Life in Salford magazine issue 35

INSIDE Buile Hill Mansion plans pg. 5

Recycling furniture pg. 8

Tackling climate change pg. 14-15

Win your own Salford Monopoly game pg. 25

COVID-19 is still with us As Life goes to print (Thursday 4 November) the virus is still very much with us. We are still advising that you continue to wear a face covering in all public indoor spaces including public transport. Please keep washing or sanitising your hands, test regularly and make sure you have both doses of the vaccination to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community. We are also recommending that you have the booster if and when you are eligible to stay safe. If you feel unwell please get a PCR test immediately. Visit www.salford.gov.uk or @SalfordCouncil on Facebook or Twitter for the latest information.

In this issue...

Be prepared to stay safe and healthy this winter pages pg.18-19

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Salford’s support for veterans pg.4

ON THE COVER

5 Buile Hill Mansion plans 8 Recycling furniture 14-15 Tackling climate change 25 Win your own Salford

Monopoly game

IN THIS ISSUE

6 Prepare for Clean Air in Salford 9 Building affordable homes 10 Supporting young

people leaving care 11 Lightwaves at Salford Quays 13 Help shape Swinton’s future 16 Could you save £720 a

year on food waste?

22 Crowdfund Salford

helps community hub dream

Be kind appeal from health staff pg.17

REGULARS

3 City Mayor Paul Dennett 7 Fostering 12 University of Salford 22 Salford College 23 Salford City Council

Christmas services 25 New era for local NHS 26-27 Launch of Neighbourhood 28 Festive season 2021 at

Buile Hill Park 29 Free training for high

tech careers 30 Help improve health

and social care services

in Salford

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Taking care of Salford people and our future I would like to wish all our communities a safe and enjoyable run up to seasonal festivities and the New Year. I would encourage everyone who is eligible to take up their flu jab to make sure you are protected through the winter.

Salford is an amazing city where many vulnerable residents are supported by friends, neighbours, relatives and volunteers but if you or someone you know needs emergency help with food, fuel or household and baby items Salford Assist on 0800 694 3695 may be able to help.

You will be aware of the recent COP26 summit where world leaders met to discuss the challenges of averting global warming. I’m proud that over the last five years Salford has been named the most sustainable council in the north west by Friends of the Earth and the greenest council in England and Wales by the Centre for Thriving Places.

This issue of Life features some of our projects to tackle climate change - sustainable energy, green travel, flood protection, solar panels on public buildings and plans for 417 homes with sustainable energy as standard through our own housing company Dérive. These actions will protect you and your family in the future.

I am also proud that eight of our parks and cemeteries have kept their Green Flag status (see page 9 for details.) I know our greenspaces and the wildlife they support and attract are incredibly important to you and our city.

At Buile Hill park, you will start to see the first stage of the restoration of Salford’s historic mansion. This is a very special moment in the journey to turn the vision for the mansion into reality and I would like to thank the local community for their continued support. It is important that we take immediate decisive action and I look forward to sharing more news later.

I am also committed to supporting our armed forces.

You can read on page 4 how Salford City Council has successfully progressed from Silver to Gold in the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

We are already building on our success with the launch of the First Step Forwards programme to support exarmed forces personnel in collaboration with Foundation 92 and the Veterans Foundation. You can read more of this in our digital version of Life.

City Mayor Paul Dennett

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Salford’s support for veterans

City Mayor Paul Dennett with the bronze award aboard HMS Prince of Wales in 2019.

Past and present members of the armed forces and their families can count on support in Salford.

Salford City Council and ForHousing have both achieved top awards from the Ministry of Defence under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

The awards are for outstanding commitment to supporting defence services within their organisations and the wider armed forces community in the city.

Salford City Council, which has a dedicated officer working directly with veterans and their families to overcome housing issues as well as two council champions, was awarded Gold, the highest recognition possible.

ForHousing was awarded Silver. Both organisations have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, a promise to ensure that those who serve or have served and their families, are treated fairly, within their community.

Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “Supporting our veterans and armed forces communities is a key priority and I hope other organisations will look at how they can support this work.”

Please visit www.salford.gov.uk/veterans or www.forhousing.co.uk/armed-forces-support

Student flats to become affordable accommodation Student flats are being turned into affordable rented accommodation.

Mears, which currently manages Bramall Court, a 15-storey tower block on Cannon Street, Salford will invest more than £2 million in refurbishments. In return Salford City Council will lease them and use them for tenants needing affordable or temporary accommodation.

It’s the first time the council has worked with a company like this and could be repeated to bring other under-used buildings back to life.

City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “There are 115 one bed to four bed flats in the block but it is no longer commercially viable as student accommodation.

“However, there is huge demand for housing and particularly high-rise housing in Irwell Riverside where Bramall Court is situated.

“Mears will carry out extensive refurbishment including fire safety works, rewiring, putting in new kitchens, bathrooms and decorating the flats and will convert 12 of the three-bedroom flats into two bedrooms as demand for that type of property is higher. They will provide housing and tenancy services.

“Salford City Council will allocate tenants to the properties. The first 40 flats will be available before Christmas 2021 with another 40 early in the new year and the remaining 35 by March 2022.”

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Buile Hill Mansion plans unveiled Plans to bring historic Buile Hill Mansion back into use will be showcased to the public in December.

Proposals for the Grade II listed mansion will see it brought back to life as a community and ceremonies venue.

Downstairs a café and toilets will sit alongside community and heritage exhibition space and a function room.

Salford’s Register Office will move from the Civic Centre in Swinton into the first and second floors to register births, marriages and deaths and provide a unique venue for weddings, civil partnerships, renewing vows and baby naming and citizenship ceremonies and associated celebrations. Flexible space will also be available for offices and meeting rooms, as well as community use.

New external ramps and an internal lift will be sensitively added to make the building fully accessible and a new car park on part of the depot site will serve the mansion, Buile Hill Park banqueting suite and the park itself. Uses for the remainder of the depot site are being explored.

Salford City Council and the Buile Hill Mansion Association have worked together on the plans which will be submitted for planning permission early in 2022. Once approved, work is expected to start on site later in the year.

City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “I made a commitment during the elections in May 2021 to bring Buile Hill Mansion back into sustainable use and I’m delighted that we can now reveal the plans to do just that.”

Jenni Anne-Smith from the Buile Hill Mansion Association, which was formed in 2018 to support re-opening the mansion, said: “We are so excited that the plans are underway to restore the building especially as they include all the elements the community asked for through previous consultations.”

You can view and comment on the proposals by Friday 24 December via: • Salford City Council’s website at www.salford.gov.uk/buile-hill-mansion • Commonplace at https://builehillmansion.commonplace.is • The Buile Hill Mansion Association Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/171606253691611/ • Claremont, Weaste and Seedley Community Committee on 7 December, 6.30pm to 8pm via Microsoft Teams. Please email CWNMTeam@salford.gov.uk to request the meeting link to attend.

• Public drop-in sessions at Buile Hill banqueting suite next to the mansion on:  Thursday 9 December 2021, 2pm to 7pm  Sunday 12 December 2021, 10am to 4pm  Thursday 16 December 2021, 2pm to 7pm City Mayor Paul Dennett and members of Buile Hill Mansion Association.

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Prepare for Clean Air in Salford Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Zone will launch next year to help tackle air pollution, which contributes towards at least 1,200 deaths per year in the city-region.

Starting from 30 May 2022, non-compliant light goods vehicles (LGVs) or vans, heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), buses, coaches, hackney cabs, private hire vehicles (PHVs)and minibuses will be charged for driving in the Clean Air Zone.

Private cars, motorbikes and mopeds will not be affected.

Financial support scheme applications will open on 30 November for Greater Manchester registered HGVs with £8 million available initially to help affected owners upgrade or retrofit their vehicles before the zone goes live.

Funding for Greater Manchester licensed PHV and hackney carriages, coaches, minibuses and LGVs will be available from the end of January 2022, ahead of their inclusion in the zone from 1 June 2023.

Greater Manchester’s councils have been directed by the government to introduce the Clean Air Zone by 2024 at the latest.

The city region has secured one of the largest support packages outside London with £120 million to help owners upgrade to cleaner, compliant vehicles and avoid a daily charge.

Find out if you are affected by the zone, are eligible for support and to read the latest information at cleanairgm.com

Ready for your Covid-19 booster?

