91-year-old girl with acute leukaemia was posted on-line.

Mr Anderson says he has been blown away from all of the help he has since obtained from everywhere in the world, together with cash to repay his debt in addition to provides of holidays and 1000’s of emails stuffed with reward.



He stated: ‘People are talking about doing it in America, France and Australia, and they’re all going to contact me to get recommendation and steering as to how to do it in their nations.’

‘Hopefully… we can bring all communities together for one common cause across the planet, so everybody who’s aged and disabled, not simply in the UK, can profit from one thing like this in society.’

James Anderson, 52, went viral after sending a invoice of £0 to a 91-year-old girl with acute leukaemia (Picture: SWNS)

Mr Anderson confirmed that he had obtained £79,767 in donations since Monday, saying that earlier than the celebrity ‘I’d have been fortunate if I might pay my overdraft’.

He needs to use the donations to lengthen assist to extra susceptible individuals throughout the nation.

He stated: ‘I had to lay two of the lads off because I couldn’t afford it, then I had to exit and do the roles myself in addition to the paperwork, promoting, quotes and all the things else.

‘Now I can have a look at bringing them again.

Mr Anderson needs to use the donations to lengthen assist to extra susceptible individuals throughout the nation (Picture: SWNS)

‘We don’t simply have to do Lancashire now. I’m going to be ringing native engineers in the broader space.

‘We’ve had firms say they’ll do all of the promoting for us together with a web site, all freed from charge. This is just the start of one thing that may be world.’

The elevated visibility of Mr Anderson’s work has led to individuals getting in contact to learn the way they may help too.



A lady who was impressed by his work, knocked on her neighbour’s door to discover she had been with out sizzling water for 2 years.

The invoice of £Zero that Mr Anderson despatched to a 91-year-old girl with acute leukaemia (Picture: PA)

The 52-year-old says he needs to assist individuals from throughout the nation (Picture: SWNS)

While Mr Anderson has prioritised the wellbeing of others, strangers have been in contact to assist him repay his personal debt, which he racked up since making the swap to not-for-profit work.

He stated: ‘A woman from London rang up and put £2,000 in my private checking account for me to pay in the direction of my debt, and one other gentleman rang up and put £1,000 in for me.

‘That’s £3,000 off the debt, which can maintain the wolves from the door till I can get some extra personal jobs.

‘That way I don’t have to contact the funding, which I don’t need to do.’

To discover out extra about Mr Anderson’s work, go to www.depher.co.uk.