Celebrity promotion of charities is largely ineffective and has a limited reach, according to a Manchester University study.

While three-time British Transplant Games medallist Carla Phillips’ love for the event has never dimmed, the 43-year-old has seen her training disrupted after an ‘up and down’ year with health.

Linus Lind’s pilgrimage, in aid of the charity Doctors without Borders, has so far brought in well above the 31-year-old’s expectations.

A Manchester charity are to be given a Member of the British Empire (MBE) award in recognition of their continued help to under privileged families and children.

Greater Manchester Police have swapped truncheons for trombones as their band have provided the general public with numbers from Frank Sinatra and Shirley Bassey over the years.

Reports are circulating on Twitter that Khadir Islam was killed on Sunday by Israeli forces after his convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by a missile strike, just days after arriving in the city

Manchester brewery Joseph Holt are getting everyone on board as they look to mark 100 years of supporting The Christie – from pint-sized PA to beery boss.

Community groups and charities who have reduced poverty across south Manchester are being encouraged to nominate themselves for the Paul Goggins Memorial prize.

A Wigan girl suffering with brain damage has inspired her family to take on the Three Peaks challenge to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Workers in Manchester are ‘pyjamming’ to raise awareness of the plight of the 80,000 homeless children currently living on UK streets.

Last week, the bank began notifying a number of Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them their accounts will be closed