A Birmingham mosque is opening its doors to the city's homeless and needy during the festive period with a Christmas soup kitchen.
But the volunteers were aware of the more acute need for being indoors for a hot meal during the colder winter months, raising £2,000 to set up a special Christmas kitchen this year.
With an estimated 2,500 people in the area homeless or living in temporary accommodation, Birmingham has one of the worst rates for homelessness in the country.
Many of the existing services that homeless people rely on in the city also close for the holidays, Choudry explained:
That's why we chose to do it, really. We are open anyway and it's nice to be able to help when it's needed most...
Birmingham is an amazing city that thrives on diversity and together as one community we can unite as one to tackle poverty.
The mosque is expecting hundreds of people throughout the week and about 150 people to turn up on Christmas Day for some company and a hot meal.
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