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A YOUNG girl honoured her dad’s memory – by helping the homeless.

Ten-year-old Grace McNulty could have spent the festive season mourning her dad Craig, who died in an accident in the summer.

But instead she did what he had promised to do and opened up the family’s cafe in Dewsbury to offer Christmas dinner to the homeless.

With the help of her mother Sharon and three siblings, Kirstie, 19, Thomas, 21, and James, 26, Gracie served turkey with all the trimmings to 50 homeless people.

The family run the Grilled and Filtered Cafe in Dewsbury town centre.

Mr McNulty, 38, was a regular charity volunteer who had served breakfast to the homeless on Boxing Day in the past, and he had promised to open the family’s cafe on Christmas Day this year.

But he died from head injuries he sustained while working as a roofer.

Sharon said: “After he died Gracie said to me ‘I don’t want to have Christmas at home this year, I want to do what daddy wanted and open the cafe on Christmas Day’.

Gracie said: “It’s been the best Christmas ever. I was just at school feeling sad about my dad so decided I wanted to do something to make him proud and this felt like the perfect thing. People have been coming in calling me “super Grace”. I haven’t asked my mum yet but I want to do this every year.”