Former One Direction member Liam Payne selflessly donated millions to charities around the world – and even gave £10,000 to several charities in one night.
During his life, the 31-year-old tirelessly spent his time using his £46 million fortune and his superstardom in an effort to help others in need.
Payne worked with Unicef and anti-poverty NGO Trussell Trust to help residents of his West Midlands hometown of Wolverhampton.
From volunteering at the local food bank to donning his studs twice for a Soccer Aid match, the pop star had a ‘burning desire… to do good’.
A month before his sudden death, the singer had donated £10,000 to various GoFundMe pages.
Liam Payne selflessly donated millions to charities around the world – even donating £10,000 to several charities in one night
The 31-year-old spent his time tirelessly using his £46million fortune and fame to help others (Pictured at Soccer Aid for UNICEF in 2023)
His friend told him The sun: ‘Liam had all that money, and yes, he had nice things in life, but he also had a burning desire to use his money to do good.
“Even in the weeks leading up to his death – and as he battled his own demons – he helped others.
‘He really wanted to be a good person, especially when it came to children. In that respect he was like one of his idols, George Michael.’
Earlier in 2021, Payne had auctioned off his clothes and raised a whopping £15,000 for various charities.
It has been revealed that Payne – a doting dad to seven-year-old Bear – had given thousands after reading several tragic stories on GoFundMe in one night.
A school shooting victim, people needing life-saving surgeries and people diagnosed with cancer were among the many people Payne helped that night.
Liam donated £2,300 to Jack, 28, from America, who was diagnosed with stage 4 B-cell lymphoma on September 30.
Later that evening he gave £770 to a young girl injured in a school shooting to help her pay her medical bills.
A further £2,223 was donated to help Kailyn, a four-year-old child who had suffered a stroke.
Liam said at the time: ‘As a father it affects me differently. I have spent the last few nights trying to complete the donations so they can get the surgeries they need – in my country they would be free.
It has been revealed that he spent £10,000 in one night last month donating to various GoFundMe pages
After releasing five albums with one of the biggest boy bands of all time, Liam released his first solo album in 2019, titled LP1.
Over the course of his music career, the pop star has collaborated with J Balvin, French Montana, Dixie D’Amelio and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, among others.
Emotional One Direction fans hug each other as they pay tribute to the late pop star
Fans light candles outside the hotel where former One Direction Payne was found dead
Fans have also paid tribute to the star in Mexico City
One Direction fans gather to pay tribute to Liam Payne at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City
Tributes and flowers are placed outside St Peter’s collegiate church in memory of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, in Wolverhampton
Grieving fans left heartfelt messages, flowers, candles and balloons for Liam Payne in his hometown
Mourners line up around the statue of Lady Wulfrun this evening to mourn Liam Payne
‘I can’t look at a sick child and not see Bear. I don’t ask people to say well done or that I’m great.
‘What matters to me is that that child gets the life he or she should live.’
His charity work doesn’t stop there: he was previously guest of honor at a new youth center in Wolverhampton and later donated £3,000 to the institution.
That year he teamed up with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Fresh Meat star Jack Whitehall to perform a skit for Unicef.
When asked in 2022 about the legacy he would like to leave and how he would like to be remembered, he said, “Honestly, just being a nice guy.”