Everton fan Billy Culshaw, 80, is supported by welfare calls from England star ⁦ @CalvertLewin14⁩; Mark Cruise, who has motor neurone disease, is in touch with ⁦ @MrAncelotti⁩. 26,000 families have been helped by Everton during the pandemic https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/everton-stars-talk-away-the-blues-with-isolated-fans-8t80p3b93
Everton stars talk away the blues with isolated fans

Lying on his bed wearing a ventilator mask to help him breathe, Mark Cruise answers the Zoom call on his tablet. The kindly face of Carlo Ancelotti, the manager of Cruise’s beloved football club

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/everton-stars-talk-away-the-blues-with-isolated-fans-8t80p3b93
14,000 food parcels; 250,000 meals to school kids, elderly and vulnerable people; mobile phone credit to people who need it; quiz nights; online fitness programmes...the list is endless. A remarkable achievable by a football club with a conscience.
Mark Cruise summed up Everton by saying if you are ever in trouble - call up the club. “Call them up,” he said. A brilliant example of how football clubs can play a leading role in their communities during this time
Sorry - correction - 27,000 families helped
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