A SIX-year-old will go to Morrisons today to spend £300 of saved pocket money on Christmas gifts for other children in Barrow. 

Lara-May Olliver has been saving all year after she found out that some children come from families that cannot afford to buy presents for Christmas. She will go to Morrisons at 2.30pm to select the presents. 

Her mum even thought she had been saving for new games for her Nintendo Switch before she realised that this was what her kind-hearted daughter wanted to do. Lara-May only told her last week what she had been saving her money for. 

Lara-May said: "Everyone gets presents! No one feels sad."

Lara-May's mum Shelley Foward said that she started saving from the previous Christmas, and had put money given to her by her granddad in a pot. 

She said: "She's done really well. She's not actually bought anything for herself. She understands the value of money, she knows so much about money. She knows some people can't afford a lot of stuff."

When Shelley tells Lara-May that they cannot get something, she says that her daughter 'doesn't tend to nag' and understands why an item she wants might be too expensive. 

She said that she is 'so proud' of her daughter. 

Shelley thinks that the presents will be delivered through the Salvation Army, but says that she will learn more about what will happen to them when she goes into the store with Lara-May. 

The Morrisons staff in Barrow have been involved in various charitable donations over the years, especially around Christmas time, through its Community Champions initiative. 

In November 2021, Alison Coward Jewitt from Morrisons said: "We do a lot of donations at this time of year - especially with Christmas fairs and events taking place.

"We've got lists coming out of our ears for hampers, bingo clubs, the Royal British Legion and so many others.

"It's an important job and there's always that next event to prepare for."