Irons Supporting Foodbanks are a small group of West Ham fans and friends collecting at home first team games from 3 hours before kick off. Our donation point is on Stratford Walk, opposite the Park Information Centre, on the route from Westfield to the Stadium.

Irons Supporting Foodbanks began collecting on behalf of Newham Foodbank at West Ham home games at the London Stadium at the end of December 2019.

Following consultation with Newham Council, LS185 and the LLDC, they were given permission to collect donations for the Newham Foodbank based in Beckton. They supply 7 distribution centres in the borough, 7 days a week, and hand out several hundred 3-day emergency food packs every month to families in need.

The demand on foodbanks had grown progressively and they were hopeful that with over 1 million visitors attending games at the London Stadium over a season, that they could make a difference to our local community. Following the successful trial at the Leicester City game, they were given permission to continue collecting at every home game, subject to any ‘high risk’ games. By the end of February thet were collecting approx. £700 per game in food value and cash.