The COVID-19 booster programme is the rollout of an additional vaccine dose to people who have previously received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to ensure continued protection for those most at risk. We want to ensure that the most vulnerable people maintain high levels of protection against COVID-19 as we go into winter.

If you are eligible for a booster vaccine you will be contacted by the NHS and invited to make an appointment via the national booking service at www.nhs.uk/covidvaccine or by ringing 119. Salford clinics are not registered on this national booking system.

If you wait a short time, you will receive another invitation from Salford and this will allow you to book your booster at a local Salford clinic. Once you receive this invitation you can book your vaccination in one of these ways: If you live in Swinton, Little Hulton or Walkden you can contact your GP practice.

If you live elsewhere in Salford, book your appointment online via www.salford.nhsvaccinations.co.uk or call 0161 983 0593.

If you’ve not had your first or second dose yet, it’s not too late.

Find out where you can go at www.salfordccg.nhs.uk/covid-vaccine For any queries please contact the Spirit of Salford helpline on 0800 952 1000, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.

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Photo posed by models pre-pandemic.

Join Salford’s foster family Fostering for Salford City Council is like joining a big, strong, supportive community-based family.

Children come into foster care for many different reasons.

Sometimes their family need help to get through hospital treatment or a difficult patch, but sometimes home is no longer safe.

That’s why fostering for Salford City Council makes such a difference to local children and young people. When children cannot stay with their birth family, we want them to remain in their community to maintain their relationships, school, support networks and friendships.

As a council foster carer, you have the choice between offering short or long-term care, ranging from occasional weekends to weeks or months right through to caring for a child until they become an adult.

Salford City Council will provide you with support to choose the right type of fostering for you. We offer excellent training and mentoring with a range of support services covering school, health and wellbeing.

You will be paid an allowance to enable you to meet the needs of children and young people. The council also provides equipment, such as baby gates, beds, wardrobes, school items such as uniforms, photos and trips and an annual holiday. For children aged 11 and older there are free gym passes and sports and community activities.

When it comes to training, we’ll provide lots of it to help you succeed as a foster carer – and we even hold awards evenings for you and the children you care for.

Our sessions cover everything from paperwork and first aid to comprehensive training on internet safety. Your training is delivered and updated continually by skilled and experienced social workers and other professionals in health and education. Skills payments are linked to your training and development.

We welcome people from all backgrounds, with faith or no faith, different cultures, working or not, single or in families, LGBTQ+, with or without their own children and with or without previous experience of caring for children and young people.

You need to be flexible, caring, strong, optimistic and determined to support children, creating great experiences for them to raise their confidence and ambitions but also helping them through difficult and challenging times.

Call 0161 799 1268 or visit www.salford.gov.uk/fostering to find out more about being a foster carer with Salford City Council.

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Salix Homes furniture recycling warehouse with staff David Ryan, Brendan Fanning and Janine Hart

The furniture recycling project helping people and the planet Housing association Salix Homes has helped divert 180 tonnes of furniture away from landfill sites and supported 400 people living in poverty thanks to its pioneering Furniture Recycling Scheme.

Launched in 2019, the eco-friendly scheme works by recycling unwanted furniture, household items and white goods and then giving it away for free to tenants who need it most.

The furniture is either donated by tenants or has been left behind when a resident moves out of their home.

If it’s good quality and fit for use, it’s collected by the Salix Homes environmental team, saving it from being dumped in landfill sites.

Maria Lester, environmental services manager at Salix Homes, said: “People who are struggling can come down to our warehouse and pick what they need to help make their house into a home. This includes people that have fallen on hard times, refugees and women escaping domestic violence.

“To date we’ve seen 1,800 items come through our warehouse doors, enabling people with nothing to start to build a safe and happy home environment.”

The scheme accepts a wide variety of furniture including sofas, wardrobes, beds, white goods, and even smaller items like ornaments and mirrors. Any mattresses and sofas need to have their fire safety label still attached.

Such is the project’s success, other housing providers across the country are following Salix Homes’ lead and setting up similar initiatives in their communities.

Maria added: “Previously, it was standard practice to just throw anything left behind away, but we thought it was a real shame to see perfectly good items just go to landfill.

“Not only was it wasteful, but it was also costing the organisation a lot of money in tipping costs, and we’ve now saved £35,000 through repurposing this furniture, which is money that can be better spent on our homes and communities.

“We’ve even had other housing providers come and visit to learn how the scheme works, so we’re hoping more providers will start to do their bit to support both people and the planet in this way.”

The initiative is currently only open to Salix Homes’ tenants, but the housing association is hoping to open it up to the wider community in the near future.

If you’re a Salix Homes tenant and would like to donate items, or think you could make use of this service, call 0800 218 2000 or email enquiries@salixhomes.co.uk

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Building affordable homes for social rent Salford City Council’s own housing company Dérive is pressing on with building high-quality affordable homes for local people.

High quality homes, consisting of one to four bedroom apartments and homes, are under construction at Clifton Green in Pendlebury and Brassington Avenue and Ryall Avenue in Ordsall as well as a scheme by Salix Homes at Kara Street, Langworthy.

In total at the four sites, 129 homes will be designed with local people’s needs in mind such as being wheelchair accessible and highly energy efficient as part of Salford's commitment to tackling climate change. They are expected to be ready from spring 2022.

Salford builders, Seddon, are carrying out the build and local suppliers will be used where possible to boost the city’s economy. Contractors are also being asked to maximise ‘social value’ by offering training and apprenticeship opportunities to local people during construction, working with city schools to offer advice and information about careers in construction, buying local products where possible and taking care of the environment.

Dérive Registered Provider (RP) has started the process to become a registered provider (RP) of social housing. In July, Salford City Council’s Cabinet gave the green light to start the application to the Regulator of Social Housing. It also approved a business plan and the transfer of just over 100 properties to Dérive when the RP status is complete.

Top award for Salford parks Eight parks and cemeteries in Salford are officially amongst the best in the country.

Agecroft Cemetery, Blackleach Country Park, Boothsbank Park, Clifton Country Park, Peel Park (Salford), Victoria Park, Winton Park and Peel Green Cemetery, have all kept their Green Flag status for another year.

The national award is given to the top parks, cemeteries, community gardens and other green spaces in the country. Judges rate them on being welcoming, clean, healthy, safe and secure and how well they involve the local community.

Protect your family and friends from COVID-19 COVID-19 hasn’t gone away.

One in three people with COVID-19 have no symptoms and spread the virus without ever knowing.

One of the most important things you can do to protect others is take a rapid test twice a week. These are also known as lateral flow tests.

Free home test kits can be ordered online or collected from Salford leisure centres, libraries at Eccles, Pendleton, Swinton and Walkden Gateway Centres or from Broughton Hub or from pharmacies. Go to www.salford.gov.uk/rapidtesting to find out more.

If you feel unwell in any way, book a PCR test to make sure it’s not COVID-19. Go to www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or call 119. There are test centres across Salford open seven days a week.

PCR tests are also recommended if you’ve been in contact with someone who has tested positive.

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Discover a greener office During lockdown, we came to appreciate gardens and green space more than ever, seeking refuge in the natural beauty and colour of nature. Many say this had a positive impact on their mental health, while others see gardening as a practical way to help tackle important environmental issues, such as growing their own food to live more sustainably or providing pollinator-friendly plants for bees.

Last year the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which has been offering work-based training programmes for almost 200 years, reported the highest rise in applications in decades, and this year it is increasing the number of places available.

Apprenticeships If you are interested in plants, gardening or horticulture, but new to the industry, then a Horticultural Operative Apprenticeship offers the opportunity spend two years alongside experienced and inspiring horticulturists learning to establish, cultivate and maintain formal and informal garden areas.

No experience or horticultural qualifications are required.

There are three Level 2 positions at the new RHS Garden Bridgewater, plus a Level 3 Land Based Service Engineering Technician apprenticeship.

RHS Level 3 and 4 Diploma in Horticultural Practice The two-year diploma programme, delivered at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, is open to those who hold an existing Level 2 horticultural qualification. Students earn while learning, rotating around the garden which houses one of the largest plant collections in the world. They grow knowledge in all areas of ornamental horticulture, and develop supervisory skills, including management practices, budgeting and communication.

Students participate in other opportunities such as RHS shows like Chelsea, designing and building a garden in the local community, garden visits, bursary opportunities and managing their own allotment space. There are 10 opportunities available on the programme where student accommodation is available, making re-location possible.

