Coronavirus: How the pandemic is hitting Britain's poorest communities

2020 has become one of the hardest years the charity has seen in its long history. In the basement of their headquarters on Wood Street there is a dedicated team sorting donations and stock in a purpose-built modern space, but the basement is where 300 street children would have crammed in for overnight shelter over a century ago. The friendly staff are trying their best to juggle the demand – more and more families are being referred to them.