Club supporting one of our official charity partners
Northampton Town Football Club are supporting the Hope Centre, one of our official charity partners, with their annual Christmas appeal.
The Hope Centre is a charity who work that work to relieve poverty and tackle the causes of homelessness in Northampton by giving people a hand up not a hand out.
Players, students and staff are all donating gifts for the Centre and Collection Boxes are now in the club store for supporters who wish to make their own donation to the appeal.
Items that the Hope Centre have requested are:
Essential items: Sugar, coffee, squash.
Self Care: Shaving gel/foam, razors, shower gel
Cleaning & equipment: Washing powder, toilet rolls, kitchen roll kitchen foil, Tupperware type containers
Clothing: Men’s jeans and jogging bottoms (small sizes), men’s pnts/socks (second hand, clean is fine) hats, scarves, gloves, balaclavas, jumpers, coats, long johns, thermals, boots.
Christmas goodies for clients gifts
Selection boxes, toiletry gift sets, Christmas cakes, sweets, chocolate, nuts (ready prepared), wind up torches, dried fruit bags.
Individual juice cartons, thermos cups with lids, rucksacks, bags, hats, gloves, scarves, warm socks, hot water bottles.
Cobblers Chief Executive James Whiting says he hopes the appeal proves successful.
"We know what a strong community Northampton is, and what a huge part of the community the football club are," he said.
"With that in mind, we are hopeful that we can all pull together to help make Christmas a little better for those a little less fortunate.
"Some of the club's partners have already been very generous with the items that have offered, and we hope supporters will get behind the appeal as well by dropping an item or two into the collection box when they are at Sixfields."
Supporters can drop their items into the Hope Centre box in the club store at Sixfields anytime until Saturday December 3rd.