Bolton sportsman Amir Khan has expressed his desire to open a "warm food bank" in his hometown to help families struggling in the cost-of-living crisis.

Amir took to Twitter to call on the Bolton Lads and Girls Club to partner with the Amir Khan Foundation Trust to open a new food bank and support the community.

The retired boxer already undertakes heaps of charity work and community outreach with the Trust as well as with the Amir Khan Academy, a boxing gym already partnered with Round4Round to help get young people off the streets.

Amir said: “Just watching the national news. Keeping warm and buying food is very expensive in England, people are finding it hard to live.

“I would love to open a warm food bank in Bolton. I think the Amir Khan Academy is too small for this.

“I suggest @BLGCofficial and @AKFoundation work together and support the people of Bolton.

“We should welcome everyone to keep warm and have eat food etc. I will cover the costs.

"It’s coming close to Christmas, and I want everyone to have a good Christmas.”

Bolton Lads and Girls Club were all too happy with the request, replying that they would live to help and already providing over 200 food hampers this year to anyone in need.

The youth club has recently revealed the sad reality of what young people on their programmes have asked for this Christmas, with a nine-year-old girl asking for apples and a milky bar, and an eight-year-old asking for socks.

 A spokesman for Bolton Lads and Girls Club said: "Yes! We would love this.

“We're already committed to providing 270 food hampers (so far) this winter for families in need and a hot meal everyday for free for our children and young people. Would love to do more together.”

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Bolton based charity, Care Start, also offered to help with Amir’s scheme.

The Amir Khan Foundation is a charity Amir started to help people all over the world.

The charity has sent help to flooding victims as local as Cumbria but also abroad to Pakistan as well as donating to countries in Africa.