Liverpool youth service feeds the people
A youth service in Liverpool has been providing food to homeless people in the city.
Feed the Faith youth service was an event organised by Fady Armanyous, 23, and Daniel Fahmy, 21 that saw volunteers hand out food parcels on...
Liverpool vet joins life-changing spay neuter mission in remote region of Sri Lanka
A Liverpool vet is set to volunteer with a UK-based charity in Sri Lanka to help improve animal welfare in the country.
Kate Marriner, a 24-year-old vet, is joining the charity, Lucas Helps Dogs, to volunteer at a clinic in...
New men’s mental health charity launches in Wirral
A new charity focusing on men’s mental health has launched in Wirral.
Mersey Mind Project aims to tackle levels of loneliness, isolation and the rise of mental health crisis among local men.
The charity has gained the backing of the Mayor...
Liverpool man takes on The Explorer’s Grand Slam
A Merseyside-born army veteran is aiming to be the oldest person to complete The Explorer's Grand Slam.
Ian Hughes, who joined the Royal Green Jackets when he was just 16, is raising money for mental health charity, Always a Rifleman.
The...
Benefit payment changes for May 2025 threaten to overwhelm food banks
With controversial changes benefit payments set to take effect from tomorrow, Merseyside’s charities and food banks are bracing for a surge in demand.
Speaking to Mersey News Live ahead of the May 1 changes to Universal Credit and Personal Independence...
Community Garden Week: Discover Merseyside’s hidden gems
Liverpool is full of community gardens and green spaces, hiding in corners of the city that could easily be missed unless you know where to look.
Community Garden Week, celebrated annually in the first week of April, is a time...
Walk for Autism fundraiser puts best foot forward
Liverpool-based charity Autism Initiatives sets off on its eighth ‘Walk for Autism’ campaign this Wednesday (26th March).
The yearly campaign, which last year attracted over 9000 participants and raised £797,000, takes place across eight days. It challenges participants to reach...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week kicks off in Liverpool with events for every kind of mind
Liverpool is embracing every kind of mind this March as it celebrates Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025, running from March 17th to 23rd.
With events spanning the city from peaceful yoga sessions to art festivals and expert talks, the week aims to...
From struggle to strength: meet the woman running the Merseyside mental health charity that...
Once a woman looking for support with her own mental health, Siân Thomas now runs the charity that helped rebuild her life, leading the way in providing help to women across Merseyside.
Two decades ago, Siân, now 47, entered the...
Public health charity praises ‘fantastic’ St. John’s Beacon display for no-smoking day
Liverpool’s St. John’s Beacon will tonight be illuminated with messages encouraging smokers to quit, in a move praised by public health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
Deputy Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health, Caroline Cerny said: “It’s...
