Generous staff at this fish and chip shop will open for business on Christmas Day – just so they can serve homeless people for free.
Kind-hearted employees of The Victoria Fish Bar in Whitchurch, Cardiff, will open their shop for three hours on December 25 and hope to spread some festive cheer amongst needy patrons.
The popular establishment announced its plans in a post to Facebook and said they were spurred into action amid a rise in homelessness across the Welsh capital.
It wrote: "The ‘A’ team at Victoria Fish Bar in Whitchurch have decided to be open on Christmas day, this however will not be for usual service.
"Homelessness has been on a rise in Cardiff and we think we need to make a difference as influential members of this community.
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"Hence on Christmas day 12-3pm, we shall be open for all homeless, elderly and vulnerable people, providing free meals to all those who come.
"We realise that not everybody has the luxury to have a nice warm meal at a loved one’s house with family and friends, so we will try very hard on the day to emulate such an experience.
"So to those who are homeless, elderly or vulnerable, come and join us and we can experience this great time together.
The post has since been shared thousands of times by grateful social media users.
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One user wrote: "How wonderful. It's so sad that this is necessary. Hats off to you fab guys. I hope more people do the same."
Another person said: "Absolutely incredible. You are truly wonderful human beings and you make me proud to be Welsh."
A new study has revealed the scale of the homelessness crisis in the UK with one in every 200 people without a home over Christmas .
The study by Shelter estimated that 280,000 people in England are homeless, up 23,000 from 2016.
It includes 4,677 people sleeping rough, 254,927 living in temporary accommodation arranged by themselves or the council, 3,937 being accommodated by social services, 14,684 living in hostels and a further 2,292 not being accommodated by councils.
And a review of government data shows a further 220,000 were threatened with homelessness in the last year.
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