Liverpool midfielder James Milner likes to give back to society, and he plans to do just that via a charity fundraiser event on Sunday.

The England international's charity - the James Milner Foundation - has put together a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' ball on November 22, to generate funds for organisations like Bloodwise, Help for Heroes and the NSPCC.

"We are very fortunate to do what we do for a living and get paid well for it," the No.7 told Liverpoolfc.com.

"You have a certain profile with that and sometimes it's a good thing and other times it's not, but you can use that for the better and that's just something we decided to do.

"I thought it was a good idea to use that in a positive way and try to do some good and raise money for these charities. We've managed to do that so far and hopefully that can continue.

"I just felt I was in a position where if I could help people I would. You get so many requests as well, asking for help from different people and letters and things like that, and it's so difficult to help everybody.

"The idea was if we had the foundation, we could channel the energy through there and we could say this is what we are doing and helping these three main charities.

"We help other small initiatives as well, either side of the Pennines, obviously Leeds where I am from and this side as well.

"We are in a lucky position where we can use our time to make people's day and in this instance, hopefully give people a great night, have an enjoyable night and they can win some good prizes, but also the main thing is raising money."