Ed Sheeran has donated more than £1 million to local charities in Suffolk amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, sources reveal. According to The Sun, the donations have gone towards several charities in his home country, including the children’s hospital ward in Ipswich.

Ed has also paid the wages of his pub employees, so they don’t have to worry about pubs and restaurants being shut down as part of the UK lockdown. The singer has taken it upon himself to pay his staff’s wages despite his Notting Hull Pub in Bertie Blossoms, being shut down due to lockdown measures.

The Sun reported that Ed has told his 10 employees ‘not to worry’ as he ensured them that they are all still paid their normal wage throughout lockdown.

Ed, thought to be worth over £200 million, is also working with sustainability while in lockdown. A local source told The Sun that him and his wife Cherry Seaborn are keeping chickens and growing vegetables on their private estate.

The singer, who lives in Suffolk with his wife, Cherry Seaborn, has not spoken out publicly about the coronavirus. In a note, shared in December 2019, he announced that he was taking a break from social media.

“I promise to be back with some new music when the time is right and I’ve lived a little more to actually have something to write about” he wrote in the message to his fan base on Instagram.