Hatters fans lead an army to help Luton Foodbank

A group of Hatters fans is celebrating another successful year of fundraising for the Luton Foodbank.

Dads Army is a WhatsApp group, set up two years ago, with around 84 long term Luton Town supporters who thought it would be fun to keep in regular contact.

After losing a couple of the group to Covid, one of the members, Brian Jenkins, suggested extending the 'Army' to include fundraising, with monthly donations from members.

Member Daniel Toomey said: "We have had some t-shirts and a large board made up with the Luton town logo and wordings along the lines of Dads Army - absent friends never forgotten. We then decided to raise some cash by monthly donations and in the last year between us all we managed to raise over £4,000, this was spent at Bookers cash and carry and all food bought was donated to the Luton Foodbank."

They handed over the goods to the foodbank last week and they have already started fundraising for next year, and are considering plans to turn the group into a registered charity, with fundraising events during 2022.

Daniel said: "We have decided to keep it going as we had some funds left over and literally couldn’t get any more in the vans. We currently have around £600 already in the funds."

"The lads love it," added Daniel. "Everyone was saying what a great thing it was when we donated the food."

The group will also be looking for small businesses to donate in the future too.