A football shirt “amnesty” launched by Dundee restaurant and bar the Weavers Mill has netted some of its first jerseys.
The family pub in the Camperdown Leisure Park put out a plea last week for locals to donate unwanted football shirts to send to South Africa in time for this year’s World Cup.
Weavers Mill manager John Paul McKeown said the jerseys have been coming in steadily, and they’ll be accepting them up until the beginning of the tournament in June.
The shirt amnesty is part of the pub chain’s charity campaign, Project Fair Play, which will see strips taken to townships in Johanessburg and also given to disadvantaged youngsters in Cape Town.
Project Fair Play will also provide football facilities for children in the UK and further afield.
The pub is fundraising to build a new sports ground at the Ukhanyo School in Masiphumelele in South Africa through the Happy Africa Foundation — and kit it out with footballs.
Mr McKeown said, “Some members of staff have started bringing in shirts and I would ask anyone with a jersey they no longer use to donate it to the amnesty.
“They do not have to be new, but they should be in good condition. We would also be grateful for any children’s sizes, as it will be young people who are wearing them.”