AN EVENT at a York working men’s club has raised £220 to help pay for the funeral of a 23-year-old man who died in a road accident.

The fundraising event was held yesterday morning at Tang Hall WMC by Mathew Shepherd, a close friend of Jordan Johnson, who died after a crash near an Army training centre at Strensall earlier this month.

It featured balloon modelling, glitter tattoos by Bedazzled, face painting, tea, coffee and biscuits and a raffle, to which Sports Direct had donated items.

Mathew, who was assisted by Amy King, said: “It’s gone really well.”

As reported in The Press yesterday, Mathew is aiming to raise £1,250 and yesterday’s event took him well past the £1,000 mark.

Today, Mathew, a postman, is planning to collect more money in a bucket when he goes on a special delivery round in Tang Hall, dressed as Superman and wearing a ginger wig.

He said he normally worked from Stamford Bridge and delivered in communities as far away as Kirkbymoorside, but Royal Mail had agreed he could accompany the regular postman in Jordan’s home community, Tang Hall, with his collecting bucket.

He said he would be walking down streets including the top end of Melrosegate, Beckside Gardens, Rawdon Avenue, Burlington Avenue, Hewley Avenue and Constantine Avenue.

Jordan, 23, of Tang Hall, was a front seat passenger in a blue Peugeot 206 convertible which collided with a stationary Mitsubishi Outlander.

Mathew said previously that Jordan, known as Ginge, was ‘the most polite young man you could meet and would do anything for anyone,’ and he would leave a huge impression on everyone he met.

“He left behind his family and I want to take some strain off their mind by raising a small amount of amount to give the ginger lad a big send off that he deserves,” he said.

Jordan’s funeral will take place at 11am on Friday at the cemetery chapel, at York Cemetery in Cemetery Road.

To make a donation, go to www.gofundme.com/ginges-funeral-fund.