Manchester United FC: 5,000 meals delivered to schools via the club's Foundation and FareShare

Manchester United FC (Premier League) is delivering 5,000 meals to local schoolchildren this week in partnership with its foundation and FareShare (a British charity that fights hunger and food waste), according to the club on 26/10/2020. FareShare is a founding member of the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, set up to help end child hunger in the UK and whose ambassador is Manchester United player Marcus Rashford.

"Each day this week, food provided by FareShare will be processed, prepared and packaged into individual meals at Old Trafford kitchen facilities by United staff, then shipped by the club to local Manchester United Foundation partner schools. The schools in turn will provide the meals to children who receive government-funded free meals during term-time. Meals will also be delivered to other local charities as part of the scheme," said the club.

"Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, more and more families are dealing with food poverty. The impact of the virus has exacerbated an existing problem and, with unemployment rising and the economic crisis biting hard, many…