When Birmingham City FC marks its official 150th anniversary match at St Andrew’s this Saturday, thousands of supporters will be backing a cause that began with one young Blues fan and has since grown into a vital local cancer support charity.

Help Harry Help Others (HHHO), founded in memory of schoolboy and Birmingham City supporter Harry Moseley, will be selling 10,000 limited-edition blue and gold bracelets designed specially for the anniversary fixture. Volunteers have gathered at the HHHO Drop-In Cancer Support Centre in recent weeks to help hand make thousands of bracelets, continuing Harry’s original idea of creating something simple, wearable and meaningful to help families facing cancer.

The matchday fundraiser is expected to be HHHO’s biggest of the year, helping to support the running of its Birmingham Drop-In Cancer Support Centre, which provides free, face-to-face emotional and practical help for people affected by cancer. The centre supports around 8,000 visits a year, including patients, relatives, children, friends and carers.

Bracelets will be available on the day, and supporters unable to attend the match can purchase the commemorative edition through the HHHO website.

HHHO’s wider Harry Hug campaign — designed to highlight how isolating the winter months can be for families living with or beyond cancer — will run at Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull, and on the main concourses at Birmingham New Street Station and Birmingham Snow Hill Station in the coming weeks.

Georgie Moseley, founder of HHHO and Harry’s mom, said: “Harry was Birmingham City through and through, so being part of the club’s 150th anniversary match means a great deal to us. Blues supporters have backed his legacy from the very beginning, and their support helps us keep the doors open for families who need a real person to talk to — especially at this time of year.

“Making so many hand-made bracelets has been a mammoth task and has been made possible with the help of an army of volunteers, including  teams of workers from JLR and West Midlands Trains, and even a group of blind and partially sighted people attending a coffee morning at the Focus Birmingham charity. I’d like to thank everyone who has put in so much effort to make selling bracelets this weekend possible, and of course say thank you for the generosity of Jeremy Dale and Tom Wagner for allowing us to be at St Andrews on such a special day.

“We’re excited for the match, the weekend and naturally, we’re hoping for a win.”