LJMU gives £12,800 student survey donation to Liverpool charity Micah
LJMU’s charity partner Micah Liverpool has passed on its heartfelt thanks to the university which donated £12,800 to support people across Liverpool, on the back of student surveys.
The university pledged to donate to Micah Liverpool for every National Student Survey (NSS) completed by eligible final year students earlier in the year. LJMU also made donations on the back of the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey, Postgraduate Research Experience Survey and First Year Experience Survey.
I’d like to say a massive thank-you. Each student that completed their own survey contributed to what will make a massive difference to a relatively small charity like Micah.
We exist on as little as we can, to do as much as we possibly can…so I really am very grateful.
Catherine Kearney, CEO at Micah Liverpool
The donation will be used by Micah to cover their core costs which will enable them to keep their food banks open and to continue running their community food markets for people experiencing food poverty. The funding will also support other projects delivering beds to children, through a partnership with the children’s bed charity Zarach, and helping people into work through their Recruitability Programme.
LJMU has worked closely with the social justice charity for a number of years now, with students choosing the charity for its annual NSS charitable donation.
In January 2025, a formal partnership was agreed between Micah and LJMU to extend and enhance further opportunities for collaboration. This includes opportunities to undertake research projects, sharing knowledge and expertise, and generating student work placements and projects, alongside continued encouragement to participate in volunteering and further fundraising activities.
LJMU staff and students are encouraged to ‘be curious’ about the charity and to get in touch with Catherine to discuss further opportunities around research and knowledge exchange, student projects, volunteering and making donations.
