Struggling families urged to use Honesty Jar shop

Volunteers at a community shop which offers essential items to struggling families are encouraging people to attend.

Clothes, school uniforms, books, shoes, toys, and kitchenware are among the items people pick up for free or a low cost at the Honesty Jar in the Grassroots Garden Centre in Henstridge, Somerset.

Its founder, Sam Flounders, said her team of 40 volunteers help about 1,000 people a month. The group aims to ease financial pressure by offering a "dignified way for people to access what they need", Ms Flounders said.

"You can take anything that we have that you would like to rehome, we would just like a voluntary contribution in the jar," she added.