Liverpool crowned most generous city of 2024

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Liverpool has topped the list of most generous cities in 2024 driven in large part by the response to the Southport attack, according to a crowdfunding website. GoFundMe said the city topped a list of donations per capita.

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00:00GoFundMe has crowned Liverpool as the UK's most generous city following its remarkable

00:05fundraising response to the Southport tragedy. In the days following, violent protests erupted

00:10across England, with the first taking place in Southport and many other parts of the country

00:14following suit, including Liverpool. Around £1.3 million was raised via GoFundMe to support those

00:20affected by the initial attack, as well as the riots. Spello Community Hub and Library in Walton,

00:25which opened last year as an essential space for the deprived local community, was set alight.

00:30In a bid to help restore the library, Alex McCormick from Netherton set up a GoFundMe page

00:34which eventually raised £250,000. The list does not include the enormous fundraising drive which

00:40saved Liverpool Children's Hospice Zoe's Place from closure, as £6.5 million in donations

00:45was gathered through a different crowdfunding website, JustGiving. GoFundMe's data looked

00:50at donations per capita and reveals that Liverpool is the most generous UK city,

00:54with London, Norwich, Manchester and Belfast making it into the top five.

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