The RHS is hosting a virtual Zoom event on Thursday 13 January 2022 at 6.30pm to hear first-hand what student life is like at the RHS. To book your free place visit the website below, once the application window opens.

Specialist Horticultural Placements (SHPs) RHS Garden Bridgewater is offering three SHPs – a one-year unique opportunity to hone existing skills in a particular area of interest such as community or sustainable gardening, working alongside a team of experts. These are for those with an existing Level 2 horticultural qualification and some experience.

Applications open Wednesday 1 December 2021. Diploma and SHP positions close: on Tuesday 1 February and apprenticeship applications close Tuesday 1 March, 2022.

Visit www.rhs.org.uk/training or email schoolofhorticulture@rhs.org.uk Follow: @RHSEducation

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What’s on

Enjoy festive fun this winter in Salford For more what’s on information go to www.visitsalford.info All events and details were correct at the time of publication, but please confirm with the venue or organisers before setting off.

Follow us on social media @visitsalford

Outdoor events Santa’s Christmas Playground Sunday 28 November, 11am to 3pm.

George Thomas playground, Prince’s Park, Liverpool Road, Irlam. Free entry.

Meet Santa and his reindeers, try the festival trail and enjoy craft and market stalls. www.facebook.com/georgethomasplayground

Christmas Makers Market Every weekend in December until Sunday 19 December.

Quayside, The Lowry Plaza, Salford, M50 3AZ. Free.

Local makers, bakers and artisans with festive food, drink, art, design,vintage and modern crafts. www.quaysidemediacityuk.co.uk

Lightwaves Friday 3 December to Sunday 12 December.

MediaCity, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. Free.

Quays Culture’s Lightwaves is a 10-day light festival with 12 installations including Floating Earth (North Bay), Cygnus by Loomaland, a water ballet with 12 perfectly synchronised, glowing robot swans and Sirens by Davy and Kristin McGuire transforming the water into mythical underwater worlds inhabited by supernatural sea creatures and mermaids. Plus Mystery Birds by paper artist Helen Musselwhite shows beautiful silhouettes of wild birds released to fly into the night sky.

Downloadable mobile app of locations available quaysculture.com/lightwaves-2021

Shows and exhibitions Van Gogh Alive!

Until Friday 31 December.

MediaCity Piazza, Salford Quays, M50 2NT. Tickets from £16.50 Explore Van Gogh’s life and work in this unique immersive exhibition.

See his paintings brought to life as classical music transports you into his art.

For more details and bookings visit vangoghaliveuk.com/mediacity Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker Tuesday 23 November to Saturday 4 December.

The Lowry Theatre, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. Tickets from £32.50 Nutcracker follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross’s Orphanage, through an ice-skating winter wonderland to the candy kingdom of Sweetieland influenced by 1930’s Hollywood musicals. thelowry.com/whats-on/matthew-bournes-nutcracker Sleeping Beauty Thursday 2 December to Friday 31 December.

Salford Arts Theatre, Kemsing Walk, Liverpool St, Salford, M5 4BS. Family ticket £30 Traditional fun-filled pantomime where Sleeping Beauty can only be woken by true love’s kiss. www.salfordartstheatre.com/whats-on

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Wednesday 8 December to Saturday 15 January.

The Lowry Theatre, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. Tickets from £26.50 C.S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was voted the nation’s favourite book in 2019. Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and embark on the most magical of adventures in a frozen, faraway land where they meet a faun, talking beavers, the noble king of Narnia, Aslan, and the coldest, most evil of all, The White Witch. thelowry.com/whats-on/the-lion-the-witch-and-thewardrobe Quays Comedy at HOST Salford Thursday 2 December, 7pm to 10pm.

HOST Salford, Blue Tower, Salford Quays, M50 2ST. From £10 Featuring Britain's Got Talent's Jonny Awsum, Markus Birdman, and compere Tony Vino. Search Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk Barton Theatre Company present, Jack and The Beanstalk Friday 7 January to Sunday 9 January.

The Lowry Theatre, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. Family tickets, £36 Traditional pantomime with an ogre’s castle in the clouds, Daisy the cow, goodies and baddies galore - and plenty of slapstick, singing, dancing and a sprinkle of magic beans. thelowry.com/whats-on/jack-and-the-beanstalk-2022

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Festive fun

Regular events

Festive activities at Ordsall Hall Throughout December 322 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3AN Entry free, activities from £7 (booking essential) See the Tudor Hall decorated for the festive season, book a Christmas afternoon tea or take part in Christmas crafts sessions. For full details of activities visit ordsallhall.com/whats-on Festive fun at Salford Museum and Art Gallery Throughout December Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU Entry free, activities from £7 (booking essential) Enjoy breakfast with Father Christmas or a festival afternoon tea. Try a Christmas calligraphy workshop or a Jesmonite (waterbased resin) craft workshop and make a special gift. Visit Larkhill Place and experience a Victorian street decked-out for Christmas.

For full list of events please visit: salfordmuseum.com/whats-on

University of Salford Music Club Thursday 25 November and fortnightly, 5pm to 7pm University of Salford MediaCity Room 2.18, MediaCity, Salford, M5 4WT Practice composing and mixing music using computers (Pro Tools, Audition and BandLab) and meet other enthusiasts. Music Club is for all abilities with help available from University of Salford Film Production lecturer, sound specialist and musician Billy Glew.

Search www.eventbrite.co.uk Parkrun in Salford Every Saturday, 9am.

Worsley Woods or Peel Park, The Crescent A free, fun and friendly 5k walk, jog or run.

Registration required in advance.

Worsley: www.parkrun.org.uk/worsley Peel Park: www.parkrun.org.uk/peel Salford Junior Parkrun Every Sunday at 9am Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road, M6 8GT. Registration is required.

A fun 2k event for four to 14 year olds www.parkrun.org.uk/salford-juniors Bike maintenance courses Various venues across Salford and Greater Manchester Cost £5 basic, £25 intermediate Bikes provided if required. Booking necessary.

Search for bike maintenance at activetravel.tfgm.com

Free van permit for waste and recycling centres Greater Manchester residents can apply for a free permit to take their own vans, pickups or twin axle trailers to recycling centres across the city-region from Wednesday 1 December.

Anyone wishing to use one of these vehicles to take domestic waste or recycling to a household waste and recycling centre will need to apply for and show a permit that proves they are not depositing trade waste.

The new permit will allow a maximum of 18 visits over the year to dispose of household waste using one of these vehicles. Permits will also be required if using a short-term hire van, pickup truck or twin axle trailer.

Residents using standard cars can make 52 visits a year and cars are not affected by the new scheme.

The 20 household waste and recycling centres across Greater Manchester are paid for by council taxes and managed by SUEZ and are for household waste that cannot go into recycling bins at home. Any trade or business waste is chargeable and must be disposed of at a licensed trade waste facility, either by setting up a business waste contract or by hiring a skip.

For more information and to apply visit www.recycleforgreatermanchester.com/vanpermit

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Partnership working to support young people leaving care At ForHousing we’re passionate about making more things possible for more people and believe care leavers should have the same opportunities and support as any other young person.

Since 2017, ForHousing has been providing tenancy skills to young people leaving care and embarking on their journey to independence. In 2020, they took a huge step forward to support those leaving care by committing to the Greater Manchester Housing Provider’s Care Leavers Pledge.

Along with other local landlords ForHousing pledged to offer a range of homes, life skills, mentoring and employment and skills to young people leaving care.

This built upon how we were already supporting young people, especially those soon to move on from living in care who benefit from additional guidance. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve been doing just that.

Housing Support Officer, Andy Officer, explains his role in delivering the pledges and supporting young care leavers.

“The care leaving pledges put the young person at the heart of everything we’re doing and what we’re trying to achieve. It empowers that young person in making the decisions and us supporting them in the decisionmaking process,” he said.

“Ultimately I work very closely with Salford City Council’s Next Step, because we have the same goals for the young person. We want them to succeed in life and sustain their tenancy.”

Next Step supports care leavers aged 16 to 21 or 25 in some cases and helps them find safe and suitable accommodation, education, employment and training opportunities, health care as they learn to live independently.

Councillor Jim Cammell, lead member for children's and young people's services, said: “ForHousing have always been committed to doing all that they can which, when working together with Next Step, means it provides consistent support, tailored to young people leaving care into their independence.”

“Since signing up to the pledge, ForHousing have improved how we work together to support care leavers and to create opportunities they are all benefitting from.

