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Citizen Khan star Adil Ray backs Socks and Chocs

Star of Citizen Khan, Adil Ray, has given his backing to Socks and Chocs.

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Last year 17,000 pairs of socks, 21,000 large bars or boxes of chocolate, nearly 600 sleeping bags, and almost 3,000 other items such as hats, gloves and underwear were donated to the charity.

Adil Ray said: "What impressed me the most about Socks and Chocs is the fact that they want to inspire local communities to do their bit and none of the team claim any salary or expenses whatsoever. They do it because they want to and because they can, so why can't you or I?"

Omara Ashraf, a member of the Socks and Chocs team said: "We are delighted Adil has agreed to support us to help with publicity."

Going forward Socks and Chocs is hoping to fund a bed and breakfast project to get rough sleepers into short term accommodation so that they can be offered further help. We also intend to continue to inspire people to run their own collections and take them to a homeless centre near them.

Adil added: "I am delighted to help, and it's great that such a simple idea can have a massive effect. I hope to go out with the team later in the year and give them my support. Do join me".

Socks and Chocs need your help so please visit www.socksandchocs.co.uk for more details and remember: Lots of people doing a little is better than a few doing a lot!

For now Adil has only one small request: "Pull your socks up and put your socks out".

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