A CARING school girl has saved up her pocket money to purchase food and drinks for frontline workers in a Barrow care home.

Alisha Webb, 10, a pupil at Sacred Heart School in Barrow, visited Parkview Gardens Residential Care Home yesterday to deliver the nice, cold goods in the sweltering heat.

In a colourful and thoughtful letter to the carers, decorated with rainbows, Alisha said: “Hi my name is Alisha.

“I’m 10 years old and I wanted you to have some of this water to help you from going thirsty on these hot days.”

The Barrow youngster had saved enough money to purchase 24 bottles of water and a pack of bagels.

After visiting the care home, Alisha ventured into Barrow town centre where she came across a homeless man sat in the doorway of a shop.

The selfless Alisha asked her mum if she could buy food for the man before giving him a drink, a sausage roll and even her own sandwich.

Alisha said: “I help people because I feel like there are some people out there that have nothing and doing what I’m doing will hopefully encourage other children and people to help out the elderly and the homeless.

“I like to keep people smiling.”

Alisha had decided she wanted to do her bit to help the key workers in Barrow after she had been watching Ross Kemp’s On the Frontline series on ITV.

Alisha also recently donated drinks and snacks to Risedale Nursing Home, and now has plans to do the same for another care home next week.