MM head out to the streets of Manchester to find out whether people think the new Band Aid single is insensitive or if the negative feedback is an overreaction.

Pop star Paul Heaton brings holiday cheer to two of the city’s charities, Compassion and Porch Boxes, with special benefit gig Hope for Christmas at Manchester Academy 2

Manchester University medical student Kate Hyde is drawing on a different moustache every day this Movember to raise money for men’s mental health and research into testicular and prostate cancer

Manchester charity Wood Street Mission is launching their 2014 Christmas appeal with the message ‘Christmas should be about more than survival’ in a bid to help more than 4,000 children and their families this festive season

Manchester Charity Forever Manchester and Denton brewery Hornbean have teamed up to make two tasty tipples to raise money for the charity.

There are only a few tickets left for the Pride of Henshaws ‘black tie with a bright colourful twist’ awards night, hosted by Manchester’s oldest charity Henshaws Society for Blind People

Forever Manchester’s charity event Caketober rustles up egg-cellent donations thanks to Great British Bake Off but sets sights for the cherry on top next year

A heartbroken Hyde mother whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life last year has called on the government to ‘step up’ and tackle mental health issues, warning ‘if they don’t change the law soon then inevitably it’s going to happen again’.

People in Greater Manchester have donated an ‘incredible’ £173,600 in just over a week for the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to help those affected by the Ebola crisis.

A brave Bury youngster best known to the community as Super Josh has died following a long battle with terminal illness.

More than 900 children in the North West will wake up homeless on Christmas day this year, a charity has warned.