Life in Salford magazine issue 32 by Salford City Council

INSIDE Elections are coming pg. 4-5

Homes for Salford pg. 14-15

Community awards winners pg. 18-21

Honour for Canon Green pg. 32-33

Opening up

In this issue...

COVID-19 is still here in Salford. Please follow the latest NHS and government guidance to keep everyone safe and well. At the time of publication regulations were changing – for the latest details please check www.salford.gov.uk/coronavirus and @SalfordCouncil on Facebook or Twitter for the latest information on council services.

Life online – stay in touch Did you know you can read Life in Salford online? There’s more information on what’s happening in our city and the latest up to date information on the pandemic. If there’s a website mentioned in the story just click on the link and it will take you straight there. It will be available from Monday 22 March. Why not share it with family and friends who have moved away from Salford too or catch up with Life magazines from the last two years? Check it out at https://issuu.com/salfordcouncil/docs For all enquiries including large print versions of this magazine please email lettersinlife@salford.gov.uk

Cover image: Wild Salford is on your doorstep - see page 19.

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An electronic copy is available on www.salford.gov.uk/life

Have you done Census 2021? pg. 9

Re-discovering Salford pg. 16-17

Salford to pass GO pg. 28

ON THE COVER

IN THIS ISSUE

4-5 Elections are coming 14-15 Homes for Salford 18-21 Community awards winners 32-33 Honour for Canon Green

8 Crowdfund for Salford 9 Park and ride for Walkden station 12 Vicars Street homes complete 22 Green and prosperous future for Salford 23 Wild Salford 24 Investment in health 29 Jobs, training and help 30 Open day at University of Salford 36 New lease of life

REGULARS 3 City Mayor Paul Dennett 31 Foster for Salford 37 Salford news

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Thank you for your Spirit of Salford I write this column as we start the month of March, twelve months since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I know how difficult the past year has been and I want to thank you for the amazing ‘Spirit of Salford’ you have shown. Residents have volunteered in their thousands to help others - and working with the council, the NHS and voluntary organisations, this support from the people of Salford has been vital in managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our residents and communities. We are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel, following recent announcements of the easing of lockdown over the coming months. The rollout of vaccinations continues to make excellent progress with over 80,000 people vaccinated across the city by 3 March and the rates of hospital admissions and COVID-19 related deaths have continued to steadily decline as more and more people are vaccinated. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our city, and also had a far-reaching impact on the council’s financial situation which was already challenging since government austerity began in 2010. This year’s budget was agreed at the council meeting on 24 February, and was set in the context of one of the most challenging years on record due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued uncertainty regarding future financing for local government. Since 2010, the council has had to make cuts of £222 million driven by reductions in central government funding and budget pressures. In this time the core funding from central government has reduced by 53 per cent. This year the council has had to identify a further £10.9 million to create a balanced budget. The council has worked hard to meet the gap through sound financial

planning and bridge this by using reserves and integrated working across adults, children and public health services, working with our Clinical Commissioning Group and Salford Royal Foundation Trust. In addition to this, monies returned to the council from Greater Manchester’s Combined Authority, from the 100 per cent business rate retention pilot and waste reserves, are supporting the 2021/22 balanced budget position. This has been achieved without further cuts to vital services which is remarkable in the circumstances, particularly when compared to the position in other local authority areas. To maintain our financial resilience we will be looking for further support from the government to deal with the continuing impacts of Covid19 and a fair settlement in future years. People power, strong communities and the strong local response from this council and its partners have saved lives and livelihoods in this city – but we are not yet out of the woods. I appeal to everyone to continue to follow the latest restrictions so that cases do not surge as settings are reopened. We all want to be able to meet our friends and family again and support local businesses. Despite these hard times, Salford's economic growth trajectory remains strong - and we are confident that this city will see one of the strongest post COVID-19 recoveries in the region. Let's keep working together, looking after one another and supporting our local businesses to help make that hope a reality.

City Mayor Paul Dennett

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Your chance to shape Salford’s future This year’s elections will take place on Thursday 6 May.

ELECTIONS

2021

On this day voters will choose the City Mayor of Salford, all 60 Salford City Council councillors and the Mayor of Greater Manchester. It’s one of the biggest elections in years in Salford and follows an independent boundary review in 2018 because of population changes since the last review in 2004. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England makes sure each area, known as a ward, has roughly the same number of voters. Voters will choose three of the candidates as councillors for their local ward but for both the City Mayor of Salford and Greater Manchester Mayor, you have the option to vote for a first choice and second choice candidate if you wish. Candidates will be announced at the end of March and every voter will receive a booklet about the elections for Salford City Mayor, giving you plenty of time to decide how to cast your vote.

Check you’re registered to vote Only people listed on the electoral register can vote. The electoral register was updated in summer 2020 so if you’ve moved home or turned 18 since then you may not be registered. You must register by midnight on Monday 19 April to vote in the May elections.

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Go postal

Casting your vote

Postal voting means you can read the information at your leisure at home and think about your choice of candidate. If you haven’t already signed up for a postal vote it’s quick and easy to do. If you want to vote by post, please apply by 5pm on Tuesday 20 April. If you can’t download and print the form from the website below, please email elections@salford.gov.uk with your name, full address and postcode or call 0161 793 2500 to have an application form posted to you.

Whether you vote by post or in person for this election you’ll have three ballot papers listing all the candidates seeking your vote. Election of The Mayor for Salford City Council

Election of Councillors to Salford City Council 1

Candidate

Election of The Mayor for Greater Manchester Column one Column two first second choice choice

Column one Column two first second choice choice 1

Candidate

When you choose your candidate mark the box carefully so it’s clear who you are voting for. On the ballot papers for the City Mayor of Salford and the Mayor of Greater Manchester you must make a mark in the first choice box otherwise your second choice won’t be counted. For Salford City Council choose three candidates and mark the boxes so it’s very clear which candidates you have chosen. Your vote counts so please have your say.

Counting the votes Voting in person You can vote in person between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 6 May and you’ll receive a poll card telling you where your polling station is. Please check as venues may change due to availability. Polling stations will have all necessary COVID-19 safety measures in place to protect everyone involved. Please: • wear a face covering • use hand sanitiser • keep your distance • bring your own pen or pencil to make your mark. Please avoid felt tips in case they smudge when you fold the paper and make it unclear who you are voting for. You can also ask someone you trust to vote on your behalf which is known as a proxy vote. Please apply for a proxy vote by 5pm on Tuesday 27 April. However, if you are self-isolating you can request a proxy vote at the last minute – up to 5pm on polling day itself.

All votes are opened and counted in public so there’s no opportunity for fraud. This year we expect the results to be declared on Friday 7 May for Salford City Council and Saturday 8 May for the Salford City Mayor and Greater Manchester Mayor.

More about Salford’s boundary review www.salford.gov.uk/boundaryreview

www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Apply for a postal or a proxy vote www.salford.gov.uk/postalvote

May elections

www.salford.gov.uk/mayelections

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IN Salford

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Get a COVID-19 test and protect others Testing for COVID-19 is really important to stop the spread of the virus. If you are carrying the virus and self-isolate, it stops you passing it on to someone. The test is quick and simple and shouldn’t hurt. Please do the right thing - help us stop the spread, protect the NHS and save lives.

If you feel unwell or have symptoms of COVID-19 book a free test A new continuous cough, temperature or loss or change in taste or smell are all signs of COVID-19 but there can be other symptoms. • You need to book a free NHS test through www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or call 119. • We have testing centres across Salford open seven days a week. • If you can’t get to a test centre, order a free home test kit via link above. • If you have the virus and need to selfisolate, support is available through the Spirit of Salford helpline www.salford.gov.uk/spiritofsalford or call 0800 952 1000.

