KIND-hearted primary school children have been doing their bit to help the homeless.

Youngsters at St Saviour CE Primary School contacted local businesses to ask them to donate food and items to help the needy.

The year 5 children have so far collected sleeping bags, food, toiletries and clothing to give to rough sleepers.

Teacher Helen Kemp, could not be more proud of the youngsters. Mrs Kemp said: “I’m truly proud of what thoughtful and caring children I have in my class. They initiated all these things themselves and are making a difference in other people’s lives.

“It just shows that although they are only young they have pure hearts and dreams about what kind of community and world they would like to live in.”

Following a school fair, pupils Ellie-Jo McSherry and Lani Maynard asked if they could take the leftover food to the homeless of Bolton.

After handing out the food, the pair realised there was more that could be done and put together a list of items that would help rough sleepers.

Lani, aged 10, said: “We wanted to help more because they are hundreds of people on the streets of Bolton and Manchester without food and a place to live.”

The children then took the list to their school asking the teachers what they could do to help.

Mrs Kemp encouraged the class to write letters to local businesses asking for donations with a great response.

Many local companies donated items and Tesco in Longcauseway put £20 behind the counter for the class to buy food.

Harry Maguire took one step further using his birthday money to help buy a bike for a homeless man he met called Mark who needed transport to get to work. Harry, aged 9, said: “I think that giving to the less fortunate is a good thing.”