“This is an amazing offer by a partner agency. We’re really seeing young people engage in the opportunities and support available from ForHousing and Next Step.”

Why not take a look at our video on YouTube which further explains the partnership of ForHousing and Next Step in supporting care leavers?

ForHousing want to make more things possible for more people, improve lives by providing quality homes and places, striving to be a positive influence, and providing the building blocks to a better life. Find out more by visiting www.forhousing.co.uk

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Go green and save money RHS Greenway is now open.

Walkers and cyclists can now reach RHS Garden Bridgewater from the Bridgewater Canal towpath.

While free Tuesday tickets are still available for Salford residents, on other days of the week car-free visitors will get cheaper admission with prices starting from £7 instead of the usual £11.

The Greenway is part of a £3.2 million scheme to provide six kilometres of new or upgraded walking and cycling routes linking the garden to Worsley, Boothstown and Walkden train station. It is due for completion in 2022 and has been developed by Salford City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), The Greater Manchester Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund, Peel L&P, the Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club and Asa Homes.

Make Lightwaves at Salford Quays

Since the garden opened in May 2021 over 200,000 people have visited and more than 20,000 free tickets for Salford residents have been booked.

RHS Garden Bridgewater was made possible by Salford City Council and Peel Group. Salford City Council invested £19 million into the project which will bring substantial economic and tourism benefits to the city, its communities and the north west region.

A giant floating earth (as featured on the cover of Life) will be the star of the show as Lightwaves 2021 takes over Salford Quays for 10 days in December.

Measuring 10 metres in diameter and created from detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, Floating Earth by internationally acclaimed artist by Luke Jerram will be placed in the Manchester Ship Canal, next to The Lowry.

Mr Jerram who has put pianos and giant slides onto streets around the world, created a giant moon and even a Sky Orchestra playing from hot air balloons, made Floating Earth to showcase the beauty of our planet and highlight our responsibility to take care of it. The installation will be accompanied by music from BAFTA award winning composer Dan Jones.

Other installations include synchronised robot swans performing a water ballet, holographic mermaids and sea creatures darting beneath the waters of the Quays and flocks of birds projected onto buildings.

Lightwaves runs from Friday 3 December to Sunday 12 December and is free.

No tickets are required, and Quays Culture will launch a free mobile app to help visitors navigate the outdoor festival.

Find out more by visiting www.quaysculture.com or find QuaysCulture on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Salford on the £13 million Rise Salford’s ambitious plans to transform the Crescent area have been given a £13.17 million funding boost.

Salford City Council, the University of Salford and The English Cities Fund (ECF), the partners behind the £2.5 billion, 240-acre Crescent Masterplan, have been awarded the money from the government’s levelling-up fund.

It will help to start that long journey and create Salford Rise, a stunning new 11 metre-wide walkway above Frederick Road which will enable the development of Crescent Innovation, a new campus for research, development and innovation. It will also improve access to Peel Park, Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the Working Class Movement Library where the history of the city can be celebrated.

Work is already underway at three new University of Salford developments across the Crescent area, paving the way for world-leading facilities at the North of England Robotics Innovation Centre, the Science, Engineering and Environment (SEE) building and Energy House 2.0.

Planning permission is now being sought for Salford Rise with a view to work starting on site next year.

Further significant funding and work will be required to see a Metrolink line in the area and a public transport interchange at The Crescent.

The Crescent masterplan aims to create up to 7,000 jobs, deliver over 3,000 homes, over one million square feet of space to innovate and collaborate, alongside another one million square feet of offices, shops, leisure facilities and a new multi-modal transport hub set within swathes of green space. The masterplan will also act as a catalyst for the university’s institutional role to generate knowledge and learning that can help to improve the lives of local people. More than £90 million from new revenue from business rates is expected from the completed scheme.

For more information on Salford Rise and Crescent, please visit Crescentsalford.com

Help shape Swinton’s future What do you want to see in Swinton? How should it change and develop in the future?

Those are some of the questions that Salford City Council will be asking residents, businesses and other organisations over the next five months as part of creating a new vision for Swinton.

Thinkingplace will lead the exercise, which will run until February 2022. They will develop opportunities for the local community to be fully involved in shaping the vision and future plans, which will then go to formal consultation.

Swinton Park Councillor Stuart Dickman said: “Changing shopping habits are affecting all traditional town centres like Swinton. Demand for housing is up by more than 20 per cent but there is a shortage of high-quality family homes and affordable housing in the area.

“This is about creating a shared vision for Swinton so it continues as a strong and thriving community providing great shops, leisure facilities, places to meet, jobs and homes.

You can also have your say on walking, cycling and vehicles moving around Swinton by Monday 20 December swintonneighbourhoodconsultation.commonplace.is/

“There is huge potential to use council owned land and properties - whether that’s for more affordable housing, green space, preserving and enhancing the areas we love, or replacing older, derelict areas with something the whole community can enjoy.

“This is your opportunity to say how you want to see Swinton develop over the next decade and beyond.

Please get involved and make your views heard, so we can deliver this plan together.”

Visit www.salford.gov.uk/swintonvision for more information.

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Salford’s steps towards a greener future The threat of climate change poses fundamental challenges to our planet and here in Salford, the city council continues to work towards a greener future to help us reduce this threat.

Salford City Council is proud of its actions. When it declared a climate emergency, Salford was named the most sustainable council in the north west, but we know we need to do more and all residents and businesses can play their part.

The council continues to deliver its long-term environmental vision for the city through the Greater Manchester Five-Year Environment Plan with projects underway to help reach our target of 2038 for carbon neutrality in the city.

Carbon neutrality means that any carbon emissions that are produced are at least balanced out by a reduction in emissions elsewhere. Over the last 10 years, Salford City Council has spent £126 million in green investment but is committed to doing more. Here are a number of examples of how the council is tackling climate change:

1. Unlocking clean energy Solar panel charging stations are being introduced in the council’s depots to power electric vehicles. A new solar farm made up of over 5,000 panels is being built in Little Hulton which will produce 2MW (megawatts) a year of clean energy.

Construction is also underway on a hydro-electric energy regeneration plant at the Charleston Weir in Kersal which will use the River Irwell to produce a further 710kwh (kilowatts) a year. Together, these two projects alone will generate enough electricity to power 600 homes. These projects have been funded through the Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester scheme which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

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2. Electric vehicles Salford City Council is bringing forward programmes that decarbonise its existing transport and encourage everyone to think greener.

It is taking part in an e-scooter trial with provider Lime which allows riders to operate scooters on specific roads between the University of Salford, the Manchester-Salford border, Salford Quays and Salford Royal Hospital. Since October 2020, more than 100,000 trips have been made by over 30,000 people with over 200,000 kilometres covered.

Following a grant fund of £132,000 from the Energy Savings Trust, an e-cargo bike library has been set up for some of the city’s key employers and a number of small businesses to try before purchasing and help encourage further electric bike usage. The council’s property service van fleet has also been replaced with 12 new electric vehicles, used daily as part of the investment into sustainable forms of transport.

4. Keeping surface water off the roads Surface flooding is one of the main consequences of climate change that affects the livelihood of our businesses and residents in many ways. To counter this, the council has been building a number of sustainable drainage systems, such as creating natural wetlands to capture rainfall and prevent it from flooding into the road.

Seven carefully selected species of tree have been planted along the paths in East Ordsall Lane which take in the water from the road and distribute it to the roots via the soil and pipes, reducing the risk of flooding.

These systems not only combat climate change by preventing surface water flooding but they are also adding green corridors to the city’s roads and helping to improve the overall look of an area.

3. Decarbonising council buildings To help the council reach the challenge to make Salford carbon neutral, it is delivering a programme of decarbonisation across 21 council-owned buildings. This work was funded from a £5.2 million grant from public body Salix Finance after £78 million was granted to all Greater Manchester councils earlier this year to support decarbonisation upgrades across the region.

This involves installing air source heat pumps on sites such as leisure centres, park buildings and children’s homes, replacing previous gas or oil systems. These pumps absorb heat from the outside which is turned into a fluid before the temperature is increased and used to heat the inside of the building.

The council is also installing solar PV panels on eleven buildings, which in total will generate over 460,000kwh of energy a year. For example, at Broughton Leisure Centre, the panels on its roof will generate 82,000 kilowatts a year, saving 23 tonnes of carbon – which is the equivalent of planting 1,000 trees.

