Our annual fundraising for the Newham Toy Appeal and our warm coats collection will both take place at our next two home games.
Those games are the Men’s First Team vs Hutton on Saturday, November 22 and Women’s First Team vs Richmond & Kew on Sunday, November 23.
Warm coats collection
With winter weather already here, CCFC are asking fans once again to donate any warm coats they can spare. There will be a collection box in the Old Spotted Dog Ground clubhouse at both our games this weekend.
Coats and jackets of all sizes are gratefully received, from puffa to parka and duffle to down. Gloves, scarves and shoes – for all sizes, ages and genders – are also needed. However, other clothing, and duvets and sleeping bags, can’t be accepted.
Donations will go to Newham Care 4 Calais and Wrap Up London. If you can’t make the game, check the website handsonlondon.org.uk/wrap-uplondon for details of other drop-off points before December 7.
Newham Toy Appeal
We’re running a stall selling rare and old Clapton related merch – donated by fellow fans and the club. You’ll find the stall next to the regular merch stand inside the Old Spotted Dog Ground clubhouse.
If you can, please bring in any donations of rare stickers, old programmes, shirts that don’t fit any more, scarves you’ve got two of, snoods you don’t have space for etc.
You can then buy some of these rarities at both Saturday and Sunday games – there will be different stock at each game too so come to both.
We already have forgotten stickers, iconic programmes, test-run shirts, vintage fanzines for sale plus whatever else is donated.
If there’s nothing you like to buy, please donate to the bucket shake instead.
In total Clapton fans have raised over £5000 over the years for the appeal. Thanks so much for your generosity.
About the Newham Christmas Toy Appeal
The 48th year of the Newham Christmas Toy Appeal was launched by West Ham United Women’s first team players, pictured above.
The appeal provides a stocking of new gifts to children who may otherwise have nothing to unwrap on Christmas Day. It’s organised by local charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve and the Newham Recorder newspaper. In recent years, it’s been renamed to honour its founder, Kevin Jenkins.
In Newham, over 50% of local children are now growing up in poverty. In the cost-of-living crisis, the appeal is receiving more requests for help than ever before.
All money we raise or is donated will be spent on buying presents for thousands of Newham’s most under-privileged children in advance of Christmas Day.