Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The Corona Chronicles - Football Aid with Dagenham & Redbridge FC


Every day is now literally Foodbank day. At #hccfoodbank we started off with one day but #covid19 has really highlighted the issues within our community.

I am now literally dropping off food seven days a week to vulnerable members of our community and this is simply a constant attempt to use all purpose filler on a huge variety of cracks which are worsening each day.

That’s your national austerity measures playing out nicely. 

Our uncoordinated efforts are simply the tip of the iceberg but I’m just really pleased we have such an excellent network to support and assist each other in reaching out to our community.

This weeks foodbank drop from Dagenham & Redbridge FC has been completed at a total of 30.2 kilometres.

There were five drops today. Cycling for me is the best way to get around the borough for this purpose. For one, it keeps me fit, enables me to meet the coolest people, get to be familiar with the neighbourhood and have no worries about parking up when delivering to recipients.

I tend to pick up from the club and deliver on the way home. It’s nice and satisfying to get back home with an empty rucksack after a tyre check, coffee and fizzy water stop at the Moklisur Rahman residence.

Today we had rice, pasta, oil and even a cereal bar for a lucky little guy playing on his doorstep. Sometimes the simplest acts are the most satisfying.

Many thanks to Nighat Bhola from Humdum UK for organising this great partnership.

I’ve had personnel from other clubs get in touch to ask how things work out here and I’ve simply explained that we share stock, assist, organise and guide each other, simply because our objectives are exactly the same. I’ve seen nobody hoard food and all parties in our network help lift the others.

It really is a simple yet brilliant system and the sole reason why we are so effective as a coalition.

Government austerity may be strangling communities but the dazzling diamonds are determined to shine bright.

Well done all! 

#thewanderinglondoner


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