Free rapid testing for people without COVID-19 symptoms • Anyone who leaves home to work can get a rapid COVID-19 test. • Any adult in a household or bubble with a child in education can get a rapid COVID-19 test. See next page. • We have rapid testing centres across Salford open seven days a week. • You need to book an appointment at www.salford.gov.uk/how-to-get-tested • You should get your result within one hour by text message. • You should get tested twice a week to help us pick up as many infections as possible. • For up to date information go to www.salford.gov.uk/how-to-get-tested

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Testing for parents of children at nursery, school or college

Parents and adults living in households with children and young people are being urged to use rapid COVID-19 tests to help pick up cases amongst people who have no symptoms. This is because people can have and spread the virus without realising it. Testing to make sure you’re safe to be out and about and not spreading the virus will help get rates of infection down and help ease restrictions. The lateral flow tests give results within 30 minutes and can be done at home twice a week. The tests are also available to those who work in nurseries, schools or colleges and their households, along with anyone who is in a support bubble with those mentioned above.

Tests can be ordered for home delivery online at gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests or they can be collected from a number of sites across the city. Currently there are three collection sites, but more locations will be added in the coming weeks. No appointment is necessary. To find a collection site go to https://find-covid-19-rapid-testsites.maps.test-and-trace.nhs.uk/ If you prefer, you can go to one of the rapid test centres across Salford to have your tests there. To find a site near you and book an appointment go to www.salford.gov.uk/book-a-free-rapid-coronavirus-test/ All school staff and secondary school pupils are being given test kits at school to take home. They need to do two tests each week at home. Full instructions are provided with the kits, including how to report the results.

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Vaccinating Salford As Life went to print (early March) around a third of the adult population of Salford had already received a coronavirus vaccine. It demonstrated the collective commitment to beat the virus by the public alongside the NHS, local authority and voluntary sector partners. City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “It continues to be a true team effort between the people organising the logistics and the people enthusiastically attending appointments. It has shown the Spirit of Salford in action. Thank you to everyone involved and especially the volunteers who are supporting the mobilisation.

“We have run large community sites at Eccles, Irlam and Clarendon leisure centres, as well as small pop-up clinics in Broughton, Swinton and Little Hulton. For others there have been home visits and the Care Homes Medical Practice has organised the highest uptake in Greater Manchester for care home residents. For the workforce a hub at Salford Royal has welcomed NHS, social care and key worker employees. “The key priority has been to protect as many people as possible, as quickly as possible and the enthusiasm and dedication of everyone on either side of the syringe has allowed the city to move quickly through the priority cohorts. "In April the focus will shift to second doses, but no one will be left behind as we encourage anyone who didn’t come forward to do so when they are ready.” For more information please visit www.salfordccg.nhs.uk/live-well/covid-19-vaccine

Questions about COVID-19 vaccines? Does the vaccine have a microchip? No. The vaccine will create an immune response and then clear from your body.

Can you get COVID-19 from the vaccine? No. There is no live virus in the vaccine.

Will the COVID-19 vaccine alter your DNA? No. The vaccine is cleared from your body quickly. Your cells remember the message and can fight off the real virus should you get exposed.

Do I need the vaccine if I have had COVID-19? Yes. We don’t know how long natural immunity lasts once you have had COVID-19. Salford’s public health team has seen people who had COVID-19 early in the pandemic and caught a second COVID-19 infection later in the year. The vaccine works against the new variant.

How were the vaccines made so quickly? Scientists spent years researching related viruses so were not starting from scratch. Vaccines approved for use in the UK have met strict product standards set by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

Is 5G causing COVID-19? No. There are areas where there is no 5G and people are still being infected.

Are there side effects? Most side effects are mild and should not last longer than a week.

There's a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine. Make sure your information comes from trusted sources such as the NHS. If offered a vaccine, please take it up as quickly as possible. Do not wait.

For more information about the Salford NHS Vaccination Service please visit https://salford.nhsvaccinations.co.uk

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Make it happen for Salford Crowdfund Salford is a new scheme to help local people turn great ideas into reality.

Get your project going

Finding funding to get a project off the ground is often a challenge, but Salford’s bright idea will help overcome that hurdle. If your project can get the first 25 per cent of funds it needs through crowdfunding, demonstrating that the city wants it to go ahead, City Mayor Paul Dennett could then offer to match half the original target up to a maximum of £10,000. So if you need £1,000 to launch your project you would need to crowdfund £250 or 25 per cent of the total cost of the project before being eligible to apply. If you succeed and your bid was approved Mayor Dennett would offer £500, half of the original target. That leaves you to crowdfund the remaining 25 per cent (£250). Once you achieve that he would then release the £500 to match the £500 you’ve raised. Projects can be led by individuals, community groups or voluntary or private sector organisations or social enterprises. Ideas must clearly show how they will benefit Salford, must meet one of the Great Eight priorities and have not had previous council funding. Please visit www.salford.gov.uk/greateight to see the priorities.

Cladding crisis work continues Residents of Salford’s 125 privately-owned high-rise blocks are being backed by Salford City Council in their bid to get the cladding crisis resolved. Most building owners or managing agents have plans in place for removing cladding and essential safety work – but 34 have yet to act. City Mayor Paul Dennett, who leads the Greater Manchester high-rise task force, said Salford City Council and its partners are working with building owners and agents to resolve the situation. Mayor Dennett said: “Many high-rise homeowners have been badly affected by the cladding issue including receiving large bills for interim fire safety measures and long-term work.

“Sales of high-rise apartments have been affected and people cannot move without the correct safety certificates. This needs to change and we are working hard to resolve it.” The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is administering the government’s £30 million Waking Watch Relief fund for leaseholders affected by excessive service charges. For details search greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk Leaseholders can also get free, independent, legal advice from The Leasehold Advisory Board www.lease-advice.org The government recently announced more help for building owners and leaseholders through the availability of grants and loans. This will come at a cost through a new levy and tax on developers to ensure the industry contributes. Please visit www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications and search for cladding.

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Park and ride Walkden A free park and ride scheme for Walkden rail station has been given the green light.

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Stay safe at Salford Quays Summer is coming, lockdown will ease and Salford Quays is a great place to visit but please enjoy it safely. Activities for young people are already being planned but parents are being asked to act now and make sure teenagers understand the dangers of unsupervised swimming and jumping from bridges into the water. Don’t let them put their lives at risk. Safety facts they may not appreciate: • The water in the Quays is cold even on the hottest days. • Jumping from any height into cold water sends the body into automatic shock causing you to gasp • When you gasp you run the risk of taking water into your lungs; if you jump from a bridge you plunge deeper in the water and increase the risk • It only takes half a pint of water in the lungs for a fullgrown man to start drowning • Hidden hazards beneath the surface could prevent you from getting back to the surface • If you swim outside an organised session with lifeguards or jump from a bridge you are relying on your family or friends or members of the public to save you if you get into difficulties

These dangers are why a Public Spaces Protection Order makes it against the law to jump from bridges and/or swim in the Quays except at organised swimming sessions with lifeguards. The bridges are monitored by CCTV and regular joint council/police safety patrols. They will advise young people of the dangers but if they choose to ignore that advice and are identified as jumping from any bridge they will be sent a warning letter with a home visit from the police. Further action will be taken if necessary. Last year 34 under 18s received a warning letter and home visit from the police. Four adults received £100 fixed penalty notices for breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order. Many people now call the Quays home and anti-social behaviour and littering is just as upsetting for them as for people in other areas of our city. It costs nothing to be kind and thoughtful so please help everyone stay safe and enjoy their spring and summer at Salford Quays. To see activities for young people in the local area, please visit the council's neighbourhood teams's Facebook pages @ClaremontandWeaste www.facebook.com/claremontandweaste or @Ordsallandlangworthy www.facebook.com/Ordsallandlangworthy

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Travel deadline extended Greater Manchester concessionary pass holders do not need to travel to renew their tram and train addon after the deadline for renewal was extended. It removes the need for more than 120,000 concessionary pass holders whose £10 tram and train add-on is due to expire between February and 21 June 2021, from making unnecessary journeys to renew it. This means that anyone who bought the £10 add-on before 21 June 2020 and who needs to travel will still be able to use their pass without renewing it until Monday 21 June 2021. They should then renew when they next need to travel on public transport. The £10 will last for a full year from the new start date. The renewal deadline was initially set for 31 March but has been extended in line with the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. The extension date will be kept under review alongside the progress of the roadmap.

