The devastating terror attack at the Manchester Arena on May 22 2017 shook a city to its very core.
From the initial emotions of anger, sadness and disbelief came acts of defiance - thousands of them - in the form of a bee.
The bee has been a symbol of Mancunians’ hard work ethic for over 150 years, first coming to prominence during the 1800s and the Industrial Revolution.
Tattoo artist Samantha Barber collaborated with other artists in Manchester to create the Manchester Tattoo Appeal and raised money for victims of the terror attack.
They offered tattoos of the Manchester bee for £50.
Word spread worldwide and the initiative raised “somewhere around £600,000 over the space of a few days".
Barber told ITV News: “When it’s your own city, you feel like you have to do something. There has to be a way that you can help some way. We never realised how big it was going to be.”
Money has been used to support the charity Climbing Out which has helped young people suffering with physical and mental trauma triggered by the attack.
“We’re trying to help as many people as possible especially young people because it was an attack directed at them”, Barber said.
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