We are working with so many kind local, national and international companies as we fight the effects of poverty in Southwest London. 🕴️♂️🕴️♀️If you work at a company that might like to collaborate with us please do get in touch at info
@donslocalaction
.org And please share💛💙
#csr
We had an epic donation of food made yesterday from none other than
#STORMZY
🤩
He dropped off two entire trollies full of donation and congratulated us for all of our work in the local community. 🙌🎉
Thanks so much to Stormzy and our volunteers for being on hand. 💛💙
Co-Founder, Xavier Wiggins, was announced on the
#QueensBirthdayHonours
list last night to receive the British Empire Medal in recognition of our outstanding work!🎉
In this medal, there’s a piece of everyone who makes this journey possible! Keep being brilliant!💛💙
Representing ALL at DLAG, cofounder Xavier is at Westminster Abbey to witness the King being crowned
What a special day for us to be recognised as well 💛💙
WOW!!🤩
We are so honoured to have won the award for social change, along with
@MarcusRashford
,
@LouMacari10
and
@ejrainfordbrent
!!👏👏
Together we can have such a positive impact on our communities!!💙💛
We did it again!! We won
@SBAandFBA
Best Football Community Scheme – non Premier League 2023!!!
Thank you SO much for recognising all the amazing work our volunteers do for the community
& well done to all the nominees for the amazing work they’re doing for people too 💛💙
@MarcusRashford
We’re still here, delivering food parcels to those in poverty due to the pandemic, in SW London💫 we’ve delivered over 35,000 household boxes since March💙💛
It was great to see ex
@AFCWimbledon
manager Mark Robinson at the game yesterday. He was behind us from day one & still is
He had some lovely words for our volunteers to remind them how inspiring their commitment is 💛💙
🚚🚚HERE IT IS!🚚🚚
Thanks to YOU and your support, we have been able to buy our very own van!
You’ll never be able to miss us on pickups or deliveries now!💙💛
The Wimbledon heroes keep on coming. Neal Ardley, manager for six years at
@AFCWimbledon
and longtime player, shows his support!
📞0203 3014511 9am-6pm
📧 DLA
@afcwimbledonfoundation
.org.uk
Wow! This week cofounder Xavier Wiggings collected a British Empire Medal in 2021 Queens Birthday Honours list 🤩
It’s incredible to be recognised for all the hard work we do. Thank you to every single person who’s been a part of the group, past & present 💛💙
This week, our cofounder Xavier Wiggins collected a British Empire Medal in 2021 Queens Birthday Honours list.🎖it’s incredible to be recognised for all the hard work we do. Thank you to every single person who’s been a part of the group, past & present. 💛💙
We're on
@itvlondon
! For a peek behind the scenes have a watch and see our volunteers in action.
Want to be one of them?
📞 0203 301 4511
📧 dla
@afcwimbledonfoundation
.org.uk
Or drop us a message on here!
1/2 What an heartful weekend! Our partner, The Polish Family Association, has been asking for essentials to support the tens of thousands of Ukrainians crossing the Polish border.
Today we managed to bring them 7 FULL van loads following our call to donate yesterday morning!
Spike helps out before his departure
Earlier this week ex
@AFCWimbledon
player
@SpikeBrits1
came in to help out before moving North with
@ManCity
. Go well, Spike. We are so proud of you. Don't forget to come back and do the odd shift when you're back in
#SouthwestLondon
💛💙
Make no mistake, the Southwest London public totally get what "community" means. Two trolleys from one kind shopper. Incredible generosity time and time again💛💙
We are really honoured to win the
@MertonBest
"Best Charity Award". And on home turf at
@AFCWimbledon
too. To all you generous shoppers, inspiring volunteers and loyal partners in this amazing borough, THANK YOU. This is for you💛💙
🎉Today our volunteers join together to celebrate ahead of our 2nd anniversary tomorrow.
This photo was our first day, at our very first stall in Wimbledon.
Give a❤️for all our amazing volunteers!
These superstars were shopping in Tesco today and picked up the items we were in need of!🤩
But by the time they had finished shopping, our last pickup has been...
