Stevenage Football Club have made all resources available to help those in need during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Boro pride themselves on being a community club, like many sides in League One and Two, and have said they are prepared to give aid to those who are struggling during this unprecedented situation.
“We have always prided ourselves on being a community club and now it’s time to show what that means,” chairman Phil Wallace told the club website.
The Stevenage chairman said the club could utilise the club’s resources to help the elderly who are isolated or affected by difficulties obtaining supplies of food or essential items.
“Starting immediately, we will start to work on the logistics of obtaining details of folks that will need help.
“We have kitchens we are not using, we have young players that can’t play football and we have an army of youngsters that, if asked and organised properly, would be willing to help distribute meals and obtain supplies.”
With no football being played right now, these are uncertain times for lower league clubs who rely heavily on gate receipts to meet their financial obligations, but Wallace was quick to reiterate there are more important considerations for people right now.
“We have no idea how the club can survive for long while paying players and staff with no income, but some of these folks have nobody to help them and we will make sure we’re there for them,” he added.
“If that means we cook food and prepare snacks, that is what we’ll do. If it is getting essential supplies to them, that is what we’ll do. We will be there for these people.”