Passholders who haven’t previously paid will still need to pay £10 to add tram and train. Pension-age travel-pass holders are required to pay £10 add-on to benefit from unlimited off-peak tram and train travel across Greater Manchester for 12 months. The add-on does not affect bus travel, which remains free under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS). In addition, anyone with a disability who has a concessionary travel pass from TfGM is not affected by the change. Please visit https://tfgm.com/ for details.

#DaysLikeThese hits the streets of Salford The Lowry has taken its #DaysLikeThese exhibition to the streets of Salford with a city-wide billboard campaign, thanks to support from the Art Fund national charity. Seven works submitted by members of the public feature on the huge poster sites including 74-year-old Barbara from Ordsall. Her photograph of a mosaic rainbow in the window of her home, entitled Showing My Appreciation was the first poster site to go live outside The Lowry at Salford Quays.

Also included in the campaign are: Untitled by Gulafshah; View from a Window by Tiago; My Son Rafe by Karen from Eccles; Our School at Home by pupils from St. Mary’s RC Primary School in Swinton; The Carrs by Nessa Heath and Missing our Family by Amanda. The #DaysLikeThese exhibition was launched in the first lockdown to capture first people’s creative responses to the pandemic and has been shared online. It remains open to new submissions – stories, artwork, films, performances, poems or photos. For more information, please visit: www.thelowry.com

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Vicars Street completed Work is now complete on 15 one-bedroom apartments at Vicars Street, Eccles. This is the final scheme in the £3.9 million project to provide 39 new homes for people facing homelessness in Salford. The scheme, aimed at tackling homelessness, sees people from across Salford who find themselves with nowhere to live move into new homes let at a low-cost sub-social rent. Vicars Street is the third in the series of these developments, following Haddon Road early in 2020 and Somerset Road in October. The homes are already creating new possibilities for tenants. You can read some of their stories at www.forhousing.co.uk Homes really are the first step on the journey to building a better life and with full support and a wraparound service, tenants are given the opportunity to rebuild their lives. The homes are furnished, and the rent includes all bills and WiFi. Every tenant is allocated a dedicated worker and provided with support to link them into employment and training and enable them to access new opportunities. ForHousing has worked closely with Salford City Council on the development, with the council helping to select people to move into the homes.

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After opening all Salford residents will get free entry to the garden every Tuesday.

Salford's new garden is coming RHS Garden Bridgewater is due to open in May 2021. Salford City Council, which has invested £19 million to make the garden possible, has also worked with the RHS to make sure local residents benefit from job opportunities.

Space for the community

Grow Well Fund Grants

RHS Garden Bridgewater will include a series of gardens dedicated to supporting health and wellbeing, skills development and life-long learning for the people of Salford. There will eventually be six spaces dedicated to community activities in the garden, three of which will be available to visit from May 2021. The Community Learning garden will help schoolchildren learn how plants affect our lives and the planet and offer courses and workshops for adults on everything from improving your gardening skills to arts and crafts. The Community Wellbeing garden is for people to garden with others, relax, socialise and enjoy nature walks, t’ai chi and art to help improve and manage physical and mental health conditions. The Community Grow garden will see up to 100 local people regularly working with tools, seeds and guidance from a friendly Bridgewater horticulturist.

Applications open in April 2021 for greenspace community projects in Salford that would benefit from funding and expert advice. The Friends of Parr Fold Park, Salford Women’s Centre and the Worsley Woods Action Group have previously benefited from the scheme run by RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and Salford CVS. For details please visit www.salfordcvs.co.uk

Growing opportunities Boothstown resident Gill is growing her career with RHS Garden Bridgewater. Salford City Council and the RHS worked together to ensure local residents could apply for jobs before they went to the open market. Gill had application and interview support from the council’s Salford Employ service and her professionalism and passion secured her a finance job. See page 23 for more information on Salford Employ. Head of RHS Garden Bridgewater, Richard Green said: “The garden has already boosted the local economy and created new jobs and will bring a wealth of benefits to Salford and the north west region.”

Leave the car at home Work to create or improve over six kilometres of walking and cycling routes to the garden and local jobs, shops and education facilities is under way. New links to Walkden Station, the A580 Guided Busway and Salford’s looplines will enable and encourage people to walk or cycle when visiting the garden or making short local trips. The £3.2 million scheme has been funded by the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund, Growth Deal and Salford City Council as part of the proposed Bee Network across Greater Manchester, the UK’s largest cycling and walking network. For more information, please visit www.rhs.org.uk/bridgewater www.salford.gov.uk/salford-employ www.salford.gov.uk/rhs-walking-cycling

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Housing help for Salford

City Mayor Paul Dennett: “Providing truly affordable housing has always been one of my top priorities. Every home delivered is a success story but there’s more to do.” Home sweet home

Preventing homelessness

There’s no simple quick fix for Britain’s national housing shortage. That’s why Salford City Council and its partners are tackling the problem in many different ways.

Getting behind on the rent or mortgage can cost you the roof over your head. It’s essential to act as soon as problems start although it’s never too late to get advice and evictions can often be stopped right up to the last minute. Salford City Council’s welfare rights and debt advice service can help with problems with benefits as well as advise on arrears and other debts. Contact the debt advice line on 0800 345 7323 every Monday and Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm or for welfare benefits advice, ring 0800 345 7375 Monday to Friday between 10am and 12 noon or visit www.salford.gov.uk/welfarerights

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Providing new, affordable homes

Before

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Tackling empty homes Salford is one of the best areas in the country for bringing empty homes back into use. Last year 186 properties were brought back to life, many for affordable housing. Over the last 10 years Salford City Council has used legal powers and both council and government funding to help or compel owners to invest in refurbishing their properties. Many are then rented out via local housing associations providing an income to the owner and adding to the pool of affordable housing in the city.

Working with private landlords Private renting plays a major part in UK housing these days and Salford City Council is always keen to work with good landlords. Schemes such as selective licensing and licensing for houses where several households share now cover over 2,000 properties and have helped to drive up and maintain standards. These schemes allow the council to act against poor landlords or letting agents, taking action all the way to court if neccessary. Council officers also work with tenants to ensure they are not victimised for making a legitimate complaint. The council's Property Link letting agency works with landlords to help people on the housing waiting list find good quality, affordable, private rented property. Visit www.salford.gov.uk/propertylink for more details.

