Mansfield recruitment business Dalmatian BeSpotted organised a Christmas Shoebox appeal for Mansfield Soup Kitchen, a Church Street-based charity that helped some of the town’s homeless and less fortunate during the festive season.

Sisters Lucy and Katie Trinder, who run the business, said on Friday they “collected 81 boxes, a massive box of workwear and foil blankets, a massive sack of dog biscuits and £250 in cash. Thank you so so much.”