City Mayor's commitment City Mayor Paul Dennett said: "We must protect our city for future generations and we are fully committed to doing whatever we can to cut our carbon emissions.

“These projects are testament to the work that the city has been pioneering for many years in tackling climate change and they stand us in strong stead as we seek to achieve our goal of carbon neutrality by 2038.

“We will continue to set an example to the residents and businesses of our city and encourage the use of these technologies wherever they can be used as we all must do what we can to make a real difference.”

Find out more

Watch a video about how Salford is tackling climate change by visiting: www.salford.gov.uk/greenersalford

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Climate change poses a major threat to our health UK air pollution is the single greatest environmental threat to health, accounting for one in 20 deaths.

Tackling climate change will improve health and save many lives. Reducing carbon emissions will mean fewer cases of asthma, cancer and heart disease.

In October 2020, the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Since 2010, the NHS has cut its carbon emissions by 30 per cent.

NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) aims to become net zero by 2038, in line with Salford City Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. The CCG has a Social Value strategy and is about to publish its second Social Value Impact Report evaluating the CCG’s social, economic and environmental impact during 2020/2021.

Here are some highlights: Greener inhalers - Salford CCG is introducing more environmentally friendly inhalers, prescribed for conditions like asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Your doctor may discuss switching your inhaler at your next check-up. Greener inhalers are up to 25 times better for the environment than gas propelled inhalers, which are more commonly prescribed. Further details can be found at Greener inhalers: Salford CCG Social prescribing - Wellbeing Matters is led by Salford CVS and includes a social prescribing approach that links statutory health and care services to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. The aim is to link people in with support groups and organisations in their local community, to help their wellbeing and independence, reducing the need for intervention by health and care services. Between April 2020 and March 2021 there have been 1164 referrals and 76 per cent of people accessing the service said they felt an improvement in their wellbeing.

Improving our buildings - Little Hulton Health Centre officially opened on 19 October 2020 and in March 2021 was awarded a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) rating of ‘Excellent’.

The building is designed to reduce heat gain and glare from the sun. There is a high level of thermal insulation keeping heat in during colder periods and out in warmer periods. The site is also lit by LED lighting throughout, and the temperature is maintained using a highly efficient air source heat pump, which transfers energy from the outside air to create a comfortable inside temperature.

For more information please visit www.salfordccg.nhs.uk/social-value

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First Step Forwards Veterans from the armed forces, police and fire service are being offered help through a pioneering new project.

Foundation 92, an independent charity supporting people to improve their lives through sport, the Veterans Foundation, a national charity and Salford City Council have worked together to create two hubs in Salford.

Each hub has dedicated staff to work with people and focus on mental health, housing, employment, social inclusion and general lifestyle support.

They will support veterans with one-to-one mentoring to help them develop new skills and enhance existing ones, manage their money and create positive relationships and a healthy lifestyle.

There will also be an open access drop-in session, creating a community hub to meet new friends, create a sense of comradery and, with specialist help if needed, develop a sense of belonging to the local community.

Head of Foundation 92, Tom Hutton, said: “The programme is based on significant consultation with the community, and we aim to support many Salford veterans to develop a healthy and positive lifestyle in the next 12 months.”

Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, said: “This new project is another way for ex armed forces personnel to get support and will run alongside the dedicated housing support already in place across the city”.

For more information about First Step Forwards please email Tom.Hutton@Foundation92.co.uk or visit Salford Foundation https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/foundation-92/

Get your career in shape If you need help with CVs, application forms, searching for jobs or advice on getting into work, training or further education, The Salford Housing Associations Partnership for Employment Support (SHAPES) can help.

There’s free support for all Salford residents, working or not, and you don’t need to be a housing association tenant. No appointment needed – just drop in: Tuesdays, 10am to 3pm Broughton Trust, The Humphrey Centre, Heath Ave, M7 1NY Wednesdays, 10am to 12 noon, Langworthy Cornerstone, 451 Liverpool St, M6 5QQ Thursdays, 10am to 12 noon, The Angel Centre, 1 Philips Place, M3 6FA Thursdays, 10am to 12 noon, Pendleton Gateway, 1 Broadwalk, Pendleton, M6 5FX Thursdays, 1pm to 4pm, Pendleton Together Housing, Brotherton House, Loganberry Ave, M6 5UX Manchester Jobs Fair takes place Friday 14 January 2022 at Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby Way, M16 0RA. 10am to 1pm. Free tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk

Or call Phil Boardman, tel 07706 382392 or email philb.shapes@gmail.com You can also get free help from Salford Employ for job vacancies, apprenticeships, work experience and preemployment training.

Visit www.salford.gov.uk/salfordemploy for details.

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Vardo wins international praise for Salford A full-size traditional Gypsy wagon built by young people in Salford has won a top international award.

The 12 feet long (3.6 metre) ‘vardo’ took two years to complete and was built from scratch by young travellers and non-travellers from Salford. They worked with a local traveller craftsman to learn the traditional skills involved in wagon making.

Now the £50,000 project, which was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, has won third prize in a European-wide competition.

The Dosta! Congress Prize for Municipalities is awarded every two or three years for innovative and creative initiatives around Roma and Traveller communities. The Salford project taught young people about the culture, traditions and nomadic lifestyle of Gypsy and Irish travellers and enabled them to explore the impact and importance of culture and heritage on self-esteem and identity.

More than 20 young people worked on the vardo during school art lessons and at the weekends to build and decorate it with traditional painting and furnishings.

They gained Duke of Edinburgh awards and volunteering accreditation for their work on the vardo which was completed in 2019.

On your e cargo bike Salford’s first fleet of electric cargo bikes will take to the roads next year.

Salford City Council is to buy 18 electric bikes which can carry cargo and three separate trailers which can be attached to electric or ordinary bikes after a successful £132,00 funding bid to the Energy Saving Trust.

Two bikes and one trailer will be used at Salford Royal Hospital, two bikes will go to the RHS Garden Bridgewater and one bike and one trailer to the University of Salford.

One bike each will be donated to local community interest company Visit From The Stork to deliver recycled toys to families in need, wholefood shop and café The Deli Lama

for deliveries and local photographer Simon Buckley, the inspiration behind the Not Quite Light Festival, capturing early morning shots of Salford.

The remaining 10 bikes and two trailers will be available for rent by any organisation or company in the city to try out the idea, find the right bike for their needs and encourage more green deliveries. Local bike hire shop Manchester Bike Hire, based in Chapel Street, will manage the rental scheme.

Each bike will be fitted with a tracker to enable the University of Salford to collect and analyse use of the vehicles over the three-year scheme.

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Bee Network cycle hire begins The first phase of Greater Manchester’s 24/7 cycle hire scheme has been launched with bikes now available from the University of Salford and Oxford Road, Manchester.

More stations and bikes will follow and by June 2022, when the scheme has also expanded into Trafford, there will be a total of 1,500 bikes - including 300 e-bikes.

To hire a bike, riders need to download the Beryl app and register. Pedal bikes cost 50 pence to unlock and five pence per minute to use, while e-bikes will cost £1 to unlock and 10 pence per minute to use.

Bikes can be returned to any available station and additional charges will be applied if the bike is not returned to a cycle hire station at the end of the journey.

The bikes are GPS tracked and will be monitored by a dedicated on-street team to ensure they are safe and secure.

The scheme is a key part of Greater Manchester's plan to provide a fully-integrated, London-style public transport system - the Bee Network – and become carbon neutral by 2038.

For more information please visit activetravel.tfgm.com/bee-network-cycle-hire

Keeping Salford cyber safe Local businesses are being offered free training to keep themselves safe on the internet. It’s aimed at small to medium size businesses as well as freelance workers and the self-employed.

Cyber Salford has been launched at HOST Salford in collaboration with Salford City Council, Cyber Resilience Centre and Raytheon Technologies to provide individuals and businesses with education, training, tools and business space to boost cyber security awareness, innovation and careers.

Applications are now open for the business-related courses.

The Cyber SME course is a free two-day cyber training course for established Salford small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) whose business involves online trading.

It combines advanced awareness with hands-on, real-life technical scenarios. Participants will benefit from a £2,500 grant on successful completion of the course to enhance the cyber security in their business through buying new hardware, software, or licenses for security products.

The Cyber Workforce course is a free one-day course for established business owners, self-employed people and freelancers in Salford whose business currently involves, or plans to implement online trading. It provides everything they need to know about keeping their businesses safe online. Participants will benefit from a £1,000 grant on successful completion of the course to enhance the cyber security in their business through buying new hardware, software, or licenses for security products.

