{"id":4750,"date":"2017-05-25T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/manchester-evening-news-raises-1m-in-24-hours-for-bomb-victims\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:53:17","slug":"manchester-evening-news-raises-1m-in-24-hours-for-bomb-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/manchester-evening-news-raises-1m-in-24-hours-for-bomb-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Evening News Raises \u00a31M in 24 Hours For Bomb Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/\">Manchester Evening News<\/a>&nbsp;has raised over \u00a31 million in donations in just over 24 hours for families of those injured or killed in the suicide bomb attack on Monday (22 May) at the Manchester Arena. The paper has since called on other newspaper publishers to support the campaign and help boost funds to reach over \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n<p>At least 22 people were&nbsp;killed and 59 injured, including children, as fans left a concert by American singer&nbsp;Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after the attack the MEN set up a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/westandtogethermanchester\">JustGiving Page<\/a>, following readers asking how they could help victims of the attack. The money raised will be administered by the British Red Cross, who are offering support to affected families.<\/p>\n<p>More than 42,000 people have so far made donations to the&nbsp;MEN\u2019s \u201cWe Stand Together\u201d fundraising page with pledges of money from organisations including Morrisons and the Co-Op.<\/p>\n<p>A message on the MEN JustGiving page said: \u201cWe would like to say a huge thank you to you for donating and sharing, to all of the companies who have backed the campaign and made donations and to JustGiving, whose records we have not only broken but doubled in terms of visitors to site at one time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalists at the regional daily&nbsp;worked through the night on Monday 22 May to bring readers live updates of the terror attack and 34 pages of coverage&nbsp;in the next day\u2019s print edition.<\/p>\n<p>MEN editor Rob Irvine&nbsp;said: \u201cThe response of the public in Greater Manchester and across the country has been amazing. So many people want to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also been moved by the number of papers and websites who have rallied round Manchester, with messages of support on newspaper front pages and website home pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would be so pleased if our fellow journalists could ask their readers to help the appeal. The Red Cross will make sure the support gets quickly to the families affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the victims of the attack came from across the UK and they can all be supported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsquest have announced that they will be publicising the Stand Together Appeal in their network of 165 news brands and The Sun has set up its own JustGiving Page with funds going to the British Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Papers across the UK have produced powerful content and images since Monday\u2019s attack which included stories of concert goers escaping, of members of the public helping victims, and families grieving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Support the MEN Stand Together Appeal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/westandtogethermanchester\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"MEN 25.05.2017-page-001\" src=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MEN_25.05.2017-page-001.jpg\" alt=\"MEN 25.05.2017-page-001\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bomb covereage\" src=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bomb_covereage.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb covereage\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bomb covereage2\" src=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bomb_covereage2.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb covereage2\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;All images courtesy of NLA Clipshare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Evening News has raised over &pound;1 million in donations in just over 24 hours for families of those injured or killed in the suicide bomb attack on Monday (22 May) at the Manchester Arena.<br \/>\nAt least 22 people were&nbsp;killed and 59 injured, including children, as fans left a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manchester Evening News Raises \u00a31M in 24 Hours For Bomb Victims - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/manchester-evening-news-raises-1m-in-24-hours-for-bomb-victims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester Evening News Raises \u00a31M in 24 Hours For Bomb Victims - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Manchester Evening News has raised over &pound;1 million in donations in just over 24 hours for families of those injured or killed in the suicide bomb attack on Monday (22 May) at the Manchester Arena. 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