RESILIENCE & RECOVERY
CELEBRATING OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC
use for their community antenatal and phlebotomy (over 16) services. A team of clinicians, and technical support
staff from both Argyle and the NHS, have been involved in the project to transform Club Argyle into a clinical environment which is equipped to deliver safe, effective services and adheres to the necessary social distancing requirements. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Parkinson
said: “In line with our Vision and Values as a club for the region, the Argyle community feels duty- bound to support local services in this time of need. With staff currently working from home and no football in the immediate future, offering up Home Park for the use of the NHS is, we feel, our civic duty.” Dr Jonathan Cope, local GP and Associate
‘Offering up Home Park for the use of the NHS is, we feel, our civic duty’
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle teamed up with the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to make Home Park Stadium available for routine NHS services. With football suspended and staff working
from home, the club moved quickly to make its Mayflower Grandstand available for the NHS to
Medical Director for Primary Care at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, said: “I’d like to extend a big thank you to Plymouth Argyle for their generosity and support in bringing this concept to reality. The task of converting the Grandstand into a temporary clinic has been a team effort.” The club is also producing Argyle-branded
face masks - with all profits going to support the NHS in Plymouth and has committed to gifting over 500 match tickets to NHS staff as a part of a Crowdfunder campaign, while a match-worn shirt auction, organised by Argyle midfielder Antoni Sarcevic, raised over £10,000 for Plymouth’s NHS.
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