FOURTEEN Barrow teenagers have worked flat-out over the last two weeks to fix clothes for refugees and the homeless. 

The group of 16-17-year-olds are handing clothes back to charity shops today. These will then be distributed out to homeless people and Ukrainian refugees who have moved into the area with nothing. 

This group did this as part of their National Citizenship Service (NCS). 

The media representative for the group Asha Eva said: "We got given a presentation in school and it's something that we wanted to do. 

"We have all grown up in the area and wanted to make a difference. I think all of us felt angry about the fact that more wasn't being done to help people that could have been us.

The Mail: The group is proud of the work they have done for their National Citizenship ServiceThe group is proud of the work they have done for their National Citizenship Service

"We have been working the past two weeks picking up the clothes. We were bagging them are carrying them to the centre. Today they will be given back and then sent to refugee centres and homeless shelters. 

"There is definitely racism in Barrow but we all want the best for each other. We hope that we are helping by doing this, and showing that people do care." 

Erica Biglands, the group leader, coordinated the effort and promoted the group's work by getting in touch with the local media. 

The NCS is a government-run scheme that gets 16-17-year-olds involved in community projects. The teams that participate in the NCS are self-run. They have to come up with their own project idea and coordinate the effort by themselves. 

Similar to the Duke of Edinburgh, the scheme helps with employability by being something that young people can put on their CVs. 

Some 104,000 people had arrived in the UK under Ukraine visa schemes as of Monday, according to the latest figures by the Home Office.

This is because of the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine. 

Overall, there have been almost 200,000 visa applications, meaning that just over half of those who have applied have arrived in the UK. 

Recently, racist graffiti was spotted in Barrow town centre, which had to be cleaned up by cleaning contractors Grimefighters.