Given's charity has helped provide PPE masks to frontline workersFootball has been life for Shay Given. In the absence of football, it felt right for the 43-year-old to direct his energy towards helping the fight against Covid 19. "Every week we were reading about the shortage of masks, aprons and gloves for the frontline workers. "So, a friend and I set up Care Given as a way of supporting the NHS and also frontline workers in the Republic of Ireland. "The frontline workers are the real heroes, they're the ones keeping the world ticking over and we owe so much to them.

Source: BBC May 12, 2020 16:52 UTC