Salford needs over 800 new affordable homes every year to meet demand and the council is working with private and voluntary sector partners as well as building homes directly. There are already 1,074 affordable homes with funding and planning permission in place in the pipeline up to 2022/23, but by requiring private sector developers to include affordable housing as part of planning obligations, working with partners and direct building, the council expects to see another 4,000 delivered in the city. Over 120 council homes will be built in Ordsall, Langworthy and Clifton Green ranging from one to four-bedroom homes for social rent to people already on the housing waiting list. They are expected to be available next year. Salford City Council, Broughton Trust and the Inspiring Housing Together Trust will deliver affordable homes on former school sites in Weaste and Irwell Riverside subject to planning approval. The council will provide land and contractors to build the 69 homes which the partners will own. The one and two bedroomed apartments and two, three and four bedroomed houses will all be energy efficient and spacious. Several will be wheelchair friendly.

Dérive The council established Dérive, its local housing company, to deliver truly affordable homes. By March 2021 there will be 45 new build homes in Dérive ownership with another 36 on sites in Little Hulton, Ordsall, Irlam and Irwell Riverside to follow. The properties will provide a range of apartments and houses for social, affordable and private rent and private ownership. Building work will support local companies and provide residents with apprenticeships and jobs. Dérive is planning more more good quality, energy efficient, wheelchair friendly and affordable homes. Read more at www.derivesalford.co.uk

Deputy City Mayor Tracy Kelly, lead member for housing: “This is the largest commitment to truly affordable housing developments in the city for 40 years. I cannot wait to welcome people into their much-needed new homes.”

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Winners of the awards Chosen by the public Citizen of the Year: Gemma Fish

That’s the Spirit of Salford The Spirit of Salford Community Awards 2021 This year's awards paid tribute to people and public services that made a difference in Salford during the pandemic. The winners were announced at a virtual ceremony hosted by City Mayor Paul Dennett and BBC presenter Emma Goswell. Famous Salfordians Peter Hook, Catherine Tyldesley and Stephen Lord joined the ceremony to thank all our Salford heroes for their amazing work and praise the outstanding efforts of the finalists. City Mayor Paul Dennett said "The awards celebrate the hard work and remarkable efforts of all the individuals and groups who keep our communities going. I want to thank all of you for your heroic work and wish you all the very best for the times ahead."

Gemma from Walkden is the driving force behind Walkden and Little Hulton Step Into Action, a voluntary support group which has helped vulnerable Salford residents during the pandemic. Gemma has delivered thousands of leaflets to identify people who needed help and has provided food parcels and welfare packs.

Community Group of the Year: Salford Loaves and Fishes Salford Loaves and Fishes is a charity that does tremendous work to help vulnerable people and reduce rough sleeping in Salford. During the pandemic they have distributed food parcels, clothing and other essential items and have provided vital space for rough sleepers to access NHS and support services.

Public Servant of the Year: Anthony Lord Anthony from Eccles is a dedicated youth worker who works for Salford City Council. He works tirelessly to keep vulnerable children safe. Throughout the pandemic Anthony arranged for food parcels and arts and crafts activities to be delivered to families in Salford.

The awards were organised by Salford City Council. TalkTalk, Ladybird Private Day Nurseries, Salford City College Group, Social7, The Landing, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Salix Homes sponsored the event.

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Winners of the awards Chosen by the judges Spirit of Salford Special Recognition Award: The Mask Project Fifty volunteers recruited from Irlam, Cadishead and surrounding areas made 30,000 visors for frontline NHS workers at five north west hospitals including Salford Royal. They worked with Salford Royal Foundation Trust and the Hamilton Davies Trust.

Young Person of the Year: Joint winners: Westley Myerscough and Beth Pilling Westley has overcome significant personal challenges, showing real determination to improve himself and develop his career. Westley found himself out of education and employment after he left school. Westley now works for the Crown Prosecution Service. Beth from Worsley is in her final year of her adult nursing degree at the University of Salford. Throughout the pandemic, Beth has worked on the respiratory wards at Bolton General Hospital looking after patients with COVID-19. Beth has worked tirelessly to overcome personal challenges and has balanced all this with being a mum to her young daughter.

Volunteer of the Year: Joint winners: Alfrieda Kindon and Steve Finbow Alfrieda has volunteered for over 40 years across Salford. She created Peel Green community rugby league club in 1980 which still uses sport to support vulnerable young people. Steve from Higher Broughton is a volunteer co-ordinator for local food poverty charity, The Bread and Butter Thing, which delivered 80,000 meals to over 600 families during the pandemic and made regular welfare calls.

Best Health Achievement: GMCR Runners This free to join running group helps over 900 people to stay active. During the pandemic they set online challenges and delivered food parcels to vulnerable residents.

Good Neighbour of the Year: Joint winners: Susan Hinder and Lynn Cullimore Caring and supportive and always looking out for others, Sue has organised numerous neighbourhood events including litter picks for all ages. Lynn raises funds for local charities and organises events with The Gilda Glee Club, a network of over 100 households in Eccles encouraging neighbours to look out for each other.

Best Environmental Improvement: Salford Litter Heroes As well as regular litter picks, they educate others to reduce waste and eliminate litter. They make Salford a better place for everyone.

Best Community Safety Project: Taxis Transfers The company has taken thousands of key workers and patients to medical appointments and COVID-19 testing centres, delivered meals to NHS staff and transported the COVID-19 home assessment nursing team all over the city.

Salford Litter Heroes www.salfordlitterheroes.com The Bread and Butter Thing www.breadandbutterthing.org GMCR Runners groups.runtogether.co.uk/GMCRRunners Salford Loaves and Fishes www.salfordloavesandfishes.org.uk

Find out more about these fantastic groups and projects:

Walkden and Little Hulton Step into www.neighbourly.com/ project/5e980674c7ac8924442420a4 Taxis Transfers www.taxistransfers.co.uk

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The Spirit of Salford Community Awards 2021 recognised the people and public services who made a difference in Salford during the pandemic. All the finalists' incredible achievements were showcased in a fantastic virtual ceremony held on 4 March 2021 that is available to watch at www.spiritofsalfordawards.info/

The other finalists were: Citizen of the Year:

Public Servant of the Year:

Denise runs the CONNECT community group in Eccles and does tremendous work to tackle social isolation.

Cat has worked tirelessly to provide COVID-19 safe temporary housing for vulnerable people.

Denise Green

Cat Taylor, manager, ForHousing

Owen Power

Colin Robinson, North West Ambulance Service

Community Group of the Year:

George Blagden, manager, Beacon Youth Centre

Owen is an outstanding citizen and a committed and valued community campaigner.

Colin has volunteered to help relieve pandemic pressures on the NHS and worked hard to raise spirits in his local community.

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George supports young care leavers and young offenders back into work and goes above and beyond to ensure community access to the Beacon Centre.

Salford Forum for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum

Spirit of Salford Special Recognition category:

Support and wellbeing programmes for EU nationals in Greater Manchester.

Vital support to some of Salford’s most vulnerable people.

The Life Centre, Langworthy

Supports families and has delivered weekly ‘Good Thoughts Bags’ through the pandemic.

Beth Myring, Life Centre manager

Beth has done outstanding work to tackle holiday hunger in Salford for several years. During lockdown Beth supported over 70 families every week.

Milk Aid

Milk Aid, run by a husband and wife team, delivers food parcels in Salford, supporting vulnerable residents and helping tackle holiday hunger.

Salford Mutual Aid Coalition

A community led network of individuals and organisations that has provided rapid response support for vulnerable people and families during the pandemic.

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Young Person of the Year category:

Best Environmental Improvement category:

Beck is the youngest ever finalist at just ten years old. He worked with his family to fundraise and deliver food parcels to over 1,000 families during the pandemic.

