Earthquake appeal

Cliftonville Football Club are teaming up with NI Water and Belfast-based charity Foodstock NI to help those affected by this week’s earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria.

Supporters attending Tuesday’s Danske Bank Premiership fixture with Portadown at Solitude are invited to donate essential goods such as non-perishable food, warm clothes and toiletries that Foodstock will deliver to the devastated region at the end of next week.

Items for donation

Tinned and non-perishable food items
Toiletries
Hygiene products
Sanitary pads
Baby food / Milk
Nappies
NEW Sleeping Bags
NEW hats, gloves and scarves

Following Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks, rescuers are engaged in a race against time to save people who are trapped beneath the rubble, and get shelter and support to those who have lost their homes or are afraid to return inside.

It is unthinkable that, in the space of just a few days, thousands of people have lost loved ones forever, not to mention their homes, amid a death toll that has surpassed 22,000.

Many people here in Belfast have been asking what they can do to help, which is why Cliftonville FC are only too humbled to join forces with NI Water and Foodstock, who will be receiving donations at the turnstiles ahead of the Reds’ match with Portadown on Tuesday.