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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Clothing bank has given 6,000 parcels to the ‘working poor’ struggling with cost of living

Two women running a community clothing bank have given 6,000 parcels of clothes to the "working poor" who aren't able to afford essentials like shoes but are ineligible for benefits.

Susan Bell, 56, and Sally Parkinson, 51, have provided parcels to parents whose children are being bullied at college for wearing pants that are too small and to elderly people in hospices who went into care with only the clothes on their back.

They have had requests from nurses, paramedics and parents working several jobs to stay afloat, as well as one recent request for four young boys who were recently orphaned and were now going to live with their grandparents.

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