A little boy from Leigh, who has been living with a brain tumour since he was diagnosed on his first birthday, has been given a helping hand from Team SuperJosh.

Help can’t come soon enough for some of Manchester’s disadvantaged children and families but it will come sooner thanks to a new council initiative to build a better, brighter future for those in need.

Around 2,000 swimmers are expected to descend on the waterways of Salford Quays to undertake the one mile, dock-to-dock open water swim tomorrow.

A Manchester female genital mutilation awareness charity, Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA), is calling for ‘widespread community’ action to fill the ‘gaping hole’ in the provision of support for FGM victims.

Families from across the city will be welcomed to congregate at Manchester Cathedral as part of a set of remembrances services for people who have had to mourn the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.

Former drug addicts from across Manchester are gearing up to show off their creative works in an exhibition studying the emotions involved in their recovery from substance misuse.

A new creative reading initiative to aid dementia sufferers and their families in coping with memory loss will arrive at Central Library next week.

A Manchester LGBT charity have embraced change and celebrated their 15th anniversary with a brand new name.

Scope’s Kiss the awkward Goodbye campaign uses tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s Day cards to highlight that there is no need to be awkward around someone just because they have a disability.

The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, also show that Manchester residents are more than 1.5 times more likely to suffer a sexual offence than those in London districts

Manchester Action on Street Health need donations to get their sex worker support van back on the streets