Tottenham Hotspur is using their football stadium to support vulnerable people who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

With Premier League matches postponed following the spread of Covid-19, the club offered their stadium and facilities to help in the NHS' fight against the virus.

It comes following talks with Haringey Council, the Greater London Authority and the NHS.

As a starting point, the stadium’s basement car park is being used as a storage base by the London Food Alliance – a new scheme set up to ensure food supplies for the most vulnerable people.

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It has been set up by the capital’s three largest food surplus distributors — The Felix Project, FareShare and City Harvest — to pick up nutritious surplus food from suppliers and deliver it in bulk to community hubs in each London borough.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will be one of two hubs used by Haringey, alongside Alexandra Palace.

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy said: “As a Club, we have always been clear about our commitment to the wider community – never has this been more important than it is now.

“We are immensely proud of the efforts of everybody involved in the fight against COVID-19 and see today as just the start of what we can do as a Club to assist.”

Each Borough Council is creating hubs to receive the surplus food, divide it into food parcels and deliver them to the doorsteps of vulnerable Londoners.

Boroughs are currently in touch with local charities, foodbanks and community centres, and the Government to ascertain who is most vulnerable and in need.