£30,000 collected through online appeals to support Sorrell Leczkowski's family

The first aimed to raise funds for Sorrell’s mum, Samantha, who was injured in the blast as she waited to collect Sorrell 
and another girl after the concert at Manchester Arena last month.

Jenny Roy, who set up the JustGiving appeal online, wrote: “We are raising funds for Samantha who lost her 14-year-old daughter in the atrocities in Manchester.

“Samantha is in hospital and we don’t want her to worry about getting back to work any time soon.”

Initially the target was set at £1,000 but £20,500 has been given by almost 900 people to date.

A second appeal on the 
JustGiving website is offering support to Sorrell’s self-employed granddad, whose wife suffered terrible injuries in the blast.

It was set up by the couple’s daughter, Stacie Healey, who wrote that her mum had 
undergone 15 hours of surgery to remove shrapnel from her body.

At the time, they were still waiting for her to come round from the surgery and were keeping a constant watch at her bedside.

Stacie said: “We are a long way from home and my dad will not leave her side.

“He is self-employed and will not work for months because my mum will be here for several weeks.

“Above all this he and my mum lost their granddaughter, Sorrell, in the attack.

“Please, please, please donate so he does not have to worry about money as well as all this. Thank you.”

Within days the appeal broke its £2,000 target and more than 450 people had donated by yesterday, with the total just shy of £8,000.