So they begged their mum to find our hub and 20 minutes later they arrived with all this!!🥰
Thank you girls!💙💛
A huge thank you to Morrisons, Mitcham who have just donated 600 smarties Easter eggs!! These are sure to brighten up lots of people’s Easter weekends 🐣🌷
It’s nearly our one year anniversary!🥳
Join us “live” from Plough Lane to mark our 1st birthday and reflect on a remarkable year!💙💛
Invitation open to volunteers, friends, partners and the whole community, details to follow shortly!💫
#OneYearOfDLAG
Calling local schools and organisations 📣
If you know of any families facing food poverty issues during half term, we are here to help!💫
Email DLA
@afcwimbledonfoundation
.org.uk with details or send us a message for more information💙💛
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
Our Easter bunny was out again today!!🐰🍫
Over 300 eggs were dropped to St George’s Hospital, for the incredible staff and patients in the children’s ward💫
Thank you to the incredible shoppers who have donated recently!!💙💛
We've distributed £1million worth of food to communities in need in Merton, Kingston and Wandsworth since January 2021! 🎉😍 All generously donated by one of our partners or through a supermarket food stall. Thank you to everyone who's donated and to our amazing volunteers. 💙💛
Meet Liam, a student from Kings College School, Wimbledon
He visited our stall ahead of the
@AFCWimbledon
match to hand over £258 raised by students to their charity of choice & we were the lucky chosen ones!
Thank you to Liam & everyone who donated. Everything helps 💛💙
🚛Check out our brand new van!!🚛
This is only possible thanks to all of you!
Every single donation or hour spent volunteering, has helped us to grow and achieve this!💙💛
We've got Twins! Thanks to the generosity of our donors and supporters we now have a second van. This will be a big help in the drive to supplying consistently large scale support across
#Kingston
#Merton
and
#Wandsworth
. Thank you. 💛💙
Yesterday we managed to catch up with Aaron Ramsdale at the
@afc_wimbledon
game who had a lovely message for all our volunteers ✨ Thank you so much
@AaronRamsdale98
📣 We are delighted to announce that Mark Robinson has been appointed as AFC Wimbledon's new Head Coach. Mark first joined us in 2004 and our CEO Joe Palmer explained why he was the best candidate for the job:
#AFCW
@TheDonsTrust
WOW!🤩🤩🤩
We did a shout out for gravy and mince pies at Sainsburys Collier’s Wood, and shoppers DELIVERED!👏
This whole trolley is from one super generous lady!🥰 THANK YOU!💛💙
A HUGE thank you to
@OldRutlishians
for being our Merton food hub for the past 4 months! With the bar re-opening we have had to relocate! Thank you to all the sections, their members who volunteer and the club for being so supportive since the start of DLAG💙💛
You may recognise this mans face as former
@AFCWimbledon
player or even as former AFC Wimbledon, Barnet or
@Pompey
manager..
We know him as our day one volunteer fruit & veg man Simon Bass. He doesn’t shy away from the hub, delivery or stalls! It was great to have him back…
We started our homeless outreach 8 days ago.
Our volunteers have helped get a number of homeless people into temporary accommodation, and we're supplying them with food boxes.
With your help we're making an incredible difference to people's lives.
Thank you 💙💛
⚽️
@AFCWimbledon
player Jack Currie filled his car and got on the roads to help us with deliveries last week.
The players are huge supporters of our work and proud of all of volunteers for helping to keep the community fed, connected and supported!
Thank you for your support!💙
With Chessington World of Adventures having to close, they donated an entire van full of goodies to us!!🤩🤩
All these mince pies, Christmas treats and drinks will be going out to families in time for Christmas!!👏
THANK YOU
@CWOA
!!💙💛
A massive shout out to
@LondonBroncosRL
for supporting us & covering a stall for us once a week 💪
Every week they give up their time to check out our operation & work their magic to help us get donations ✨
It’s great to see clubs coming together to make a difference 💙💛
Late last night volunteers were putting together packs to go to those in need. Thank you Merton and Kingston residents for allowing this to happen with your generous contributions!
Two of our supermarket collection heroes enjoying the sun! Thank you for your generous donations! Get in touch if we can help out:
📞 0203 301 4511 9am-6pm
📧 dla
@afcwimbledonfoundation
.org.uk
WOW WOW WOW!!🤩
This amazing gentleman won a competition with his work,
@tailsdogfood
, and decided to spend his winnings on items we needed!🥰
He donated a whopping £150 worth of nappies!!👏
THANK YOU!💙💛
Want a feel good watch for your Saturday evening?
A few of our volunteers brought some much needed birthday cheer to a lady who receives our weekly boxes! 🎂
Happy birthday Bridie! 💙💛
When the Mayor of Merton turns up it’s not a swing by visit
Madam Mayor popped in & did a full 3 hour shift packing boxes with our volunteers to get food boxes ready for the next day. What a superstar 🌟
Thank you for ALL your support 💛💙
@MayorOfMerton
Within 1 hour of being asked for help Tim got all these provisions that were requested to The Community Centre. We went back & made another delivery that night
When our community calls, we answer 💛💙
Today
@ITV
became the latest company to pick
@DonsLocalAction
for their volunteering time. We're so proud that more and more organisations are not only helping out in our SW London community but giving fantastic feedback. Want to get involved? Email info
@donslocalaction
.org 💛💙
Well, we only went and won! 🏆
‘Best Covid-19 community response’ (non premier league) at the Football Business Awards
#FBA21
A huge thank you to all our volunteers and everyone at
@AFCW_Foundation
People do such lovely things for their community. Just look at the two Daisies. They made their own Halloween bits and sold them. Then they used the £200 raised to buy all this for Dons Local Action. Amazing. Thank you, girls. 💛💙
It was emotional scenes for our volunteers over the weekend watching donations pour in for Ukrainians crossing the Poland boarder. Pictures and videos can’t do it justice. Well done team 👏
We've done it! £50,000 All of you. Amazing. With gift aid and other Sleep Out donations we're over £60k. To those who need our support, all of these people are helping us to help you. Please keep going for a few more days.
