Online marketplace Bark.com said members of the public can nominate homeless people or a homeless shelter in their area of the UK who they feel would benefit from free lessons from music, dance and singing tutors.

“We have tutors signed up to the scheme from across the UK, so homeless people can learn a variety of entertainment skills that gives them the capabilities to successfully busk for money rather than beg,” the company said.

Music teachers who wish to be part of the scheme can sign up here.

Tutors must be willing to give up at least one hour a week of their time to teach a homeless person. In return for their time, they will be awarded 20 free credits to use on the site.

More than 300,000 people in Britain were officially recorded as homeless or living in inadequate homes in 2017 according to figures from government data and homeless charity Shelter.

Kai Feller, co-founder of Bark.com, said: “The homeless crisis in Britain is a growing problem and many people feel there isn’t they can do to help stop it. We hope by bringing in this initiative we can help homeless people learn new skills so they can busk instead of beg, with the intention people will be more generous.

“We have some fantastic tutors onsite who want to gift their services to those in need. Hopefully we’ll get even more signed up, so we can help educate the growing homeless population in the UK!”