Manchester named UK's most generous city in terms of donations to GoFundMe for second year running - beating Salford and Belfast

Ireland was ranked the most generous nation per capita, followed by the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. By James Robinson, news reporter Manchester has been named the UK's most generous area for charitable donations for the second year running. The city retained its crown from 2021, topping neighbouring Salford in terms of donations made on the fundraising site GoFundMe. Belfast was the third most generous city this year, followed by Edinburgh and Glasgow. Norwich was the highest-ranked city in southern England, in sixth, followed by Brighton and Hove in ninth. Meanwhile, Ireland topped the world in terms of donations per capita, followed by the US, the UK, Canada and then Australia. Ukraine dominated the donation charts this year, with the top three fundraisers being Ukraine-related following Russia's invasion in February. GoFundMe revealed $250m (£205m) was raised for Ukraine across the website and US platform Classy in 2022, with more than 1.2 million donations. Police hunting man