A fish and chip shop in Weymouth has donated 30 portions of sausage and chips to the homeless, thanks to a charitable scheme supported by its customers.

The Codfather's on Buxton Road has included Weymouth Help the Homeless in its food bank donation scheme.

When a customer is paying at the counter at The Codfather's or over the phone they can ask to add a voucher to the scheme. Each voucher equates to a portion of sausage and chips for the local food banks.

All the food bank customer needs to do is attend one of fish and chip shops and hand the vouchers over to receive sausage and chips.

However this time, thanks to the incredible generosity of The Codfather's customers, there were 30 vouchers left over after the food banks had received a donation.

Paul Merry, owner of The Codfather's, said: "We started the Portland food bank donations three years ago when we donated 100 sausage and chips ourselves to kick start the scheme with a great success.

"Two years ago we open our second shop in Wyke and carried out the food bank scheme for Weymouth food bank and again we donated 100 meals ourselves.

"This too was successful so last summer we opened the food bank scheme to Help the Homeless in Weymouth. The people are really grateful.

"It's not just the homeless it's working people as well. There's a nurse from Dorset County Hospital who comes to us and she relies heavily on the food bank.

"The food bank gives them packages but we give them a treat, a hot meal. What we are doing is giving them a day off from cooking and organising things.

"We even have a couple of families who rely on the foodbank that come in to us once a month for their monthly treat.

"All the feedback so far has been good and positive so we are hoping to keep it going for as long as possible."

"We at the Codfathers would like to thank all our lovely customers who have donated suspended meals to our food bank scheme. Thank you for being so generous."