Liverpool named most generous city in UK after Southport response
That's according to GoFundMe donations per capita
Liverpool has been named by GoFundMe as the UK's most generous city in 2024 after its response to the Southport stabbings and subsequent disorder.
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all fatally stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in the Merseyside seaside town in July.
When violent disorder broke out in the wake of the incident, around £1.3million was raised via GoFundMe to support those affected by the initial attack, as well as the riots that followed.
Now, Liverpool has been named the most generous city in the UK, according to GoFundMe donations per capita.
Spellow Community Hub and Library in Walton, Liverpool, was set alight during the chaos, and only re-opened in December.
Alex McCormick, 27, from Netherton, Merseyside, saw the images of the library and decided to set up a fundraiser - which eventually reached £250,000.
She said:
"When I heard that Liverpool was being named the most generous city by GoFundMe, I absolutely wasn't surprised.
"Us Scousers rally around good causes"
"I think if you live in this city and you're from this city, you know that us Scousers rally around good causes and we're really quick to band together and make a positive change.
"Obviously this happened earlier in the year with the fundraising that took place following the events in Southport and it happened following the events that took place at Spellow, that fundraising went absolutely crazy.
"More recently, we've done it again. The amount of amazing fundraising efforts that took place to save Zoe's Place were incredible so I'm not surprised at all but it definitely makes me feel super proud to be from Liverpool - which I always feel anyway, but it's nice that it's being acknowledged on a broader level.
"It's just what us Scousers do"
"It's just what us Scousers do, I suppose! I think it's amazing and I hope we can all keep up the good work going into the future and keep rallying around good causes, which is what we do best!"
According to GoFundMe's 2024 Year in Help report, more than 65 million donations were made worldwide on its platform.
The UK's ten most generous cities for the eyar by measure of GoFundMe donations per capita are:
- 1) Liverpool
- 2) London
- 3) Norwich
- 4) Manchester
- 5) Belfast
- 6) Cambridge
- 7) Worcester
- 8) Eastbourne
- 9) Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- 10) Lincoln