Ariana Grande makes huge donation to Manchester hospital seven years after arena tragedy

Singer and Wicked actress Ariana Grande has made a donation to hospitals across Manchester for Christmas almost seven years after the tragic bomb at her concert in the city

Ariana Grande made a surprise donation to children in Manchester ahead of Christmas.

The pop star, 31, sent gifts to children in hospitals across the city following the tragedy at her concert in 2017. 22 people died and over 1000 were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the Manchester Arena stop of her Dangerous Woman Tour.

Ariana, who previously shared how she thought of the horrific bombing every day, funded the funerals of those who lost their lives and rallied the music world to fundraise at One Love Manchester a month after. This year, she has chose to donate gifts to the Manchester Foundation Trust Charity.

Sharing her donation, the charity said: "Thank you @arianagrande! We are so grateful to Ariana for thinking of our young patients this Christmas. The gifts she has donated are being distributed to babies, children and teenagers across Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Trafford General Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital. @mftnhs."

Nurses dressed in colored Santa dished out the brown and green wrapped gifts adorned with a card that read 'Happy Holiday.' The Wicked actress raised over £17 million for the victims and their families thanks to her One Love concert. It brought together artists including Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher and Pharrell Williams for the televised fundraiser.

Those who were at Manchester Arena on the day of the attack were given free tickets to the event. A year on from the devastating tragedy, Ariana shared: "I love you with all of me and am sending you all of the light and warmth I have to offer on this challenging day."

In 2021, the singer shared another touching tribute as she remembered her fans who lost their lives that night. Ariana said she wanted the city to know that it was in her thoughts and also that the "anniversary will never be an easy one." She wrote a touching tribute alongside an image of a heart formed from bumblebees - the symbol that became the official memorial logo following the attack representing Manchester's industrial past.

Ariana typed: "Although grief is ever-present and our relationship to it is constantly evolving ad expressing itself in different ways every day, year-round…I know that this anniversary will never be an easy one. Please know that I am thinking of you today. Manchester, my heart is with you today and always."

Her post featured the names of those who died: "John Atkinson, Courtney Boyle, Philip Tron, Kelly Brewster, Georgina Callander, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Liam Curry, Chloe Rutherford, Wendy Fawell, Martin Hett, Alison Howe, Lisa Lees, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones, Michelle Kiss, Angelika Klis, Marcin Kliss, Sorrell Leczkowski, Eilidh MacLeod, Elaine McIver, Saffie Rose Roussos, Jane Tweddle."

In 2017 terrorist Salman Abedi, then 22, carried out the horrendous bombing at the Manchester music venue, which killed 22 men, women and children. The youngest victim was eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos. The Manchester Arena Bombing was the deadliest terror attack in Britain since the July 7, 2005, London bombings.

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