Southport Football Club have announced their support for charity organisation Shelter’s #NoHomeKit campaign in an effort to raise funds and awareness to aid the homelessness crisis.
This campaign involves home sides wearing their away kits across the festive period to support and raise awareness of homelessness across the country and the difficulties that homeless people face.
Southport Football Club confirmed they will be wearing their change kit for their fixture at Curzon Ashton on Boxing Day. They have urged all fans to donate to Shelter and ditch their home colours for the day.
Shelter’s campaign comes after 180,000 households have been made homeless since the start of the pandemic last year.
Osama Bhutta, director of campaigns at Shelter, said: “Homelessness has risen dramatically over the last decade. Right now, 91 families in England are made homeless every single day – and sadly even more people could lose their homes with a challenging winter ahead of us.
“Access to a safe and secure home means everything, it gives all of us the foundation for a better life – yet too many people don’t have one. I’ve been a football fan my entire life, and firmly believe that football is uniquely placed to help, given the importance of ‘home’ in the game.”
If you want to find out more about Shelter or wish to donate anything to the charity, you can visit their website.
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