Foxes Support Local Children On Free School Meals

[davieG]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2159709/foxes-support-local-children-on-free-school-meals

 

Children in Leicester who normally have a free school meal will not miss out over the upcoming half-term break, thanks to a holiday food programme supported by Leicester City.
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- Leicester City team up with Leicester City Council and Samworth Brothers to provide families with ingredients to make tasty lunches at home
- Five First Team players have supported the scheme by cooking up easy-to-follow recipes at the Club’s training ground
- LCFC reassigning funds normally set aside for supporter giveaways not possible during the pandemic

The Foxes have teamed up with Leicester City Council and food manufacturer, Samworth Brothers, to provide families with all the ingredients they need to make five tasty lunches at home, together with simple instructions for making the meals.

Coming at the end of a football season played almost exclusively behind closed doors, funding provided by Leicester City has been reallocated from that normally in place for supporter gifts, which became a tradition under the late Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and has continued under his son, Khun Aiyawatt.

LCFC Chief Executive Susan Whelan explained: “Whether it’s beers and mince pies at Christmas, or cupcakes for Khun Vichai’s birthday, giving back and thanking our supporters has always been an important part of our philosophy.

“Our opportunities to do that have been limited in the last year, which has been a time of great hardship for many people in our city and our communities. The holiday food programme allows us to appropriately channel those funds, on behalf of the Club and its fans, to some of those less fortunate in the city.

“We look forward to working with Leicester City Council to enhance such programmes in the future, using the Club’s visibility and expertise to ensure simple, healthy, affordable food is accessible to everybody in Leicester.”

 

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[SemperEadem]

Great to see. Really pleased as well as they have clearly come a long way on from refusing food bank collections.

[Riyad_Suarez]

What a contrast to some of the big boys.

 

No staff furloughed, Filbert didn't get his P45...

 

Instead our club redesignate the funds meant for us to a great cause.

 

I'm not surprised, but I don't take these gestures for granted. 

Edited 26 May 2021 by Riyad_Suarez

[coolhandfox]

Great to see.

 

Not sure Jonny has a future as a celebrity TV chef 

 

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Great to see. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

58 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Great to see. Really pleased as well as they have clearly come a long way on from refusing food bank collections.

Feel that has a lot to do with a certain knobhead getting his marching orders. 

[Voll Blau]

Credit due. Absolutely fantastic.

[rachhere]

4 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

Great to see.

 

Not sure Jonny has a future as a celebrity TV chef 

 

 

Exactly what I said! Great initiative and good he gave his time for it, but I couldn't help laughing at his awkwardness!

[Gresley Fox]

4 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Feel that has a lot to do with a certain knobhead getting his marching orders. 

Who was this?! Old manager?!