Nell Jones from Goostrey will be one of those remembered in one-minute silence

Nell, 14, had attended the Ariana Grande concert with her friend Freya Lewis, 15, who was badly injured in the explosion which followed the concert on May 22 last year.

One year on from the atrocity a national one-minute silence will be held today to remember those who lost their lives.

The Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May will be among those attending a service of remembrance at Manchester Cathedral, along with families of the victims of the suicide bombing, the injured, the first responders to the scene, civic leaders and other national figures.

The service, being held between 2pm and 3pm, will incorporate the national silence at 2.30pm, which will be marked at UK government buildings.

Nell’s family set up the Remembering Nell Foundation, which will support children’s charities in the north west, in Nell’s name, and her family attended the opening of a Garden of Memories created at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School in her memory.

Nell’s brother Sam spoke at the official opening, and said the decision to set up the Foundation was made by the family before Christmas.

He said: “It seemed we needed to do something for Nell, we couldn’t just let her pass into memory.”

This year the charity is supporting the Wingate Centre, for disabled children, Cheshire Autism and the Wood Street Mission, a Manchester-based children’s charity.

“We can’t change what happened, and there is evil in the world, but there is also great love and great people,” he said.

“There are more good people in this world than there are bad people, and we can’t let the people who want to destroy our way of life destroy it. We want to spread love around the world.

“Nell and love go hand in hand. She was such a caring person, she wouldn’t want anybody to be picked on or be unkind, so we want to try and spread her beautiful message to everyone.”

Each year the foundation will support different charities, chosen to reflect causes Nell would have cared about.

Freya suffered life-threatening injuries in the bomb blast and underwent a week of operations.

To thank the doctors and nurses who treated her and helped in her recovery she has raised more than £40,000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity over the past 12 months.

To recognise her efforts Freya was presented with The Young Fundraiser Award at the NHS Heroes Awards by One Direction star Louis Tomlinson.

Freya told the audience: “I would like to dedicate this award to Nell – I miss you every single day, but I will continue to look up to you and I love you.”

Louis told Freya: “I think you are absolutely incredible – what’s remarkable at such a young age is your strength. To go through such tragedy and to raise that amount of money and have that level of endeavour is amazing.”

Paul O’Grady, who presented the awards evening, told Freya: “I’m in awe of you. Do you know what I love in somebody? Courage, and you’ve got it by the bucket-full.”

Freya had 25 pieces of shrapnel in her body from the explosion, and suffered broken legs and severe burns.

She decided to give something back to the hospital which treated her by starting an online fundraising campaign, and at the awards ceremony thanked the team at the hospital for saving her life.

Freya and her dad Nick took part in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday in aid of the hospital charity.

Members of the public will be able to watch today’s service on a big screen in nearby Cathedral Gardens, while the service will also be screened at York Minster, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and Glasgow Cathedral.

Later, more than 3,000 singers from local choirs will join forces and share the spirit of solidarity at the Manchester Together – With One Voice event in the city’s Albert Square from 7.30pm to 9pm.

Among those performing are the Manchester Survivors Choir, a group made up people who were at the Arena on the night of the fateful Ariane Grande concert, and Parrs Wood High School’s Harmony Group, whose post-attack tribute went viral last year.

A mass 30-minute communal singalong finale promises to be the highlight of the concert, with songs including Ariana Grande’s One Last Time, One Day Like This by Elbow, Don’t Look Back In Anger by Oasis and Never Forget by Take That.

At 10.31pm, bells will ring out from buildings across the city centre to mark the moment when the attack took place 12 months ago.

Song lyrics will be projected at St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square and New Cathedral Street from dusk today and on following nights up to May 26.

Families of the 22 people who lost their lives were invited to suggest a single line from a song which had a personal resonance for them, along with members of the public.

Well-wishers have also been encouraged to share messages of tribute, solidarity and love, and hang them on the Trees of Hope trail throughout the city.