A young shop worker has donated more than 100 advent calendars to his local food bank as their story ‘hit home’.

Kenyon Kirkpatrick, 21, told the BBC that growing up, his family struggled with living costs and depended on food banks.

As a result, when he heard about an advent calendar appeal by Bracknell's food bank, it ‘hit home’.

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The foodbank made an appeal to get 400 advent calendars to donate to families in need in the Berkshire town at the end of October.

Mr Kirkpatrick has already donated over 100.

He told the BBC: “The moment I heard about it I thought I need to get involved with this.

"As a child you don't really know what's going on until you grow up and start to take a step back and look at things differently.

"Now I am a bit more - I guess you could say - mature I can look at the bigger picture and think these lot helped me it's time for me to do my part and help back.

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"The shop workers looked at me a bit weird when I asked for a trolley for them.”

Advent calendars for the Bracknell Foodbank can be dropped off at the shopping centre until 17 November 17.

The giving box can be found in Princess Square.