People are being encouraged to step up and pull one of the region's Bee Network buses as an epic charity challenge returns to the city. The Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity is throwing its second Bus Pull event where teams are being tasked to raise money to tackle homelessness across the city region. Aiming to be bigger and better than the inaugural event last year, teams of five will be taking on the mega feat of pulling the equivalent of two elephants along a gruelling 30 meter course in the hope of raising vital funds for the charity.
With the showdown taking place at Manchester Central on August 22, participants will be eyeing to smash the record time of 1 minute 12 seconds set by Resource Solutions and the £18,000 that was raised by the 26 competing teams. This year hopes to bring a party atmosphere to the event, with eats and beats for everyone involved, with spectators encouraged to come down and cheer people on. The charity, having supported numerous schemes such as their flagship A Bed Every Night, have made considerable inroads to tackling homelessness across GM since 2019 and are looking to build on the success of last year’s event to raise vital funds for the cause.
Fran Darlington-Pollock, CEO Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity, said:“We’ve seen record levels of people in temporary accommodation, and we have over 78,000 households facing homelessness in the country. We really need your support to help move the dial on this issue, and this event is a .
