Nottingham Forest have put themselves at the heart of the community during these difficult and uncertain times.
Plenty of good work was being done off the pitch prior to the coronavirus crisis, of course, but now more than ever the Reds have been helping out where they can.
And it’s not just the club - Forest fans, too, have been playing their part while football is suspended and the country is in lockdown.
Here’s our roll call of honour of all the positive things going on. If you know of any others we can add to the list, let us know in the comments section.
Brilliant project
Nottingham Forest have teamed up with Wilko retailers and Nottingham City Council in a project designed to help Nottingham during these difficult times.
Nottingham Forest community staff have been helping to deliver over 1,000 essential items and Easter eggs to the most vulnerable people in the local community.
Working alongside Wilko's and Nottingham City Council, the club have been helping transport all the items to designated depots around the city.
Forest and partners will help deliver these items to households around the city.
Heartwarming letter
Nottingham Forest chairman Nicholas Randall Q.C. has thanked local NHS staff for their “amazing efforts” amid the coronavirus outbreak.
And he says the club are willing to help “in any way we can”, offering resources and use of the City Ground stadium during the pandemic.
Randall has written to the QMC and City Hospital, conveying the Reds’ support and expressing gratitude.
His letter reads: “First, on behalf of our owner, Mr Evangelos Marinakis, and everyone at Nottingham Forest Football Club, I would like to thank you all at the NHS for your amazing efforts during these unprecedented times."
Donation made
During their time away from football, plenty of footballers are doing their best to raise awareness of social issues, follow government guidelines and lead the way in terms of monetary action.
Nottingham Forest star Joe Lolley is an example of this, and he is leading the way in a campaign to ensure hot meals are provided for front-line NHS staff - who are working hard to look after patients stricken with the coronavirus.
The campaign - launched due to the closing of hospital canteens and eateries in the wake of the crisis looks to provide The Countess of Chester hospital - and other local health facilities - with hot meals.
Helping hand
Many have been quick to judge an image doing the rounds on social media of a chap wearing a Nottingham Forest jacket pushing a trolley full of toilet roll.
That is one particular commodity which has been in short supply amid the coronavirus outbreak, with supermarket shelves quickly being cleared as members of the public look to stock up.
But this was no selfish act of panic buying. Far from it, it seems.
Rob White, the man in the photograph, says he was actually doing a good deed.
Exercise video
Nottingham Forest ace Matty Cash has given fans a glimpse into how he is keeping in shape while football has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The defender recorded a short keep-fit video for the club’s official Twitter account, illustrating some exercises for supporters to follow at home amid the current lockdown.
But there was only one real star of the show - and it wasn’t Cash!
The Reds academy product’s dog, Rio, stole the spotlight as she frequently plonked herself in front of the camera, refused to move and even knocked it over at one point.
Stepping in
Nottingham Forest have come to the “rescue” of local charity HOPE Nottingham amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Staff from the club and the Nottingham Forest Community Trust today stepped in to help out with work on the charity’s community space, which had been put on hold due to the pandemic.
HOPE is a Christian charity which helps support those in need in the area, including through food banks - and the Reds had continued their partnership with the group into this season.
With those in need of that service increasing in the current, difficult climate, it meant work on their community hub had been suspended.