Friends of Parr Fold Park have worked consistently to improve their local park, raising funds to invest in equipment and improvements and running family events (pre-pandemic)

Beck Vinton

Members of the Fight for Change Council

A group of inspirational young people who work with health, education and social care services to develop better outcomes for looked after children.

Volunteer of the Year category: Connor James

Connor is volunteer Head of Events at Salford Pride and has supported and organised many inclusive events for the LGBT+ community of Salford.

Diane Hesford

Diane has taken on many different voluntary roles to help the community in Irlam and Cadishead. During the pandemic Diane picked up shopping and prescriptions for vulnerable residents.

Good Neighbour of the Year category: Nicola O’Neill

Nicola is an inspiring, kind, and supportive neighbour who goes to great efforts to organise activities and help people living in her neighbourhood.

Keri Muldoon

Keri does a tremendous amount to support her neighbours and contribute to the local area. Keri runs the Broughton flood group and keeps residents aware of issues with the River Irwell.

Best Health Achievement category: Dancing with Dementia

Dancing with Dementia enriches the lives of people living with dementia and provides vital support to their families and carers. The group has found new ways to support their community during lockdown.

Kimberley Bond

Kim runs local Salford social enterprise Visit from the Stork, which helps parents of all ages by running schemes such as Be Open on Breastfeeding in Salford.

Mark Frith/Growing Togetherness

Mark runs Growing Togetherness and helped to set up Incredible Edible in Salford championing the health and social benefits of community growing schemes.

Friends of Parr Fold Park

Project Shed

The Project Shed team, part of Lower Kersal Young People and Community Group, work tirelessly to improve greenspace in Lower Kersal. They have transformed a large shed into a community hub for local people.

Salford Volunteer Rangers

The Salford Volunteer Rangers have worked hard to improve prominent greenspaces in the city, including Peel Park and the gardens at Salford Civic Centre.

Wardley Gardeners

Wardley Gardeners have worked tirelessly to bring colour to Wardley Park through an array of planting beds, borders and fantastic displays.

Best Community Safety category:

Salford Youth Justice and Together Housing

Salford Youth Justice and Together Housing have worked hard to tackle hate crime by creating a powerful film to raise awareness of hate crime and how to report it.

Salford Independent Domestic Abuse Support Service

Salford Independent Domestic Abuse Support Service provides extraordinary assistance to victims of domestic abuse and works tirelessly to support victims to safety.

Simon Mapp, Victim Support

Simon Mapp works for Greater Manchester Police and has many years of experience in supporting victims of crime. Simon works hard to keep communities safe and support victims through incredibly tough times.

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Green and prosperous future for Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett has reassured residents that Salford will be able to bounce back from the pandemic through growth and strong local government. With plans for more affordable housing already announced (see page 12 and 13) and the strongest growing economy in Greater Manchester, Mayor Dennett believes the city has a bright – and green - future ahead. “Through our capital programme, Salford City Council has invested and continues to invest into our economy and infrastructure, building on our city’s industrial heritage for a clean energy and high-tech digital future” he said. “The result is an economy which defies all expectations, providing well above average rates of economic growth compared to other areas of the country. “The best-known project that council investment enabled is MediaCityUK. It is now the country’s leading broadcast and media hub outside London and home to the UK’s second largest group of digital, media and creative industries. “Salford Docks employed 5,000 people in 1982; currently 2,500 companies provide 31,000 jobs in and around MediaCityUK and the Quays. “There are now 13,000 businesses trading in Salford, an increase of 5,000 in the last decade. Phase Two of MediaCityUK expansion is already underway, promising to double the size of the current development.”

Keeping it green Salford’s industrial strategy isn’t just digital. Investments cover a huge range of economic areas and increasingly put the city at the potential forefront of Greater Manchester’s green economy. “We have transformed areas of green space and green infrastructure, providing miles of cycle paths and walking

routes, renovating wasteland to create new wildlife areas like Cutacre Park and improving public access to Chat Moss in collaboration with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, as an area of natural beauty,” said Mayor Dennett. “This work is already having a positive impact on our natural environment and birds, insects and wildlife, particularly in areas such as the wetlands. Alongside green infrastructure projects like our forthcoming solar farm in Little Hulton, and an electric dam at Charlestown Weir, Salford has also used planning guidelines to protect green space. “The opening of the Royal Horticultural Society’s fifth national garden in Worsley will expand our growing list of green space assets in the city and mark out Salford as a goto destination for lovers of nature, horticulture, and botany.”

Changing the future Mayor Dennett said the developing Salford ‘model’, based on strong local government, would help the city and the UK recover from the pandemic. “Our vision is for a local economy based on interesting, fulfilling, well-paid and secure jobs in practical industries and professions in a city where small businesses, cooperatives and mutual community enterprises can thrive,” he said. “To bind all this together successfully, the council needs to be ready to intervene with support and planning, to put its hand in its pocket to make sensible long-term investments and to directly provide essential services for its residents. This is the way Salford will recover from the challenges of the last year.”

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Wild Salford

is on your doorstep Birds, bugs and wildlife are thriving in Salford thanks to investment in the city’s many greenspaces – and the work hasn’t stopped during the pandemic. One of the biggest projects in recent years was the creation of the wetlands at Kersal Dale, as part of the £10 million second flood basin to protect 1900 local homes and businesses from river flooding. The unique nature reserve has ponds for water loving and migratory birds and meadows, wildflowers and grasses for insects and butterflies. It’s for everyone to enjoy but please keep dogs on leads during the bird nesting season from March to November. Take a virtual tour with this fantastic film by Dr Luke Blazejewski from 2019. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-yjQemBmU&t On a smaller scale, Salford City Council’s ranger team and volunteers have built dozens of new homes for birds at Blackleach country park. These include new islands for terns and other waterfowl and nest sites for willow tits, Britain’s most endangered bird. “Our five team members manage seven country parks and nature reserves, Peel Park and the Crescent Meadow, the Bridgewater Canal, Duke’s Drive, Monton and Barton pocket park,” said Councillor David Lancaster, lead member for environment and community safety. Please clean up after your dog and dispose of poo bags properly.

“Much of their work is about managing and improving these spaces for biodiversity and nature conservation and monitoring wildlife. We’ve seen a huge increase in the numbers of people enjoying Salford’s 60 plus parks and greenspaces in the past year which has also meant more work repairing paths, fences and boardwalks. “The rangers work with a fantastic team of over 100 volunteers who put so much into projects from conservation to litter picking and planting and support 22 friends groups which look after their local park. “Once pandemic restrictions end, we’ll see the return of regular activities such as weekly landscape conservation and horticultural tasks and training for volunteers and bat and foraging walks, community wildlife surveys and school visits. In the meantime people can do their bit for local wildlife by planting bee and butterfly friendly flowers if they have a garden, putting up feeders, nest boxes or bug hotels for birds and insects and making sure they dispose of rubbish correctly so it doesn’t spoil the environment.” Follow their work on Facebook @SalfordRangerTeam and on Twitter @SalfordWildlife For volunteering please email rangers@salford.gov.uk Find your local park by visiting www.salford.gov.uk/parks

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Little Hulton Health Centre now open

A brand new health centre is now open in Little Hulton providing the local community with state-of-the-art primary care health services in a convenient neighbourhood location.

The two-storey development on Longshaw Drive houses GP services as well as a range of enhanced primary care services all under one roof, offering a joined-up clinical service in modern fit-for-purpose premises to serve the local population of 13,000. Salford Primary Care Together (SPCT) and NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group worked together with Greater Manchester Pension Fund to deliver this muchneeded facility for the people of Little Hulton and are delighted that it is now open and delivering services to the community.

