Marcus Rashford raises £20 million in charity for vulnerable children in Manchester

coronavirus pandemic has seen UK come to a standstill and a majority of sports stars have been driven into self-isolation due to outbreak of deadly virus. Many sporting icons across globe have chipped and helped victims of coronavirus pandemic by raising awareness and donating to various charities. Man United star Marcus Rashford has revealed that his charity has raised around £20 million in recent weeks to feed school children after outbreak of coronavirus in UK.

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Marcus Rashford charity: Man United star raises £20 million for vulnerable children in Manchester

Speaking to Man United legend Paul Scholes on UTD Podcast, Marcus Rashfrod revealed that his charity had raised close to £20 million to feed vulnerable school children in Manchester. Marcus Rashford, along with charity FareShare helped distribute food for children who would have gone without meals due to schools being closed as a result of outbreak of coronavirus in UK. Man United striker told Paul Scholes that supermarkets have w become involved in Marcus Rashford charity while big organisations like Tesco, Co-op and Asda helped with delivery side of things. 

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Marcus Rashford charity: Man United forward's childhood experiences inspired him to help ors 

Marcus Rashford told Paul Scholes that charity started slowly and was trying to get to £100,000 initially. donations to Marcus Rashford charity increased in past week and England international believes re is still a lot of work to be done with UK government increasing  duration of lockdown by three more weeks. Marcus Rashford added that his experiences as a child made him contribute to cause and if this situation had transpired 10-15 years ago it would have definitely affected him.  

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