Manchester Football Clubs Give £100,000 to Food Banks
By BBC
Manchester City and Manchester United have joined up to donate £100,000 for food banks in response to coronavirus.
Each club will donate £50,000 to the Trussell Trust, with the funds going to its 19 food banks in Greater Manchester.
The clubs said the donations would "compensate for the temporary loss of food donations on match days".
"We are pleased to come together with our fans to help vulnerable members of society in a City United."
The Manchester United Supporters Trust said they were also "overwhelmed" after fans' groups at Everton and Liverpool also pledged £3,000 towards the fund.
Fans at Liverpool and Everton, seen here in 2018, are also donating to the Manchester fund
It follows a new co-operation between the Fans' Foodbanks fundraising groups of the Manchester clubs.
The groups usually collect supplies outside Old Trafford and the Etihad stadiums before games but this has been interrupted by the suspension of football due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
