UK asylum seekers living in poverty on less than £40 a week get helping hand from Manchester charity
Hundreds of people turned up at the People’s History Museum last Saturday to celebrate ‘Refugee Week’
From Corrie cobbles to Wood Street: Michelle Keegan donates fashion profits to children’s charity
Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan is donating profits from her new fashion range to a Manchester children’s charity.
He’s not taking the Mickey! Ex-Shameless star Ciarán Griffiths in trio of gruelling charity events
Ciarán, 31, best known for playing Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Gary Best in The Bill and Dylan Hodge in Waterloo Road, will be setting off alongside five Peugeot employees for the 26-mile slog
Fund razor: XFM DJ Gareth Brooks brings Beards Against Cancer charity night to Northern Quarter
The special ‘Fund Razor’, at Twenty Twenty Two, has been organized by Beards Against the Cancer, a group set up by Brooks after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year
You’re hired! Coronation Street star Kym Marsh selects Wythenshawe student as celebrity agency apprentice
Kym Marsh has selected a Wythenshawe student to be an apprentice at star-studded agency VIP Appearances
Nobody Told Us Anything: British ‘nuclear test’ veterans aim to bring documentary to theatre near YOU
British nuclear veterans are taking their fight for a ‘thank you’ to the silver screen – and have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring it to a theatre near you.
Manchester’s elderly warned as figures reveal one in three over-65s have serious fall EVERY year
It is currently Age UK’s National Falls Awareness Week and the charity is providing information which aims to help those at risk reduce the chance of taking a tumble
War veterans’ post-traumatic stress charity eyes Manchester as future home
A charity that provides vital support to veterans with combat stress and their families has earmarked Manchester as a potential future location.
Run, Geoff, Run! Wigan man undertakes half-marathon tour of Britain to raise money for the less fortunate
Geoff Glover, who works as a tax partner at the Buxton Partnership based in Northwich, decided to complete a quartet of half marathons after last year being accepted as a member of the Lord’s Taverners Club – the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity.
Lifeline: Missing child alerts straight to your phone to tighten net quicker on Manchester’s lost kids
Thousands of people could receive free instant alerts to their phones every time a child is reported missing in Greater Manchester with a new Child Alert system.
Pucker up: Cancer charity launches campaign to steal 20,000 kisses from public, starting in Manchester
Look Good Feel Better focuses predominantly upon the after-effects of cancer on a woman’s appearance – something which no other cancer charity currently does