S-pet-acular: Manchester’s animal lovers lend a helping paw to rehome centres
Manchester’s animal lovers have been delving into their pockets and have raised £4,800 for pet rehoming centres as part of a summer fundraising campaign.
The Christie’s annual fundraiser an enduring ‘feet’ for only ‘bravest of soles’
The Christie’s event will be held at the Trafford Centre’s main stage, in The Orient, between 10am-10pm where any brave souls will be challenged to do the ‘Firewalk with a Twist’ – an eight foot toe-twisting walk across 10,000 toy bricks.
On the trot: Bolton hero Tony Kelly walks to raise money for charities including Hillsborough families
The club’s Community Ambassador will walk 50 miles from his Merseyside hometown of Huyton to the ground via Anfield, Goodison Park and the Trotters’ former home Burnden Park
A whole new world: Brave cancer boy, 8, whisked from Denton to Disneyland
A brave cancer patient, who spent months enduring harsh chemotherapy, had something to smile about when he was ‘magicked’ away to Disneyland.
Food for thought: Rochdale teens tackle homelessness with £4 a day initiative
Teenagers in Rochdale are attempting to raise awareness of homelessness – by suggesting people across Greater Manchester try to live on just £4 a day.
Manchester snowboarder achieves boyhood Guinness World Record dream with marathon Chill Factore effort
Richard Millington, 31, was challenged by the Guinness Book of World Records to cover 25,000 metres of continuous snowboarding but Richard destroyed that target covering an unprecedented 46,200m
Manchester snowboarder ‘Beardy Rich’ set for 24-hour endurance world record attempt at Chill Factore
In an audacious attempt to write his name in the history books, Richard Millington will try to snowboard 25km down the UK’s longest real-snow slope continuously for 24 hours
Don’t put charity social media crazes on ice, says Manchester after celebrity #wakeupcall selfies take off
Just when you thought it was safe to look on Facebook and Twitter again without being bombarded with selfies, UNICEF has launched the #WakeUpCall selfie.
Manchester Cathedral to host charity sleepover to raise money for the homeless
Manchester Booth Centre hopes to highlight some of the hardships that homeless people have to face every day
Paint the town black: Gals and ghouls explore city’s dark side as Gothic Manchester Festival rises again
The festival, which runs from October 23-26, has plenty for revellers to sink their teeth into with tours taking in Manchester’s gothic splendour, talks by gothic icons and macabre-themed nights
Rise in reported human trafficking victims in UK means eye is on issue, claims Manchester charity
Hope for Justice believe the increase in reports shows that more people are now being identified and rescused from desperate conditions.