Liverpool stars Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold help Oliver King Foundation raise over £20,000
Liverpool stars Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold helped Merseyside charity, the Oliver King Foundation, raise over £20,000 at their annual gala in March.
Club captain Van Dijk and his second-in-command Alexander-Arnold - alongside former Liverpool and Everton defender Conor Coady - donated signed, match-worn shirts and boots for a silent auction on the night earlier this month.
A signed Van Dijk No.4 shirt was purchased for over £1,000, proving to be one of the most popular items of the evening, with Diane Alexander-Arnold, the mother of the Reds' vice-captain, leading the prize-giving duties.
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The OK Foundation - launched in 2012 following the sudden death of Oliver King - last year won their decade-long fight for access to defibrillators to be mandatory in every school across the United Kingdom.
Twelve-year-old Oliver tragically died during a school swimming race from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS), a hidden heart condition which kills between 12-19 young people each week.
The OK Foundation began campaigning for a change in legislation, with Oliver’s father, Mark, personally hand-delivering 6,000 life-saving defibrillators to schools and organisations across the country.
In March 2022, the British government finally committed to installing defibrillators in every school in the country after a meeting with Mark and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher.
Carragher has continued to be a leading advocate for The OK Foundation, while Van Dijk had an emotional training-ground meeting with Mr King earlier this year to learn more
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