‘It doesn’t matter how much you can afford’: Manchester mayor’s plea for refugee aid
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.
Have you got a head for heights? Abseil at Trafford Centre for sex worker charity
Fancy abseiling from the top of the Trafford Centre for charity?
A bra-illiant idea! Manchester clinic donates old bras to women in developing nations
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.
Manchester’s Marble Brewery wants drinkers to raise a glass to end child poverty
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.
Cycling for autism: Gruelling 220-mile Manchester to London epic for fundraisers
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.
VIDEO: Comic Rufus Hound features in hilarious St John’s Ambulance first aid campaign
Comedian Rufus Hound has raised first aid awareness by featuring in hilarious video produced by St John’s Ambulance in Manchester.
‘Chaos’ and ‘misery’ for North West renters as thousands fall victim to ‘rogue’ landlords
Thousands of private renters in the North West are said to have suffered illegal acts at the hands of landlords, according to new research.
Charity on a mission as parents in Manchester and Salford struggle with cost of school uniforms
Wood Street Mission, which launched a major new initiative earlier in the summer called SmartStart Manchester & Salford to help low income families with school costs, supplied school uniform worth more than £85,000 to 1,741 children and 835 families in August.
Can you spare an hour? Hunt on for volunteers to help combat loneliness among elderly in South Manchester
National charity Contact the Elderly, is looking for volunteers to host monthly tea parties across Chorlton, Didsbury, Withington, West Didsbury and Heaton Moor in a bid to help older people expand their often-limited social circle.
How has high-profile closure of Kids Company impacted Manchester youth charities?
The closure of Kids Company following the withdrawal of a £3million government bailout has shone a spotlight on young people’s charities like never before.
Ready, set, graffiti: Street artists come out of hiding for Manchester Art Battle
Top street artists behind some of Manchester’s most recognised graffiti will compete in public for the first time ever at this year’s underground art battle event, which is set to really ‘raise the bar’.