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£8,450raised of £10,000 target by 515 supporters

Ged King

Weʼve raised £8,450 to help the Manchester homeless community

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Category: Local community
Time left: Funded on Saturday, 14th January 2017

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Helping the homeless is something I have always been passionate about. I have been volunteering my time cutting the hair of Manchesters homeless community for some time now. I do this by inviting people into my shop Skullfades Barbers and you may have also seen me out and about on Manchesters streets.

I am passionate about giving back to the community and think that everyone out there can do their bit to help others less fortunate in our society.

The aim of this just giving page is to raise £5,000 which is needed in order to register as an official charity. The funds raised will be used to aid the homeless through various different projects. Skullfades barbershop have been assisting the homeless in different ways. We give people a free service that will hopefully give people more pride in their appearance, offer them support and inspire them to engage with other support services to build a more positive life for themselves. We also have a winter appeal to give Manchesters homeless community more appropriate clothing and sleeping bags for the colder months.

Future plans will also see Skullfaders barbershop offering an apprenticeship scheme to the right person. This will give someone with a desire to change their life a productive skill in order to develop a stable income.

Kind gestures really do make a massive difference to people.
The amount of people homeless in today's society is shocking.

Give back to society by helping the less fortunate and please donate whatever you can.

Every little helps!.

Find some more information regarding the work we do here -

BBC Radio Manchester Interview - 1:23 into the show -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p045xyjb

Manchester Evening News article - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/kindhearted-barber-gives-free-haircuts-11880102

Updates

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8 months ago
Ged King
8 months ago
Thank you so much to everybody who donated. The Skullfades Foundation has gone from strength to strength and with these funds we can continue to grow and do more good. We'll keep everyone posted as usual through our videos made by The Mancunian Tribe Series. 2017 is going to be a massive year for us! Fasten your seat belts 😎💀😎💀
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9 months ago
Ged King
9 months ago
Hi folks, We are getting some really good reports back from charities and organisations that are working with our clients and its all great stuff. Big plans happening for next year, we are now starting our toy appeal for children and families in Colombia in association with Champs Barbers in London. There are so many poor families and children there, we are going to send them some positivity all the way from Manchester. You can drop your toys off at the shop or donate here. Lots of good is happening with your money. Big love Ged and Skullfades!
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a year ago
Ged King
a year ago
Hi everyone, we hope you are having the best day. We are over the moon that our first target has been reached! We are going to leave this open and continue to raise money to get the Skullfades Foundation Barbershop and training centre up and running. Thanks for all your help so far. Its amazing! Lots of good work is being done behind the scenes. Big love and thanks Ged and Jenny - The Mancunian Tribe Series.
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a year ago
Ged King
a year ago
Hi everyone, wow what a week it has been so far! Our first video has had 6.1 Million views online and the response from all you wonderful people has been staggering. It's amazing reading your comments and seeing how much good there is out there. Thank you so much for all your donations. In the current climate money can be tight and every penny counts so thank you. So much good will be done with this money. Have a great day folks. Spread the love, do your bit and be happy. With gratitude and thanks. Ged and The Mancunian Tribe Series
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a year ago

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Supporters

515

Anonymous
Jan 14, 2017
Good luck. You do amazing work.
£30.00
M GABRIEL
Jan 14, 2017
£10.00
John Ellery
Jan 14, 2017
Good on you Ged, keep up the great work you have started.
Sarah Russell
Jan 14, 2017
£5.00
Nicola Allcock
Jan 14, 2017
You've got my support Ged, well done!
£10.00
Deb Hudson
Jan 14, 2017
Fantastic job you are doing - good luck with everything.
£50.00
Paul Corrigan
Jan 14, 2017
Great work mate! Hope you reach the target 👍