Liz Cross, Chair of SPCT said: “We are really proud to have partnered with colleagues to deliver this new building for the Little Hulton community and it’s incredibly exciting to have now reached the point when clinical services start. “This facility has been a long time in the planning; local residents and patients have had the opportunity to contribute their ideas and thoughts throughout this time. We hope they have a real sense of pride in using this modern, high quality facility.”

Building work begins Construction work is underway at Salford Royal’s new £68million hospital to support the organisation in its role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester.

Left to right: BAM Construction Manager Rob Bailey, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist Dr Sheila Tose and Northern Care Alliance Chief Executive Raj Jain

The forthcoming James Potter Building will also be the hub site for emergency general surgery for the north west of Greater Manchester. BAM is constructing the six-storey development (previously referred to as the Acute Receiving Centre), which is also part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan, a hospital building programme which will deliver 48 hospitals across the country by 2030. The new facility is named in honour of the organisation’s recently retired, long-standing chairman Jim Potter and will include a resuscitation area, five emergency theatres, inpatient beds, diagnostic imaging, and a helipad, meaning seriously ill patients will reach the site even

more quickly for their life-saving treatment. The scheme aims to complete in summer 2023. Salford Royal is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group. NCA Chief Executive Raj Jain said: “This important facility has been many years in the planning with a number of our local, regional and national partners. We are proud to be the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and this centre and the amazing state of the art facilities and our specialist clinical teams within it will allow us to provide trauma care and services to an additional 400 trauma patients per year and help save more lives.” For more information please visit www.srft.nhs.uk

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Green light for new bereavement counselling service Funding has been approved for a pilot bereavement counselling service in Salford.

Mental health organisation Six Degrees will receive £100,000 from NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Salford City Council to run the 12 month pilot, which will work alongside services already in place to provide more tailored individual support rather than ‘one size fits all’. Demand for bereavement counselling is expected to increase in Salford over the coming months, owing to the isolation people are experiencing during the pandemic and disruption to usual and cultural end of life rituals. For more information on how to get mental health support and counselling please visit six-degrees.org.uk/how-i-can-get-support or speak to your GP. Please also see page 7 and page 22 in this magazine.

COVID-19: The small device that can potentially save your life We know COVID-19 can affect people in many different ways. One in three people can have the virus but show no symptoms at all, while others can become seriously ill. That’s why it’s so important that, if you have pre-existing health conditions or you are over 50 years old, your GP practice needs to know you’ve tested positive for COVID-19, even if you are feeling quite well. COVID-19 can cause oxygen levels in a person’s blood to drop to dangerously low levels without them even noticing. This is called “silent hypoxia” and it means patients have been arriving at hospital more dangerously ill than they realised. Some did not survive. If you have pre-existing health conditions or you are over 50 years old and your GP practice is aware you’ve got COVID-19 they may decide you need a pulse oximeter.

A pulse oximeter is a small device that fits over your finger and measures your oxygen levels. You will be asked to monitor your oxygen level three times a day and keep a diary of your results and you will receive regular calls to check how you are doing. If your oxygen levels drop too low, you’ll be advised what to do and when to seek help. Dr Jeremy Tankel, a GP and medical director for NHS Salford CCG, said: “Pulse oximeters are not necessary for everyone diagnosed with COVID-19 but, for a certain type of patient they can potentially be life-saving. “We don’t want people thinking they can just sit it out and recover and not seeking essential help because they don’t want to be a ‘burden’ on the NHS. If you are offered a pulse oximeter, it will be because you are at high risk of becoming dangerously ill, so please do accept it and use it.”

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Counselling help for children Children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse are being offered free counselling as part of Salford City Council’s support for families. Harbour is a new service for children aged five to 18 who have either experienced controlling behaviour or violence in their own home or in their own relationships. It is funded by Salford City Council in association with NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and uses services provided by Trafford Domestic Abuse Services (TDAS) and TLC: Talk, Listen, Change. TLC: Talk Listen Change offers one to one counselling and support for young people who use harmful behaviours as a coping mechanism covering a range of topics including healthy and unhealthy relationships, what is domestic abuse and its impact and self-esteem and selfworth. Please visit talklistenchange.org.uk/contact-us/booking to request help.

TDAS has one to one and group-based programmes to provide emotional and family support and help young people see a brighter future. It also has independent advocates who can work directly with young people. Call 0161 872 7368 or visit www.tdas.org.uk/salfordcyp You can also find more information at www.salford.gov.uk/domesticabuse

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Sexual health services survey Salford residents are being asked to help improve sexual health and family planning services through completing a quick survey. Salford City Council’s public health team and NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group are asking both young people and adults to help shape the future of services such as those covering contraception, sexually transmitted infections and HIV testing and treatment, whether they use them or not. There’s also a chance to win £40 of shopping vouchers for taking part. All information will be kept confidential and will only be used to highlight people’s priorities for future services.

The survey closes on Friday 16 April, 2021 and can be found at www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SexualHealthServicesInSalfordsurvey/

Have you had COVID-19? Men who are recovering from COVID-19 are being urged to donate plasma to help national clinical trials into potential lifesaving treatments for others who have COVID-19. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is appealing to men aged 18 to 65, particularly from the BAME community, who have been treated in hospital in the past six months because they are most likely to have high antibody levels. As infection rates fall, the number of potential donors will reduce so NHSBT needs to build up stocks now. Donor centres are available in Bolton and central Manchester and you can register and find more information on the NHSBT website www.nhsbt.nhs.uk

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Make inside feel better Living through any crisis is tough and everyone reacts differently. Sometimes we just need a bit of help to stay positive which is why the NHS has launched the Make Inside Better campaign with lots of practical advice.

There’s a quick quiz to create a personal mind plan with tips to help you feel more positive about issues concerning you. And the website is packed with advice on improving your sleep, reframing the way you think and using mindfulness and meditation as well as ideas for staying connected to others, exercise, healthy eating and taking time to appreciate positive things that happen every day. Visit www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/yourmind-plan-quiz or find your nearest park or greenspace at www.salford.gov.uk/parks. Please follow the current COVID-19 regulations.

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Learning something new can help and www.futurelearn.org has boredom buster courses while www.mooc.org has free courses from top universities. Giving to others by being a good neighbour or volunteering can be so rewarding and www.salfordcvs.co.uk has ways you can help. If you need mental health support contact your GP or the Spirit of Salford helpline on 0800 952 1000 Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm or visit www.salford.gov.uk/spiritofsalford If you need to talk the Samaritans are available 24/7 on freephone 116 123.

Salford to pass GO Salford is to get its own official edition of MONOPOLY and local people can shape what goes on the board. The creators say Salford was chosen because of people’s pride in the city and as the new ‘showbiz’ capital of the north. Hundreds of top shows including Peaky Blinders, Cold Feet, The Circle and Peter Kay’s Carshare, BBC Sports Personality of the Year and The Voice have been filmed in Salford.

City Mayor Paul Dennett said he was delighted to see Salford recognised by the world’s most popular board game and join London, Dubai and Sydney in having its own edition. “We have many famous landmarks which could make up the board from the Bridgewater Canal and the Delph to the iconic Salford Lads’ Club, The Lowry, MediaCityUK, Ordsall Hall, Salford Cathedral and RHS Garden Bridgewater and more. I look forward to seeing people’s suggestions,” he said.

