Charity
12th February 2025 | By Lily Cawkwell
Bolton barber providing free haircuts to the homeless has raised £10k in donations for people living on the streetBarber Ezel Alsaadi is on a mission to help homeless people in Manchester by providing free haircuts and raising money for charity. The 25-year-old Iraqi –...
7th January 2025 | By Stephanie Rocke
Over £1,000 raised for Manchester charity by a group of University of Manchester studentsFeatured image: UoM Hitchhiking Society Manchester’s first student-led hitchhiking society has raised more than £1,000 for Mancunian charities on an adventurous trip to Newcastle. A...
19th November 2024 | By Leah Green
Music for a cause: Mary’s Meals charity hosts Christmas concertFeatured Image: Mary’sMealsUKcharity Get ready to jingle all the way! Mary’s Meals charity is hosting a festive music concert in Manchester, raising money to feed...
19th November 2023 | By Martha Norris
24-hour run in Manchester to raise money for homelessness.A Manchester-based charity group set the challenge to run for 24 hours in order to raise money and create awareness for the increase in homelessness...
27th March 2023 | By Thomas Mansbridge
Moss Side charity facing potential closure following council funding hitA Moss Side charity which supports the Somali community faces closure following the loss of council funding.
14th March 2022 | By Daisy Bradbury
Firefighters host charity car wash to raise money for victims and families of Ukraine war31 stations across the region participated in the car wash fundraiser to raise money for an emergency Ukraine appeal
10th March 2022 | By Megan Traviss
Charity duck race returns to Salford Quays after two-year delay due to CovidManchester charity MedEquip4Kids are bringing their duck race fundraiser back to the Quays following a two-year delay due to Covid. The race returns for its...
3rd March 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Changing young lives in inner city Manchester: how St George’s community centre is helping young people“The value of youth work is about making a young person understand themselves better,” explains youth worker Chris Macintosh. Chris works out of St George’s,...
1st March 2022 | By Emma Mohammad
Charity teams up with Man Met University to improve Hulme Park for girlsA charity is collaborating with a group of graduate students who want to reach out to teenage girls in Hulme on ways of improving Hulme Park. Make...
1st March 2022 | By Megan Traviss
In conversation with Venture Arts: the Manchester charity with a mission to empower disabilities within the artsThe Northern Quota sat down for a chat with Venture Arts’ project manager, Sarah Boulter. Sarah has worked with Venture Arts for a year and...
12th November 2021 | By George Walden
Manchester musicians Beats For Beds raise money for the homeless with DJ eventsA group of Manchester musicians have created a three-day music festival to raise money for the homeless under the banner Beats for Beds. The group originally...
2nd November 2021 | By Olivia Weeks
Prevent Breast Cancer raise 2K in pink party fundraiserA breast cancer charity raised more than £2,000 by organising two days of fundraising to mark breast cancer awareness month. Prevent Breast Cancer hosted a karaoke night...
11th October 2021 | By David Smith
Runners bring £6m boost to the economy as thousands compete in Manchester MarathonTens of thousands of runners travelled from across the UK to take part in the Manchester Marathon at the weekend generating an estimated £6m boost to...
11th November 2020 | By Kiah-Azriel Freer
Contact Hostel passes 50 year mark of helping vulnerable young women in ManchesterContact Hostel has been providing homeless young women with safe accommodation since the 1970s and this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. It offers people practical...
28th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Lockdown on the streets of Manchester: how the homeless are risking their health for safetySat with a coffee and some hand-rolled cigarettes, David Chapman spoke candidly to the Northern Quota about the trials of enduring a pandemic with no...
27th October 2020 | By Niamh O'Connell
Chorlton homeless charity changes direction after lockdown causes shop to closeA homeless charity in Chorlton has changed direction after covid caused its shop to close during lockdown. Reach out to the community is a Manchester-based...
27th October 2020 | By Hayley Grice
Six-year-old Chorlton boy and sister collect tins of food for needy people at XmasAfter seeing the efforts of Marcus Rashford and local businesses helping to provide to children that were in need, youngsters Finn and Edie O’Farrell decided...
12th October 2020 | By Hayley Grice
How Saddleworth Round Table is virtually dashing to help local causeSaddleworth’s popular Santa Dash which raises thousands of pounds for charity is being held online this Christmas because of COVID-19. The Saddleworth Santa Dash is...
18th December 2019 | By Hannah Barry
Website launched to help people to organise charity gigs for drug and alcohol treatmentA Manchester-based social enterprise is launching a website enabling people to put on gigs to raise money for the Turn Up for Recovery movement. The...
18th November 2019 | By Sophie Cook
Lollipop lady has bike stolen while on duty at primary schoolA lollipop lady in Marple had her bike stolen while on duty at a primary school. Lollipop lady Lysbeth Black Lysbeth Black posted a picture of...