West Ham stars visit Richard House

It was part of the Creating Chances initiative which sees Premier League clubs taking part in community events.

Man of the moment Stanislas, who made a big impact on his full debut against Sunderland last Saturday, was making his first visit to Richard House.

He said: "It's my first visit and hopefully not my last because I've enjoyed it here. It's been good spending time with the kids."

He and Noble, who grew up close to Richard House, made some artwork with the children, planted some pots in the greenhouse and had a quick kickabout in the grounds.

Stanislas revealed the footballers' competitive streak came out when they were making the artwork.

But the 19-year-old admitted he was not a great artist away from the football pitch.

He said: "I was struggling a little bit to be fair. I know if we would have had time to finish mine would definitely be better than Mark's one.

"There's always little bits of competitiveness but I think I would have beaten him."

"I've been out of school a few years now and art wasn't one of my best subjects, to be honest, but I gave it a go.

"I was more interested in football. At playtimes I was always playing football, any opportunity to play football really."

Richard House is one of West Ham's chosen charities for this season and the match against Chelsea on April 25 will be used to collect money for it.

Richard House fundraising manager Viv Talbot hopes more people will volunteer their time to help them out.

She said: "The support of the football club has been fantastic and we're so grateful to Mark and Junior for coming down here today.

"But we would really like anyone who can to volunteer to collect money for us.

"It might not be the most glamourous job but every volunteer we have means we don't have to pay someone to do it for us."

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact the community fundraising team on 020 7540 0213.