You can vote for Salford landmarks and cards to include in the game by email salford@winningmoves.co.uk or posting on the official City of Salford MONOPOLY Facebook page or writing to: The MONOPOLY: City of Salford Edition game, Winning Moves, 7 Praed Street, London W2 1NJ. Polling closes at 23.59pm on 2 April. Winning Moves is producing the Salford version of MONOPOLY under licensing from Hasbro. It will be in the shops in October 2021. National domestic abuse helpline - 24/7 0808 2000 247 www.salford.gov.uk/domesticabuse

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Jobs, training and help If you’re struggling to find the right job, training or first step into employment, Salford City Council’s jobs, skills and work service has all the contacts and information you need. Whether you’re due to leave school and college this year and want to find an apprenticeship, have lost your job due to the pandemic or just don’t know where to turn next the team has information or support for everyone. Visit www.salford.gov.uk/jobs for details The team works closely with Salford employers and is often the first point of contact for opportunities before they go to market. Salford Employ is a free service to help local people aged 16 plus find temporary and permanent jobs, skills development and pre-employment training across Greater Manchester.

Get back on track Salford City Council can help if you’re concerned about paying council tax. If you’re in arrears from last year and worried about coming bills get in touch. We may be able to extend your payment plan, check if you’re entitled to benefits or council tax reduction and stop things escalating. There’s lots of support to help you. Visit www.salford.gov.uk/backontrack for more information and online forms to get in touch. Free internet access and help to get online is available at all Gateways; please check www.salford.gov.uk/cvgateways for latest availability.

There are current vacancies in administration and clerical work, cleaning, customer service, construction, manufacturing and warehousing. If you’re 19 or over and unemployed or thinking of a career change into adult social care check out the Step Into Care Salford programme. There are vacancies now in care homes and supported living services for kind, caring and compassionate people. Experience isn’t needed as long as you have the right values as training will be provided. Contact salfordemploy@salford.gov.uk. You must be a Salford resident and legally able to work in the UK.

Here to help If you’re struggling with council tax, business rates, money problems or just don’t know where to turn Salford City Council has several ways to help. Check if you’re entitled to benefits and apply online through the BetterOff website which also has information on debt, money management, jobs and childcare. Visit www.salford.gov.uk/betteroff Book a 30 minute phone, text type or video session with BetterOff advisors by visiting www.salford.gov.uk/cloudchat They can help on a wide range of issues including universal credit, benefits, debt, housing, health and wellbeing. Update your council tax information or get help with arrears via www.salford.gov.uk/backontrack

You can also call 0161 793 2500 (lines may be busy) or use LiveChat (if not available all advisors are busy so please check later) Council Tax Get back on track Get in touch. We can help.

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Mary keeps on caring Mum of three Mary worked as a carer for older people but didn’t want to retire after her sons left home. Instead she found a new ‘Focus’ caring for some of Salford’s most vulnerable children. Focus foster carers look after children aged five to 18 with complex support needs. It can be demanding to provide a stable and caring home to a child who may not have experienced that before but as Mary and husband Peter agree, it’s extremely rewarding. Having friends who are foster carers, Mary and Peter already had some idea what to expect and felt they had a lot to give to a child in need. “We decided to go for it rather than regret never even trying. Once we were told a child was coming I checked their room a hundred times. I even practiced how I would smile when I opened the door to them,” she said. “I was worried they wouldn’t like me or that they wouldn’t settle but now I know most new foster carers feel like that. When our little one came to the door with their bags and a social worker there was no going back.

“It's not always been easy but you learn how to deal with situations that arise with the help of the Focus fostering team and from other experienced carers. When you begin to understand what some of these children have been through it’s hard to comprehend but it made me more determined to carry on. “There have been some amazing times and I can see the difference we are making. If someone asked me would I foster again I would say yes. The only difference is that I would have done it sooner.” To become a Focus foster carer you will need experience of caring for children or vulnerable adults, a spare bedroom and no other children under 16 at home. One adult must be available full time to care for the child and work with the Focus team. You will receive comprehensive training, 24/7 support from a team of professionals, and will have regular meetings with your social worker and other Focus foster carers. You will be paid weekly while the child is with you, equivalent to a full year allowance of £28, 485 to £31, 298 tax free depending on the age of the child.

Call 0161 799 1268, email at salfordfoster@salford.gov.uk or visit www.salford.gov.uk/foster today. National domestic abuse helpline - 24/7 0808 2000 247 www.salford.gov.uk/domesticabuse

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Salford honour for Canon Green

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One of Salford’s most revered sons will be immortalised in a new apartment block, which will bring more than 100 affordable homes to the city. Housing association Salix Homes will name its new high-rise development in Trinity 'Artifex' after Canon Peter Green, rector at nearby St Philips Church. He was also a published writer and pacifist who was passionate about fighting social injustice. From the First World War until the 1950s, Canon Peter Green wrote a weekly column in The Manchester Guardian, which later became The Guardian, under the pen name ‘Artifex’.

He wrote about pacifism, compassion, social injustice and women’s suffrage and is fondly remembered as a ‘real man of the people who loved Salford people’. The 11-storey residential building forms part of the £22.5 million Canon Green campus development, which has seen 1960s tower block Canon Green Court completely transformed and modernised for its existing residents, along with neighbouring apartment block Westminster House. Sue Sutton, Chief Executive at Salix Homes, said: “Peter Green’s legacy is already recognised in Salford, with Canon Green Court being named in his honour when it was built. “We wanted to pay our own tribute to this much-respected Salford son whose fight against social injustice represents our own beliefs and values at Salix Homes and our ethos to deliver high-quality, affordable housing for everyone. “The Artifex will bring 108 desperately-needed affordable homes for people in Salford at a time of a national housing crisis. Peter Green was incredibly progressive for his time and very vocal against social injustice. He was passionate in his calls to prioritise housing for all and much of what he said all those years ago still resonates today, so we felt naming the tower block in his honour was a fitting tribute to his memory.” Born in 1871, Canon Peter Green was Rector at St Philips Church through two world wars from 1911 to 1952 in what was then a deprived dockyard community.

He dedicated his life to supporting impoverished communities and used his platform as religious commentator at The Manchester Guardian to speak out against war, hate, injustice and racism. He also wrote 38 books and served as a Chaplain to the King. In one column in 1944 he wrote about the importance of prioritising housing as part of the government’s post-war recovery and rebuilding plans. He wrote: “What is the good of building magnificent schools in which children can spend five hours a day for five days a week if the rest of their time, when awake, has to be spent in the street because their houses are holes to sleep in not homes to live in?

“We wanted to pay our own tribute to this much-respected Salford son whose fight against social injustice represents our own beliefs and values at Salix Homes and our ethos to deliver high-quality, affordable housing for everyone."

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“When the time comes for action, let stately civic centres and the repair of cathedrals and churches, large hotels, super cinemas and everything else give place in the competition for money, man-power and materials, to homes for the people.” This year marks the bicentenary of The Guardian and The John Rylands Library will be celebrating the 200th anniversary with a special exhibition. Dr Janette Martin, modern history archivist at John Rylands Library, said: “The University of Manchester library special collections is proud to hold the archives of The Manchester Guardian. These include letters from the much-admired religious correspondent ‘Artifex’ - a wellknown champion of social justice, compassion and decent housing. “Canon Peter Green’s weekly column shed light on some of the hardships faced by Salford people in the first half of the twentieth century.

“This year The Guardian celebrates its bicentenary, so the naming of the Artifex building by Salix Homes is a very fitting tribute to his memory during a very special anniversary year.”

"Canon Peter Green’s weekly column shed light on some of the hardships faced by Salford people in the first half of the twentieth century."

