Charity event Twestival has recruited Manifest as its global PR partner to raise awareness of this Thursday's Twestival Local gatherings.

Twestival Local 2011 will see more than 150 cities across the globe, including 29 in the UK and Ireland, host simultaneous fundraising events.

Manifest will be responsible for all national and international media relations and it will support the individual PR teams working for each city who will be targeting their own regional press.

Agency director Alex Myers said: "The concept behind Twestival is making a difference to local communities on a global scale. The fact that the whole event was born from and has grown through social media alone is phenomenal and it is a project Manifest has always been passionate about since its inception. We are very proud to be able to help."

Manifest, along with all the other agencies involved, will be working on a pro bono basis.