#onewonderfulcommunity
💛💙
What an incredible collection from
@Wimb_Coll
students!!🤩
They’ve been bringing donations into the school, as part of their December collection for us!
Thank you!💙💛
As we say goodbye to 2021 we’d like thank everyone who played a part, big or small, in making this season as special as it was.
From local theatres to local businesses and schools donating and of course all our amazing volunteers helping us put smiles on peoples faces. 💛💙
A massive congratulations to Tim, our Deputy Head of Operations, on the birth of his special lady who arrived on
#InternationalWomensDay2022
✨
Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them 💪
We wish you & your family all the best, love DLAG 💛💙
It was great to see
@JoshuaNeufvill1
and
@jnayr_
out and about delivering food this week. And so encouraging to see this crop of
@AFCWimbledon
players really embrace the club's role in the community. 💛💙
When
@AFCWimbledon
played
@Wrexham_AFC
recently, the brilliant fans and players brought food to feed 15 local people in need for one week. Please bring your tins to the game today and see if we can do even better. Thank you. Please like and share. 💛💙
#COYDs
#tintogetin
We're thrilled to announce that
@DonsLocalAction
has been shortlisted as a finalist for this year’s Football Business Awards in the 'Best CSR Scheme or Initiative' category.
#FBA2022
A huge well done to our volunteers and donors & thank you everyone for supporting our work 💙💛
British Tennis icon Tim Henman rallies behind
@DonsLocalAction
! Spread the word that we're here to serve those in need!
📞0203 301 4511
📧: dla
@afcwimbledonfoundation
.org.uk
We’ve built incredible partnerships with over 100 local organisations!💙💛
We’ve donated to local foodbanks, hospitals, ambulance stations, schools, street kitchens, hostels, homeless shelters, baby banks and many more!✨
@BootstrapCook
We provide food parcels to those in poverty in Merton, Kingston and Wandsworth! Visit to see the different ways you can donate to us!
Here’s a photo of what’s in our weekly food parcels for one person - that totals less than £30!💛💙
Did you know ex
@afc_wimbledon
manager & part of the current
@officialpompey
managing team Simon Bassey was a day one volunteer! King of our fruit & veg bags, packing 120 bags a morning!
He popped into the hub ahead of the AFC Wimbledon vs Portsmouth game tonight to say hi 💛💙
Look who dropped by our Kingston hub this morning! It's great to have
@AFCWimbledon
first teamers showing their support 💙💛
Wonder where they'll head next 👀
A massive thank you Wimbledon Theatre for helping us make the holidays special for our recipients. They donated 80 tickets so 23 families could have a trip to the most magical pantomime adventure Dick Whittington and his cat.
We are grateful to all our supporters 💛💙.
6 months ago today we started with one stall outside Morrison’s and the changing rooms at The Old Ruts!!
Oh how far we’ve come!!
Thank you to each and every one of you who makes all we do possible!💙💛
A huge thank you to Amanda and the staff at
@Tesco
Metro in Wimbledon
@CentreCourtShop
!!🤩
With their Christmas party cancelled, the staff decided to buy toys and food for us instead!!💙💛💙💛
THANK YOU!
⚽️
@AFCWimbledon
needed a hand covering their pitch from the snow earlier!❄️
4 DLAG volunteers were there within 15 minutes to help with the job💪
🤞For Saturday’s game!💛💙
Wow! What an act of kindness? Premier Scaffolding will be paying for ALL the petrol for our van 🚚💨
Yet another lovely example of how the community can come together
Thank you SO much to Lorin Clark, owner of Premier Scaffolding for supporting us in such a thoughtful way 💙💛
Since Jan 2021 we've distributed 430 tonnes (equivalent to 34 London buses) worth of food. 👏
The majority of this is collected at our supermarket stalls which are run by our volunteers.
But we need more help, could you be a new volunteer?
Find out more:
After being blown away with donations, our partners The Polish Family Association needed help
With plenty of helping hands, the team were able to get on top of the donations ready to transport to Poland for people escaping Ukraine
Massive well done to everyone involved 💛💙