The Canon Green campus has an incredibly rich history and the new Artifex block is built on the site of the old Blackfriars Road baths, which were demolished during the 1970s. Salix Homes contractors Willmott Dixon are currently onsite and the Artifex block is expected to be complete this spring. Once complete, the block will comprise 108 one and two-bedroom affordable apartments, which will be available under the Rent to Buy scheme for expressions of interest from March. The new Artifex apartment block has been partially funded thanks to a £3.8 million grant from Homes England. Salix Homes will be paying homage to the history of the site and the story of Canon Peter Green with a display in the lobby of the new block.

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THE CRESCENT

MASTERPLAN The Crescent is a 240-acre scheme that is one of the UK’s most ambitious and innovative programmes of regeneration. The aspiration is to Build Back Better to benefit Salford, the wider city region and beyond. On the site of the main University campus there will be a brand new 164, 690 sq. ft building for the School of Science, Engineering and Environment (SEE). As part of the Crescent innovation campus there will be two research facilities, Energy House 2.0 and The North of England Robotics Innovation Centre, both of which have been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The University has begun construction on three new buildings that form part of the £2.5 billion Crescent Masterplan, a partnership signed with between Salford City Council, University of Salford and The English Cities Fund.

The new SEE building will see the highest point being complete by February 2021, an impressive achievement in the middle of a pandemic. Energy House 2.0 was officially launched in November 2020 by the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. In January 2021, demolition work of Technology House begun to make way for The North of England Robotics Innovation Centre.

THE LAUNCH OF THE

SALFORD E-SCOOTER In October 2020, the first phase of the Salford e-scooter trial launched, a partnership between the University of Salford, Transport for Greater Manchester and Salford City Council. The operator Lime will be deploying 300 e-scooters across the city, creating a new affordable, socially distanced and environmentally friendly transport network. January 2021 kicked off with the announcement that the e-scooter will be expanding to MediaCityUK. Despite the challenges faced by lockdown restrictions, the scheme has been a success with nearly 5000 rides taken since the launch in October. National domestic abuse helpline - 24/7 0808 2000 247 www.salford.gov.uk/domesticabuse

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All change in the office Housing association Places for People is helping young people take their next step in life. Four former offices at Salford Foyer, which offers accommodation and support to young workers, have been converted into modern, self-contained flats as part of Salford City Council’s Route29 scheme to help young people avoid going into care. Route29 brings together a team of specialists at a base in Eccles where young people can get the help that they need to remain at home though they can stay overnight in the building if necessary.

Salford Foyer also provides accommodation for three young people and a bed for emergency situations and Deputy City Mayor Councillor John Merry welcomed the new flats. “These will give 16 and 17 year-olds their own space while they get the professional support they need to take their next step,” he said. Young people with experience of the care system were heavily involved in designing the Route29 service and building and even helped recruit new workers for the project. Dee (not her real name) said: “I feel settled here. It’s so much better than I thought it would be, the staff are dead nice and I have loads of support.”

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Fitzwarren Court has been completely transformed

Fitzwarren Court as it was before

New lease of life for tower once earmarked for demolition Salix Homes has recently completed a £7.5 million improvement project at Fitzwarren Court in Pendleton, which has seen the high-rise building undergo a major facelift. The 23-storey building had originally been earmarked for demolition as part of a wider regeneration of the area, but the plans were halted in 2016 when Salix Homes secured funding to modernise the block. The once-ageing 1970s building has been completely transformed inside and out, with the former blue and green façade replaced with modern tones of grey, green and orange render, as chosen by the residents.

The grounds have been landscaped

As part of the ambitious investment project new kitchens, bathrooms, doors and windows have been fitted, the exterior has been completely rendered and a sprinkler system and state-of-the-art fire alarm system have also been installed. The communal areas, lobby and grounds have all been upgraded and a digital property intercom system has been fitted enabling residents to contact their landlord via a portal to book repairs – the first of Salix Homes’ tower blocks to use such intelligent technology. Sue Sutton, Chief Executive at Salix Homes, said: “For many years, residents at Fitzwarren Court have been in limbo about the future of their homes. We’re delighted that our ambitious improvement and modernisation scheme is now complete, and residents can look forward to the future in their new-look homes. “Our significant investment has given the building a new lease of life, complimenting the wider regeneration taking place in the Pendleton area, and ensuring this iconic building can stand proud on the Salford skyline for many years to come. “Salix Homes is committed to raising the bar of building safety in all our homes, having been instrumental in the development of the national Building Safety Charter and the government’s draft Building Safety Bill. The additional safety measures incorporated into this refurbishment project cements our commitment to delivering the safe, modern and energy efficient homes that everyone deserves.” A geo-thermal heating system has also been installed under the carpark, which has improved the thermal efficiency of the The new-look lobby area building. The ground-source heating system at Fitzwarren Court works by harnessing heat from underground, rather than burning fuel to generate heat.

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Salford News

Have you experienced COVID-19? The Great British Spring Clean is back This year’s Great British Spring Clean will be held from Friday 28 May to Sunday 13 June. Salford City Council’s team cleans parks and streets seven days a week but extra clean ups in local communities are always welcome. To take part you can register as an individual or group with Keep Britain Tidy which runs the clean up and Salford City Council for litter picking equipment and rubbish removal. If you are organising a group event please follow all COVID-19 regulations in place at the time to keep everyone safe. Visit www.keepbritaintidy.org and www.salford.gov.uk/cleanup and share photos and videos of your clean up with @SalfordCouncil and @keepbritaintidy.

Register now EU nationals who want to stay in the UK and keep their rights must register themselves and their children with the EU Settlement Scheme by Wednesday 30 June this year. The pandemic is delaying decision making so people are urged to act quickly to avoid problems now and in the future. Registration must be done online and there are computers with free internet access at Pendleton, Eccles, Walkden and Swinton Gateways and Broughton Hub and libraries across the city, subject to pandemic restrictions. Please check the latest availability at www.salford.gov.uk/gateways

Free advice and support is also available from Salford Citizen’s Advice on 0808 278 7802 Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm or use the email form on www.salfordcab.org.uk Or Europia (in EU languages.) Call 0333 305 8570, email support@europia.org.uk or visit www.europia.org.uk

NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) would like to hear about your experience of COVID-19 to help others understand the true impact and follow the guidelines to keep everyone safe. To share your experience, you can contact Di Critchley via diane.critchley@nhs.net

Don’t miss out on pension boost There’s no shame in claiming money you are entitled to. That’s the message behind a new campaign to encourage older people to claim Pension Credit. It’s estimated that 43,000 people across Greater Manchester are missing out on £76 million of unclaimed Pension Credit which tops up your weekly income to £173.75 if you’re single or £265.20 if you’re a couple. People with savings or an income higher than the basic state pension, could get extra help if they reached state pension age before 6 April 2016. Pension Credit, which is easy to apply for, also unlocks other financial benefits including a free TV licence for over 75s, housing benefit and council tax support and money towards home insulation. To find out more please visit www.gov.uk/pension-credit

Join Salford Parent Panel Parents and carers are being invited to join the Salford Parent Panel Panel members could help put complex information into parent-friendly language, help families understand how best to work with social workers, contribute to staff training and help services get feedback. Salford City Council’s children’s services are rated good by Ofsted but are always seeking to improve. Participants with or without experience of children’s services are welcome and can give as much time as they wish. If interested please visit https://safeguardingchildren.salford.gov.uk/ and search for Parent Panel.

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Life in Salford magazine issue 32

Articles inside

Mary keeps on caring

Stay safe at Salford Quays

Counselling help for children

Salford to pass GO

Building work begins

That’s the Spirit of Salford

Make it happen for Salford

Vicars Street completed

Your chance to shape Salford's future

Salford honour for Canon Green