Both courses run until March 2022. Limited spaces available. To learn more please visit: www.hostsalford.com/programmes/cyber-salford/

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The average Salford family could save £720 a year by reducing their food waste!

Recycle for Greater Manchester is working with Salford City Council on a food waste campaign called Buy Keep Eat Repeat. It will help residents save money and support the environment by avoiding food waste.

Our research has shown that in Salford some residents are still putting food waste in their general waste bin and, on average, 75 per cent of that food waste is avoidable, which means it could have been eaten. When we look at the cost of producing, transporting and selling food products, food waste adds up to a lot of money and it has a big environmental impact.

Did you know that to keep food fresh your fridge temperature should be below 5°C? Or that there is an app called Too Good To Go, which you can use to giveaway in date unwanted food?

Visit recycleforgreatermanchester.com for tips on how to reduce your food waste, advice on planning meals, storing your food correctly, using up leftovers and recycling food waste in your food and garden bin or compost bin.

Follow R4GM on Twitter @recycle4gm or Facebook @Recycle4gm for more handy tips that could save the average family around £720 a year. Love Food, Hate Waste.

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Be kind appeal from health staff

Doctors have appealed to Salford residents to be kind and patient as the NHS battles to recover after the pandemic.

Every area of the NHS is under pressure and GPs say there is an increasing problem of aggression, abuse, anti-social behaviour and violence directed against staff.

GP Misty Ghangrekar

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GP Misty Ghangrekar said GPs and hospitals had worked incredibly hard to meet people’s needs during the pandemic and asked people to stop and think before taking out any frustrations on staff.

“I realise it’s frustrating if you can’t get an appointment straight away, but GPs literally can’t do any more at the moment,” she said.

“We’re all working much longer hours to make GP practice days run smoothly, so what we’re asking for is just some patience and kindness from patients.

“I know it isn’t easy and people become abusive because they are struggling, but the abuse does have an impact on our mental health as human beings. We need to all work together and be kinder to each other to enable recovery from the pandemic.

“All healthcare practices in Salford fully support the NHS policy of zero tolerance to make sure doctors and all other staff have a right to care for others without fear of abuse.”

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Be prepared to stay safe and healthy this winter It’s more important than ever we all stay well this winter.

The NHS is under extreme pressure, not just with COVID-19, but with increasing patient needs and limited capacity. It’s all putting the greatest pressure on the NHS in a generation. On top of this, frontline NHS staff are receiving abuse daily while they try to provide care. Please be patient and kind to one another.

Plan ahead Stay safe and healthy by planning ahead. Prepare your home, medicine cabinet and know how to get help or advice. Check on older adults and vulnerable neighbours, family and friends.

If you’re prepared for the hazards of winter, you’re more likely to stay safe and healthy when temperatures start to fall.

Get advice if you feel unwell It’s important to know where to get help or advice if you are unwell. The sooner you get advice, the sooner you are likely to get better.

The NHS website has lots of self-care tips www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/keep-warm-keep-well/ Check your medicine cabinet is ready for winter. Remember most common winter ailments, such as a cold, sore throat, cough, sinusitis or earache, can’t be treated with antibiotics.

A pharmacy – your local pharmacist can give treatment and advice for a range of minor illnesses and tell you if you need to see a doctor. Make sure you get regular prescriptions in before the Christmas holidays and check pharmacy opening times over Christmas and bank holidays at www.salfordccg.nhs.uk/live-well/find-pharmacist Your GP (doctor) – you may be able to speak to a GP online or over the phone, or go in for an appointment if they need to see you in person.

NHS 111 – Go to 111.nhs.uk or call 111 if you have an urgent medical problem and you’re not sure what to do. They can also get you an appointment at the emergency department at Salford Royal hospital if necessary. In case of emergency dial 999.

Salford Royal’s accident and emergency department (A&E) is for lifethreatening emergencies, such as severe chest pain or injuries, broken bones, breathing difficulties and bleeding that won’t stop.

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Get the flu jab if you are eligible If your GP offers you a free flu jab please make sure you take it. Flu can make you seriously ill and even land you in hospital. Don’t risk fighting flu and COVID-19 this winter. Find out more about the flu vaccine by visiting www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/flu-influenza-vaccine/ You can also get a flu vaccine from pharmacists www.salfordccg.nhs.uk/live-well/flu-vaccine/pharmacies-offering-flu-vaccination

Keeping your home warm You will probably be spending more time at home in winter than other seasons. Take these steps to keep your home safe and warm • heat your home to at least 18C (65F) and keep the heating on all night if you can. Keep your windows closed • use a hot water bottle or electric blanket to keep warm in bed – but do not use both at the same time • have at least one hot meal a day. Eating regularly helps keep you warm as do regular hot drinks • draw your curtains at dusk and keep internal doors closed to block out draughts • wear several layers of light clothes. They trap warm air better than one bulky layer.

• see Warm Salford (page 21) for advice on insulating your home and saving money

Check on elderly and vulnerable neighbours and relatives Be a good neighbour and check to make sure they are safe, well and warm.

Make sure they have enough food and medicines so they do not need to go out during very cold weather.

Stay safe and warm when going outside in winter: •

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wear appropriate outdoor clothing: wear a tightly woven, preferably wind-resistant coat or jacket; inner layers of light, warm clothing, mittens, hats, scarves and waterproof boots avoid travelling when the Met Office issues a weather warning. If you must travel, tell a friend or relative of your proposed route and expected time of arrival

Look after your mental health You might feel the need to sleep longer, notice a change in your appetite, or find things you normally do, like going to the gym or socialising with friends, are a struggle.

If you’re feeling stressed, anxious or depressed, reach out for help. Chat to a friend or family member, visit a support website or call a help line.

The NHS Every Mind Matters has lots of tips for all ages www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/ For Salford support please visit hub.gmhsc.org.uk/mental-health/in-your-area/salford/ or www.partnersinsalford.org/emotionalhealthservices You can call Greater Manchester Mental Health on 0800 953 0285 at any time or the Samaritans on 116123 or visit www.samaritans.org or if you or someone you know may be at risk of suicide please visit www.shiningalightonsuicide.org.uk for help and support.

Kooth offers online support for young people aged 11 to 24 up to 10 pm every day. Visit www.kooth.com

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Keep active this winter Staying active and eating healthily will boost your mental and physical health and help you fight off winter bugs. Being outside as much as possible will lift your mood and keep you moving and there are plenty of ways to enjoy winter in Salford.

Visit Salford www.visitsalford.info has lots of ideas for exploring the city along with lists of events for all the family.

Don’t forget COVID-19 is still with us. Please keep washing your hands, use a face covering indoors and make sure you’re fully vaccinated.

See a show

If you’re a Salford resident, you can get discounted tickets through the Our Lowry scheme and sometimes tickets cost just £10. Offers are sent by email. To sign up email our@thelowry.com with your name, address, postcode and mobile phone number or visit thelowry.com/our-lowry

Get outdoors

Did you know Salford has more than 60 parks and green open spaces? Why not make the most of sunny days or wrap up warmly and go exploring? Visit www.salford.gov.uk/parks for details.

Visit a park or an area of the city you’ve never been to before and pretend you’re a tourist.

Go bird spotting at Kersal Wetlands, Blackleach Country Park or Clifton Country Park or see what creatures and insects live in your local park Visit the Gruffalo at Clifton Country Park – he’s part of a sculpture trail of friendly creatures. Or visit the sculpture trails in Worsley Woods or Buile Hill Park.

Get in free (Salford residents) on Tuesdays to the RHS Garden Bridgewater and wander through the gardens, woodlands and around the lake. There’s a children’s woodland playground with fairy houses too and you can take a winter picnic or grab a warm drink in the café on site. Pre-booking required. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/bridgewater Take a bike ride along our 29 kilometres of traffic free looplines across the city. It’s hard to imagine they used to be busy railway lines. Now they’re ideal for cycling, walking and spotting wildlife. The network links Worsley Woods, the Bridgewater Canal and Blackleach Country Park and runs through Little Hulton, Walkden, Worsley, Monton and Eccles.

Visit www.salford.gov.uk/looplines for details.

Take a walk around Salford Quays and then warm up in one of the cafes, restaurants, shops or The Lowry – home to the world’s largest collection of L.S. Lowry paintings.

