Trio of charities form Employment Task Group and extend a helping hand to get Manchester’s homeless off the streets and into jobs with employment initiative

An Alice in Wonderland themed tea party entertained commuters and shoppers in Rochdale whilst highlighting mental health misunderstandings on Friday.

Trans men and women are being offered free makeovers and even changing rooms over the Manchester Pride Big Weekend thanks to the Lesbian and Gay Foundation.

A Salford woman has taken inspiration from her own battle against illness and her mother’s advice of ‘if you don’t life you’ll cry’, by conjuring up her own charity.

In the wake of actor and funny man Robin Williams’ suicide, comedian Jason Manford and a leading Manchester mental health charity are determined to make sure no one suffers in silence.

Manchester’s mental health patients could soon be receiving better care and support as an expansion of a psychiatric liaison initiative has taken place at North Manchester General Hospital.

Christine Etheridge, a charity ambassador from Sale, will be scaling the heights of the Pennines as she takes on a daunting 100km walk to raise funds for meningitis research on its 25th anniversary.

Manchester City Old Boys will take on Victims Support VIPS led by avid Blues fan Ricky Hatton for a charity football match at Ewen Fields on Saturday – all in aid of domestic abuse charity Victim Support.

The Police and Crime Commissioner was speaking at Backstage? Me? at the Royal Exchange Theatre, which focused on homelessness and the remarkable influence of the theatre

A Flixton father is running the Manchester marathon in aid of his six-year-old daughter who has cystic fibrosis.

The Albert Kennedy Trust initiative offers shelter, training and friendship to those in the LGBT community affected by abuse