Liverpool residents rally round to show love & support after Laura’s Little Bakery devastated by house fire

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Liverpool residents have rallied round to show their support for the city’s most popular cake baker, Laura Worthington, a 42 year old mum of four, who runs Laura’s Little Bakery from her home in Wavertree after she experienced a devastating house fire. Laura woke at 7am this morning to find her home engulfed in thick black smoke thought to have emanated from a defective microwave, although the cause is yet to be formally identified.

Despite the family surviving the terrible ordeal, Laura’s partner Thomas Dodson and her daughter Phoebe Cowin needed hospital treatment for smoke inhalation and shock.

Laura has spent the past 10 years building up her reputation in the North West as a leading cake baker and designer and has worked tirelessly to build her thriving business. The fire has destroyed not only her home, furniture and many of the family’s possessions but also her baking and storage equipment, which has taken many years to amass along with all of her stock for her packed order book.

Within hours of hearing about the blaze, people began contacting Laura to offer their help and support, and a Just Giving page was launched.

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Laura said: “Whilst I am obviously beyond relieved that my family are safe and they will always be my priority, to see your home and your business quite literally destroyed before you is something I cannot describe and I am not sure how or when I will come to terms with this. Laura’s Little Bakery has been my dream business and one which has given my family everything they need. I have worked so hard for so long and this is a bitter and difficult blow to come to terms with. My loyal customers are so supportive and the thought of not being able to fulfil their orders is literally making the whole situation unbearable. I will do everything I can to make sure people are refunded and orders replaced locally with other cake bakers. I am still in shock and have no idea what the future holds. I am just grateful that my family are safe and I will most definitely be hugging them a little tighter as they go to bed this evening”.

If you would like to help Laura, who besides being well loved for her cakes, is also well known for her fundraising and for her support for the local community, rebuild her home and her business, please donate via the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lauraslittlekitchen-579/updates/69fef?utm_term=x7yVpb5BN&fbclid=IwAR0pnbmr-GwITQNiq1CBV5bB1jDypgzFo_5RXyHz_nfWVYjv0yTgs-N1mk8

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