Former England and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp volunteers in his local community to help deliver essentials to vulnerable people in his village during coronavirus pandemic

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Former England and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp has volunteered in his local community to help deliver essentials to the vulnerable in his village.

Redknapp joined Oxshott Delivery to leave special boxes on people's doorsteps during the coronavirus pandemic.

A video on the service's Instagram account showed Sportsmail columnist Redknapp delivering a parcel.

Ex-England and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp has volunteered in his local community

Redknapp joined Oxshott Delivery to leave special boxes on people's doorsteps

The caption alongside the clip read: 'We were contracted by a lovely elderly lady called Marion who was more worried about her neighbours than herself and she wanted to get a box to them.

'So @jamie.redknapp volunteered to deliver some boxes to her neighbours and one in particular was lovely Ron, and to see his delight on his face when he opened the door makes what we are doing worth every single second.'

Redknapp, wearing gloves, knocked on Ron's door, left the box on his doorstep and kept the required social distance.

Redknapp wore gloves and made sure to step back to keep the required social distance

Redknapp delivered a parcel to a man called Ron, who was delighted with his special box

'Hi Ron, there's a package there for you just from Marion. She says you deserve it, she said look after yourself, there's some food in there for you alright,' Redknapp said.

Ron replied: 'Say thank you very, very, very much and to you too.' 

Oxshott Delivery sends produce including food and home essentials to those who need it most.

The goods are driven from local businesses to people's doors by volunteers and was set up as a way of bringing people together during the coronavirus crisis.

Former Chelsea and England captain John Terry also joined the Surrey-based project last week.