Tottenham and Harlequins have joined forces with sports broadcasters to tackle hygiene poverty this Christmas. Spurs and Quins have signed up to The Multibank’s campaign, which is designed to raise awareness and combat the rising issues of hygiene poverty among young people across the country. Sky, Prime Video, TNT Sports and TalkSport will promote the campaign during their scheduling, while also directing fans to upcoming match-day events.
Tottenham, the first football club to sign up to the campaign, are hosting a match-day fan donation drive on December 1 ahead of their home game against Fulham. Donna-Maria Cullen, executive director at Tottenham, said: “For many years, the club has made donations to its local foodbanks ahead of Christmas in support of the most vulnerable within our community. “We are therefore delighted to be supporting The Multibank in its Christmas campaign around the too often overlooked issue of hygiene poverty.
“We are certain that our football family will unite to ensure young people in our area are able to build their confidence from an early stage in life by having access to basic hygiene products.” Harlequins, the first rugby union team to sign up to the campaign, are joining forces with Tottenham and will host a match-day fan donation drive on December 14 ahead of their game with the Stormers. Andy Carpenter, Quins’ head of foundation, said: “The Harlequins Foundation is the embodiment of the club’s belief to put our communities .