Manchester Charity Shield

2010

NSPCC

The NSPCC is inspired by a belief that they can make a difference for all children – by standing up for their rights, by listening to them, by helping them when they need it and by making them safe.

The MCS 2010 supported the NSPCC campaign to raise funds to help the charity fully staff ChildLine and the NSPCC helpline. These services offer vital help to children who are being abused and suffering and need someone to talk to and someone to help them. The helplines receive almost 2.5 million calls a year, but trained advisors can only answer around 70%, meaning that up to 750,000 children cannot get access to the expert help needed. The £2,100 raised by the MCS 2010 will hopefully go a little way to help more children get access to the help they need.

The NSPCC vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK. They believe cruelty is preventable and that through having an inspirational vision they will achieve much greater success for children. For more information visit - www.nspcc.org.uk

2009

The New Childrens Hospital Appeal

The New Children's Hospital Appeal was launched in May 2006 with the goal of raising £20 million to provide the new hospital with state-of-the-art equipment to help the doctors provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and care. They also want to provide parental accommodation facilities so that parents can stay close to their child during treatment.

The new children's hospital opened in late 2009 after raising over £20 million.

The MCS 2009 raised £5,000. For more information visit- For more information visit - www.newchildrenshospitalappeal.org.uk

2008

Cash for Kids (Manchester Kids)

Cash for Kids is a grant giving charity, raising funds to support voluntary and charitable projects who work directly with disadvantaged children. All monies raised stay in the local area.

Using Key103 and Magic 1152, Cash for Kids raises funds through on-air promotions and events, creating a Charity that local people can relate to. Cash for Kids also work with a number of companies who raise funds on their behalf as part of their Corporate and Social Responsibility Programme.

The MCS 2008 raised £3,242. The money was used to support projects giving disadvantaged children in Manchester a taste of normality. For more information visit- http://www.key103.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=24139&i=yes

2007

Christies Hospital (Childrens Ward)

These days, more and more people know someone who has been affected by cancer. Perhaps personally, or through the experience of a loved one.

But fortunately, we have the largest single-site cancer research and treatment centre in Europe on our doorstep. Every year Christie's dedicate their efforts to treating more than 180,000 patients.

Christie's has a worldwide reputation for excellence and with every year that passes, the percentage of people who are successfully treated increases. Christie's has been able to make that progress thanks to help from people like you and now have facilities to be extremely proud of. But the vision is to be even better, the vision is a future without cancer and to provide ever more effective treatments for patients so their chances of surviving cancer are greatly increased.

To do this Christie's needs money. The money is needed to buy equipment and pay for the expertise and research that is crucial to making advances in treating cancer. Every advance Christie's make buys someone more time.

The £3,068 raised by the Manchester Charity Shield helped buy equipment for the children's ward at Christies which aims to provide a more relaxed environment to aid the recovery of younger patients. For more information about Christie's or to make a donation, visit www.christies.org

2006

South Asia Earthquake

On the morning of the 8th October an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the richter scale shook South Asia. The earthquake is known to have caused more than 75,000 deaths and the devastation may take a decade to repair.

Pakistan confirmed 72,000 deaths, most of them in Pakistani administered Kashmir. India said more than 1,400 died in sectors it administers.

Tens of thousands were injured and upto three million left homeless in the quake zone. The head of the United Nations relief operations, Jan Egeland, said he had never seen such devastation.

The £3,098 raised by the Manchester Charity Shield helped buy three winter tents which gave shelter to several families facing the harsh winter. Money raised was donated through Human Appeal International www.humanappeal.org.uk