Premier League Aston Villa have lent a helping hand to local hospitals as they battle with the coronavirus pandemic. The club has dished out 2,000 items of food and drink which would have been used on matchdays.
But now with the fixture list suspended indefinitely, Villa club officials have moved to make sure the packages are put to good use.
Around 1,300 drinks, 300 packets of crisps and 200 chocolate bars have been diverted to staff working at the sharp end of the crisis.
Staff at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust’s City Hospital have benefitted. Villa have also distributed 40 match-day security barriers to Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospitals to help them manage the movement of
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