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This kindhearted teenager saves up his pocket money every month to buy food for homeless people in Liverpool.

Liam Roberts, 15, is given £5 a week by his mum which he saves to buy ingredients for a pan of Scouse.

The caring youngster, from Norris Green , then cooks the traditional dish from scratch and puts it in trays, writing on the top “God bless and stay safe” before joining volunteers at a homeless charity to hand the food out to people in need in the city centre.

The North Liverpool Academy pupil, who has suffered at the hands of bullies in his academic life, says he “hates seeing people suffering” and believes homelessness shouldn’t be happening.

Alongside handing out food with the Hearts 4 Homeless charity Liam also gave out clothes to homeless men and women in the city on August 10, after collecting them for weeks.

Mum Cheryl said Liam has a “very big heart” and “would do anything for anyone”, adding she thought it was important to highlight what he does to show “not all kids are the same”.

The 36-year-old said: “Our Liam came up with the idea himself.

“Every time we go into town he will hand money across to homeless people. He could genuinely go in with £20 buy himself nothing and leave with what he needs for a bus fare home.

“I explained to him that it was probably better to buy people food or drink if he wanted to help them.

“It wasn’t long after that, that I was coming out of the hairdressers and saw him walking down Walton Vale with massive bags of food.”

The mum-of-two says she asked Liam what he was doing and that is when he told her he had used his pocket money to buy ingredients for the pan of Scouse.

She then got in touch with the homeless charity through social media and organised to go along on one of their donation evenings in the city.

Cheryl said: “On the night he was talking to a lot of different people who he was giving out the clothes and food to.

“He has been trying his hardest across the school holidays to collect it all and even managed to get a suit to give to a man incase they ever got a job interview.”

Liam is now set to carry out this incredible act of generosity once a month.

Cheryl added: “There are that many kids who carry knives and ride illegal motorbikes but there are good kids out there too. They are not all the same.

“Our Liam hasn’t had it easy in his life but he is a godsend.

“He would do this all every week if I let him but we have settled on once a month.

“He thinks he can change the world and wants to get into politics.”