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Oct 2021

Last Updated: 29/10/2021

Harry Kane's World Cup shirt auction to fund community groceries

by Connor Creaghan

| 31 Oct, 2021
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Harry Kane's shirt was signed by all of the players and comes with a letter of authenticity. The Tottenham striker and England captain scored in the fixture which ended 1-1 on September 8 after a late equaliser from the Poland team.

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Michelle Hayes and her stepdad Tony Hunt holding the shirt at Gracious St Methodist Church.

Harry Kane has donated his signed shirt from the England v Poland World Cup qualifier to Resurrected Bites for an auction to raise money for a community grocery project.

The Tottenham striker and England captain scored in the fixture which ended 1-1 on September 8.

Kane's shirt was signed by all of the players and also comes with a letter of authenticity.

Resurrected Bites usually takes in surplus food but this special donation was thanks to the team's relationship with Gareth Southgate's assistant manager Steve Holland.

Michelle Hayes, the founder of Resurrected Bites, said:

“Steve is the nephew of my step-dad Tony. Tony is one of our volunteers and washes up at one of the Resurrected Bites cafés every week.
"When he told Steve about Resurrected Bites, Steve offered to help us with our fundraising. We were over the moon to receive Harry Kane’s shirt which has been signed by all of the England players.
"We think this shirt could really make an exceptional Christmas present for someone. That is in addition to raising much needed funds for our organisation."






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The auction is being held on the Resurrected Bites Facebook page, where people are invited to share their bids by commenting below the post.

Bidding will end at 8pm on Sunday, November 7. The auction started off at £100 and has already reached £340.



All of the money raised will go towards the community grocery project.

Resurrected Bites set up its first grocery at New Park Academy Community Hub but plans to open a second in Knaresborough in December.

At the community grocery people pay £5 a year to sign up as members. They are then entitled to pay £3, £5 or £9 depending on the size of their family, for items that would typically cost £30.

It stocks a wide range of tinned, fresh food and frozen food as well as toiletries, sanitary products and nappies in various sizes.