Dementia and Alzheimer’s Syndrome are illnesses which most of us will come into contact with at some point in our lives.

Amir Khan has warned that more needs to be done to save the lives of those embroiled in the Syrian refugee crisis.

Salford’s Synchronised Swimming Club were doing their bit for charity this week as they donned swimming caps, goggles and JEANS for a practice to help raise awareness for Jeans for Genes Day.

A University of Manchester professor is urging the city’s cyclists to join in the Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation on September 26.

In memory of Hollywood and comedy icon Robin Williams, Manchester’s Gorilla will be hosting an all- day event to celebrate the work of one of the most naturally talented actors to have graced our screens.

Mancunians have been urged to donate anything that they can afford to help ease the ‘truly shocking’ Syrian refugee crisis, by the city’s Lord Mayor.

Fancy abseiling from the top of the Trafford Centre for charity?

MYA Cosmetic Surgery Manchester has teamed up with BCR Global Textiles and Against Breast Cancer’s Bra Recycling scheme in urging women to bequeath their unloved undies to ‘Bra Banks’, now set up at all UK MYA practices.

Marble Brewery’s latest beer invention will promote children’s charity Wood Street Mission’s new child poverty awareness event, a guided tour called Queues, Clogs and Redemption.

Ambitious about Autism, who provide support to children in the UK, have again this year teamed up with cycling company Rapha to get 300 riders pedalling 220 miles from Manchester to London in aid of the charity on Sunday.

Comedian Rufus Hound has raised first aid awareness by featuring in hilarious video produced by St John’s Ambulance in Manchester.