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We stand at a defining moment. Climate change, inequity, and health challenges demand action. This isn't the first time Manchester has risen to the moment but now we need your backing. Challenge accepted?
- Second worldwide for social and environmental impact (THE Impact Rankings, 2025).
- Every penny of your gift supports the cause you care about.
- Each pound we spend boosts the UK economy by £6.40 (London Economics report, 2025).
Our four challenges
Student inclusion and success
At Manchester, we’re committed to breaking down barriers to education – but many students still face real obstacles to getting here and thriving once they do.
This is about more than financial aid. It’s about unlocking potential and fuelling ambition – connecting every student with challenges in our city, our region and across the globe, and preparing them to become the leaders and citizens our world needs.
Research with purpose
With financial support, we can tackle society’s hardest problems and deliver impact faster, at greater scale.
By connecting people, ideas and infrastructure in new ways, and linking our research to innovation, civic networks and global partners, we’ll lead across health, climate, culture, advanced materials and artificial intelligence.
Innovation and enterprise
Philanthropy can fuel our ambition to become Europe’s most inclusive and impactful innovation network – turning ideas into impact faster, with our partners, and for more people.
At Manchester, innovation means more than technology: from student-led enterprises to civic collaborations, we're contributing to progress that changes lives.
Culture and community
Our cultural institutions are among the world’s most extraordinary gems, woven into the history and spirit of Manchester. They welcome millions of visitors each year and are central to our ambitions in research, teaching and partnership.
Through philanthropy and volunteering, we can help them go further – connecting communities, challenging perspectives, and shaping a more sustainable future.
Join a global community
This is your invitation to join our global community of changemakers tackling the world’s most pressing challenges.
100% of your donation goes straight to the cause
No commission, no costs. Every penny you give fuels discoveries, real-world impact and student success.
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Choose how and when to give
Whether you give money, time or a legacy, you choose how and when to make your impact.
You’re joining a global community
Join the 5,000+ donors across the world who help our university deliver real-world change.
We’re transparent about impact
You'll hear real stories about how your gift helps us tackle urgent global challenges.
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Choose how and when to give
Donate, volunteer, leave a gift in your will or discuss a transformational gift to empower bright minds and support breakthroughs for a healthier, fairer and more sustainable future.
Ways to volunteer
We're delivering real-world change through volunteering. In Manchester and across the globe alumni, staff, students and friends are taking action and saying – challenge accepted.
Volunteering
Alumni
You've already shaped our past – now we're inviting you to shape the future. Offer advice or take on a larger role to inspire the next generation and strengthen your community.
Discover engagement opportunities
Colleagues
Discover our new volunteering policy – giving you up to three paid days a year to support a cause close to your heart.
Find out more on StaffNet
Students
Your Manchester journey is about more than academic success – it's about being part of a community. By volunteering you don't just make a difference to others' lives, you change your own.
Sign up to volunteer“The great universities of the 21st century are going to be the ones who get their work out into the world, making a difference faster – and your support will help us do this.
“Whether in healthcare, AI, business or by attracting the world's best talent, it's about creating the impact that otherwise wouldn't happen.
"The foundations of our university were built through philanthropy, and we want our future to reflect that too.”
Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor
