Overview
- Organisers are seeking £10,000 to create a permanent public tribute to Gary “Mani” Mounfield in the area where he grew up.
- The project will raise funds for Maggie’s Centre in Manchester, with surplus donations pledged to the charity.
- Greg Mounfield has secured a prominent wall in Failsworth and chosen the artwork design for the memorial.
- Artist Pic.One.Art, noted for a high-profile Gallagher mural in Burnage, has been commissioned to paint the piece.
- Ian Brown’s eulogy at Manchester Cathedral, which floated the idea of a towering statue, inspired the push for a community memorial.