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Homeless charity feeds 55,000 this year in Glasgow as fuel poverty brings more hungry kids to service

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A homeless charity has handed 55,000 hot meals to the needy in Scotland’s biggest city in the last year. Glasgow mum Laura McSorley started Kindness Homeless Street Team with just £5 shortly before coronavirus hit.

And during its second full year, the charity has branched out to reach even more vulnerable people, helping furnish hundreds of new homes to and giving dozens of desperate families a Christmas to remember.

But bitter temperatures and rising energy bills have also brought more children to the service in recent months, with a spike in parents struggling with fuel poverty.

Laura said: “About 70% of our friends who come and see us are in temporary accommodation.“Right now we have lots of children coming with their families and we’re

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