David Sullivan has provided the Newham Foodbank with the funds to purchase a new delivery van.
It will enable the group – Foodbank, working in partnership with the Irons Supporting Foodbanks fan group – to collect and deliver food and clothing to homeless centres across the Borough.
The joint chairman’s donation follows a personal £3,500 donation to cover the donations that Irons Supporting Foodbanks would have collected at the final five home games of the 2019/20 season.
They were of course played without fans present , and £1,500 to the Merseyside PPE Hub which provided 1,300 protective visors to east London and Essex hospitals and care homes.
When the Joint-Chairman heard the Newham Foodbank needed a new delivery van to collect donations and deliver them to the needy , he made a further £18,000 personal donation.
First-team players Mark Noble and Declan Rice have also made personal donations to Newham Foodbank.
The van has been covered in graphics by West Yorkshire-based Ad Bell Sign Systems, with the Newham Foodbank and Irons Supporting Foodbanks logos and contact details for both groups.
I always said David Sullivan was a top bloke.
A lot of unfortunate people will benefit from his donation.
Just needs many more able-walleted to follow in his footsteps.