Domino’s Shoreham delivers free pizza to NHS, police and firefighters to say ‘thank you’

Deliveries were made to Southlands Hospital, in Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham Fire Station, in Stoney Lane, and Shoreham Police Station, in Ham Road.

A spokesman for the High Street takeaway said: “Domino’s in Shoreham have supplied free pizzas for all the help they are doing through the hard days fighting the coronavirus.

“We as a store would like to thank them for all their hard work. We have given free pizzas for the departments to share, as a token of our gratitude. We are all sticking together.”

Last month, Domino’s did a one-day giveaway, offering a free medium pizza for collection to any NHS staff who showed their ID.

Shoreham firefighters and Sussex Police are continuing to make people aware of the government advice to stay home, stay local and keep social distancing.

The message from Sussex Police is: “Our priority is to save lives. We know it’s yours too.

“Stay home, only travel if absolutely essential to help us slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the NHS.”

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