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Soul royalty Beverley Knight will perform in Manchester in November to help young people affected by poverty through charitable initiative Football for Change.

Knight is the latest star to be performing at Football For Change and will be joined by Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy and TV personality Vernon Kay, as well as headline acts Olly Murs and Tinie Tempah.

Knight, 50, boasts four UK top-ten albums and was awarded an MBE in 2006. She is also a stage star and will appear in the Olivier Award-winning production of Sister Act the Musical when it returns to the West End in 2023.

Manchester-based Swinton Insurance returns as headline sponsors of Football for Change 2023, while the event is also supported by Shein, who is sponsoring the gala dinner. Footballers, celebrities, politicians and business leaders are all in attendance on Saturday 18th November.

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Football for Change was launched by a string of Premier League superstars in 2021 alongside leading PR firm This Generation Communications (TGC). The initiative, which has already raised nearly £1 million, aims to lift young people from disadvantaged backgrounds out of poverty by providing grants for life-changing opportunities in education and employment.

In the last 12 months, Football for Change has released over £100,000 in grants to charities and organisations across the country, including The Dame Kelly Holmes Foundation, Everton in the Community and the Liverpool FC Foundation.

In addition, Football for Change has sent over 100 children on sports and education retreats in the