Let’s not just hear it for the lads, and lasses, of the Billingham branch of the SAFC Supporters’ Association. Let’s dig into our pockets to support their charity walk: a 32-mile overnight trek to the Stadium of Light for a forthcoming home match* (and if God is watching, He’ll make sure to give us three points in honour of the gesture).

It happens every year – the sponsored walk, not necessarily the points – as the pictures suggest. This year three charities, instead of the usual two, will benefit.

The proceeds from sponsorship will be split equally between Zoe’s Place, apparently one of only two Baby Hospices in the whole of the country, and Daisy Chain.
Infants from birth to five years with life limiting or terminal illnesses, and special and complex needs, are cared for by Zoe’s Place. All the services are free to the families that use them and there is no fixed catchment area.

And the Daisy Chain Project, based at Calf Fallow Farm, Norton, aims is to build an overnight respite and family care centre for children with autism and special needs.

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