Exercise, exercise

If you're at home a lot try not to sit still for more than an hour at a time to keep mobile.

Regular exercise helps control your weight and boost your immune system. Check out Salford Community Leisure’s range of classes, swimming and gym sessions. See page 28.

Belly dancing anyone? The NHS has an online Fitness Studio with a range of 10 to 45 minute exercises at www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-fitness-studio or Age UK has a range of gentle exercises as well as lots of tips on staying well.

Visit www.ageuk.org.uk for details.

Eat healthily

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables will keep your immune system strong over winter and make you feel better. Frozen vegetables are just as good as fresh and mean you can use just what you need or try something new.

The NHS Live Well programme has lots of ideas for healthy eating as well as tips for staying well over winter. www.nhs.uk/live-well/ Pregnant women and people with children under four can get help to buy milk, infant formula, fruit, vegetables and pulses.

The Healthy Start scheme provides vouchers or payments every four weeks, subject to eligibility. To qualify you must be in receipt of certain benefits unless you are under 18 and pregnant. The scheme also offers free healthy start vitamins.

Ask your midwife or health visitor or call the Healthy Start helpline on 0345 607 6823 or visit www.healthystart.nhs.uk Help is also available from Citizens Advice Salford by calling 0808 27 87 802 or at www.salfordcab.org.uk

Improve your health

Salford City Council’s Health Improvement Service’s Weigh Ahead groups (or Red Pepper for children and their families) help with weight loss while their personalised stop smoking support includes online or phone one to one support and free nicotine replacement patches, gum or sprays.

Free 20 minute health checks are also available for anyone 18 plus who lives, works or has a GP in Salford. Checks are available as below. Please book your slot.

• Monday 1pm to 6pm, Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BP • Wednesday 1pm to 6pm, Walkden Gateway, 2 Smith Street, Walkden, M28 3EZ • Thursday 9am to 1pm, Pendleton Gateway, 1 Broadwalk, Pendleton, M6 5FX • Friday 9am to 1pm, Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0TU The service also runs walking groups, supervised bike rides, sleep support classes, outdoor gym sessions and a range of social activities such as sewing and knitting.

Visit www.salfordgov.uk/healthconnect for more details and to book a health check or call 0800 952 1000.

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Keeping Salford warm and safe Cooler days and nights are coming but you can stay warm and safe with advice from Salford City Council’s Warm Salford scheme.

Don’t forget gas appliances should be checked every year by a Gas Safe registered engineer. See Warm Salford for details or call Helping Hands on 0161 793 9419.

Visit www.salford.gov.uk/warmsalford or call The Local Energy Advice Partnership (LEAP) on 0800 060 7567 and let a qualified energy advisor help. They can: • Help you get a smart meter which tells you how much energy you’re using.

• Install free draught-proofing and other energy saving measures, which can save the average household £30 on their energy bills.

• Give you up-to-date energy efficiency hints and tips and make sure your heating system is set up to keep you warm and save money.

• Arrange a free telephone advice service to check you’re getting all the benefits you’re entitled to or help you with debt or other money problems.

• Refer you for more energy efficiency improvements, such as loft insulation or a new boiler.

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Shop local this Christmas Support Salford’s high streets this Christmas to say thanks for being there during the pandemic.

That’s the call from Salford City Council which is launching a new campaign called Home is on your high street to help high street businesses recover from the pandemic, protect jobs and keep money in Salford’s economy.

The campaign has been made possible with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the Welcome Back Fund. The council is using the money to draw attention to what Salford’s high streets have to offer and encourage people to support local businesses.

Councillor David Lancaster, lead member for environments, neighbourhoods and community safety, said: “Our high streets offer fantastic choice to residents and visitors and by shopping with a local business you know you’re supporting Salford."

Get involved Business owner: contact info@visitsalford.info to share your stories, help us showcase our high street offer and tell us how to support your area.

Shoppers: if you love your local high street tell everyone why on social media hashtag #SalfordHighStreets. www.visitsalford.info/highstreet

Free parking for Christmas Salford City Council is supporting local shops with free Christmas parking.

Shoppers can use seven pay and display car parks in Eccles, Monton, Pendleton and Swinton for free on Saturday December 4, Saturday December 11 and Saturday December 18.

The car parks included are: Partington Street, Monton Irwell Place, Eccles John William Street, Eccles Hankinson Way, Salford Eccles Precinct

Church Street, Swinton

St Mary’s Road, Eccles Notices will be posted on site at these car parks. All other conditions for use, such as parking within properly marked bays and displaying a Blue Badge if you have one, still apply.

Spirit of Salford wins national award Salford City Council has won a top national award for the Spirit of Salford helpline.

Launched within 72 hours of lockdown beginning, the virtual call centre helped more than 40,000 residents affected by COVID-19, many of whom had no family or friends to call on.

City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “Many different council teams and partner organisations pulled together to make it happen. It is fantastic to receive national recognition, particularly as part of this depended on the public vote.”

The Pandemic Digital Innovation of the Year award was presented by Digital Leaders 100 which run the UK’s most prestigious digital leadership awards.

The Spirit of Salford Helpline 0800 952 1000 is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm.

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Salford News

Mentoring and more for young people Seven organisations have been given funding to help reduce violence and hate crime, improve community cohesion and provide opportunities for young people in Ordsall and Weaste.

Odd Arts, Swinton Lions Rugby League Football Club, Oasis Community Hub: Media City UK and Stay Safe Manchester will provide activities which promote respect for the community, challenge hate crime and discrimination and improve community cohesion.

Salford Foundation, Oasis Community Hub: Media City UK, Foundation 92, Manchester United Foundation and Salford Community Leisure will provide mentoring programmes and positive role models for young people and families at risk of serious youth violence and criminal exploitation. They will also provide activities for 10 to 14-year-olds and over 14s, raise aspirations and support 16-to 25-year-olds into employment and training.

In addition, four schools, Salford City Academy, Irlam and Cadishead Academy, The Albion Academy and Buile Hill Academy are taking part in The Social Switch Project which trains professionals and older students to help Year 7 pupils and their families avoid risks on the internet. Learning from the project will be shared across Greater Manchester.

The funding comes from Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit which brings together Greater Manchester Police, National Probation Service, local councils and professionals from health, education and youth justice to address the underlying causes of violence and work with communities to prevent it.

For more information about the VRU visit https://gmvru.co.uk/

Support for residents this winter Salford City Council has gained £2.7 million in government funding to support households struggling to cover food, energy and water bills and other essentials this winter.

Salford City Council’s Salford Assist team will distribute the money with a one-off payment to those in most need, subject to eligibility criteria.

Residents do not need to be in receipt of benefits and all applications will be considered. The household support fund will be available until 31 March 2022 To learn more and apply visit www.salford.gov.uk/hsf If you need help with your application please visit Eccles, Pendleton, Swinton or Walkden Gateway Centres or Broughton Hub.

Scheme to support renters in Eccles Salford City Council is asking for views on a selective licensing scheme in parts of Eccles, Barton and Winton.

If introduced, all private landlords who rent out a property in the area to a household would need to have a licence and abide by rules set by the council. The council could take legal action if they fail to do so.

The consultation runs until 8 February, 2022. To give your views please visit: www.salford.gov.uk/selectivelicensingconsultation

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Crowdfund Salford helps community hub dream Plans for a new community hub in Peel Park, Little Hulton have taken another step forward.

Local charity CommUNITY Little Hulton used Crowdfund Salford to raise £20,000 towards their ambition of leasing and extending Peel Park Pavilion.

They aim to bring all their services under one roof, give young people experience in construction by building part of the new hub and provide a cafe, community space, classroom and youth centre.

Alison Jones at Peel Park Pavilion.

“We can apply for a government grant but need match funding so we turned to Salford Crowdfunder,” said Alison Jones of CommUNITY Little Hulton.

“Over 130 people contributed and Salford City Council matched that with £6,385 through Crowdfunder and another £3,615 from their devolved budget grant to help us hit our target.”

The charity, which grew from Big Local, provides a range of community support including a food club, social groups and the Youth Unity youth club. Local volunteers play a key part.

Crowdfund Salford enables people, organisations and community groups to test local support for their initiative by raising money to win match funding of up to £10,000 from City Mayor Paul Dennett. Projects must benefit Salford and support one of the council’s Great Eight priorities to create a fairer, greener and healthier Salford.

Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/salford or www.salford.gov.uk/communityfunds for more information.

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Help keep vulnerable people safe Line of Duty fans will remember how Terry Boyle, a man with Down’s Syndrome, was exploited by a gang. They took over his home and used it as their base for their criminal activities.

Sadly, it happens in real life. It’s called cuckooing – after cuckoos which take over other birds’ nests – and Salford needs your help to stamp it out.

Gangs and criminals often choose the most vulnerable- people with learning or physical disabilities, mental health issues, lonely people and those with drug or alcohol addictions. They pretend to be friends but it’s all about exploitation, taking control of their home to use, sell and or package drugs, store weapons and conduct other criminal activity.

If you know someone vulnerable and see more people coming and going from their home, particularly at odd hours, more cars or bikes outside and you haven’t seen the person who lives there recently or when you do they look anxious, they could be a victim of cuckooing.

Trust your instincts. If it doesn’t feel right talk to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or go online at https://crimestoppers-uk.org. It’s completely confidential; your information cannot be traced back to you.

But it could help someone break free of exploitation.

Council services at Christmas Salford City Council services will be closed on Christmas Day Saturday 25 December, Boxing Day Sunday 26 December and New Year’s Day Saturday 1 January. In emergency call our out of hours team on 0161 794 8888.

If you need emergency help for basic needs, such as baby items, fuel, food or essential furniture. Salford Assist may be able to help. It will be open Christmas Eve (Friday 24 December 2021) until 2pm, and between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 29 December, Thursday 30 December and Friday 31 December. You can call the service free on 0800 6943695 or visit www.salford.gov.uk/salfordassist Christmas recycling and waste collections

Emergency housing

Don’t forget to recycle your wrapping paper, tinfoil, bottles, cans and left-over food. www.salford.gov.uk/recycling

If you need emergency accommodation, please contact Salford City Council’s out of hours team on 0161 794 8888.

Bins will be collected as normal throughout the festive period including the bank holidays on Monday 27 December, Tuesday 28 December and Monday 3 January.

To report someone sleeping rough you can use StreetLink www.streetlink.org.uk or email supportten@salford.gov.uk or roughsleeperteam@salford.gov.uk

Recyle your tree You can recycle your real Christmas tree in your pink lidded bin if you chop it into pieces. Please make sure the pieces are no thicker than your wrist and that the lid of the bin is fully closed.

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Reporting hate crime in Salford No one deserves to experience hate or abuse because of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or identity.

Salford City Council Eccles, Pendleton, Swinton, Walkden Gateway and Broughton Hub offer a wide range of services, including being hate crime reporting centres.

Your enquiry will be dealt with confidentially and can be discussed in a private room. Staff will help you report the incident and offer language or computer support if needed. Contact them on 0800 952 1000 or call in: If you’ve been a victim of hate crime or seen it happen to someone else, please report it. You can get support and your information could stop it happening to someone else.

There are lots of ways to report hate crime.

Contact the police In an emergency always ring 999. If it’s not an emergency, you can use Live Chat on Greater Manchester Police’s website www.gmp.police.uk or call the non emergency line on 101.

Contact Crimestoppers You can report any crime anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit their website at https://crimestoppers-uk.org/

ForHousing ForHousing is passionate about making a difference and working together to build vibrant and safe communities.

Tenants can report hate crime online www.forhousing.co.uk/asb/hate-crime-behaviour and appropriate action will be taken against tenants, members of their household or their visitors if necessary, for not complying with the conditions of their tenancy agreement.

Pendleton Together Housing Tenants who have experienced hate crime can contact Nike Awodiji, the Anti-Social Behaviour and Intervention Officer or their neighbourhood officer on 0300 555 5565.

They will offer support and guidance and, if a neighbour is involved, may look at tenancy enforcement action against the offender.

Broughton Hub 50 Rigby Street Salford M7 4BQ

Eccles Gateway 28 Barton Lane Eccles Salford M30 0TU

Pendleton Gateway 1 Broadwalk Pendleton Salford M6 5FX

Swinton Gateway 100 Chorley Road Swinton M27 6BP

Walkden Gateway 2 Smith Street Walkden Salford M28 3EZ

Greater Manchester Victims' Services Greater Manchester Victims’ Services helps anyone affected by any type of crime and phone support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An interpreter service is available.

Call 0161 200 1950 (9am to 7pm) or 0808 168 9111 (24/7) or email greater.manchester@victimsupport.org.uk or visit their website www.gmvictims.org.uk There’s more information about organisations which can support you and ways to report hate crime on Salford City Council’s website. Please visit www.salford.gov.uk/hatecrime for details. There’s no place for hate in Salford.

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Salford’s on board The City of Salford version of Monopoly is now on sale – putting our city on the global games map alongside Dubai and Sydney.

Local people were invited to suggest landmarks for the 30 squares and among those chosen by the game creators are historic Ordsall Hall, The Lowry, Salford Cathedral, Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the ultramodern MediaCity.

Salford Football Club and Salford Red Devils, Salford Lads Club, Salford Loaves and Fishes and mental health charity Start have also been added.

City Mayor Paul Dennett said the game creators were spoilt for choice.

“The game spans our long and proud history but also recognises people are the real heart of Salford by including local charities and two of our great sports teams.” he added.

Win your own game We’ve got five copies of the MONOPOLY: Salford Edition official game to give away.

If you’d like to enter this free prize draw send your name, address and contact details to LettersinLife@salford.gov.uk by 4pm on Wednesday 15 December.

Winners will be chosen at random and notified by Friday 17 December.

Games are on sale at toy and bookstores across Greater Manchester including Asda, Ryman, Selfridges, Waterstones, The Works and WH Smith, as well as online.

New era for local NHS services and the Northern Care Alliance Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have become a single NHS Trust known as the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

The NCA has operated as a “group” of four care organisations (Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, and Salford) since 2017 and is now a single, integrated entity. The NCA will now be known only as the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, although it will keep the names and identities of its four care organisations and hospital sites, including Salford Royal, to ensure that legacy is not lost.

Over the past five years, Salford Royal and Pennine Acute Trusts have successfully worked together, sharing best practice, innovation and ways of working more efficiently, building the foundations to enable the NCA to deliver great care and experience for patients and service users.

This is a significant milestone in the NCA journey to provide uniformly outstanding care across its four hospitals and community healthcare and social care services, serving a large and diverse area of over 1 million people, and to have a strong voice in the emerging Integrated Care System (ICS) in Greater Manchester.

The creation of a single NHS Trust will enable the NCA and its 20,000 strong workforce to drive forward plans to work with local healthcare partners to further integrate systems, improving efficiency and quality of care.

Find out more about the NCA: Go to www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk Find us on Facebook: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Or Twitter: @NCAlliance_NHS

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Poet Tony Walsh marks launch of housing development with new poem Manchester poet Tony Walsh has penned a new poem to honour the spirit of Salford and commemorate a new era of housing and regeneration in the city.

The critically acclaimed wordsmith, also known as Longfella, has teamed up with developer Step Places and housing association Salix Homes to write a poem to celebrate their new Neighbourhood development in Seedley South.

He performed his new poem Salford Keys at the official launch of the 157-home development, having previously worked in the Seedley and Langworthy area as a community regeneration manager.

Tony said: “I have an association with Salford going back 40-years and know every back alley of this area in particular.

Having worked on the regeneration project 15 years ago, it’s great to see what was planned back then finally come to fruition and the new Neighbourhood development will be central to the regeneration of the area.

“The poem is inspired by Salford’s ambition, drive and spirit.

What struck me is the location of Neighbourhood on top of the hill looking down at MediaCity and what was the docks.

"Salford had one of the biggest ports in the Commonwealth, yet is 30 miles inland, so if that doesn’t speak about the city’s spirit then I don’t know what does.

“For me, the best thing about Salford is its people – the humour, the language and that Salford pride. It’s a city with its own distinct and proud identity.”

Neighbourhood is a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes and one and two-bedroom apartments to be built on two brownfield sites off Kara Street and Liverpool Street.

The eco-friendly development comprises social housing, homes for affordable rent and properties for shared ownership and outright sale.

Sue Sutton, Chief Executive at Salix Homes, said: “It’s been a real honour to work alongside Tony Walsh who has such a strong connection to the area and, having grown up in social housing himself, values the importance of high quality, affordable housing as much as we do.

"His new poem perfectly captures that famous Salford spirit and strength of community, which we’re aiming to re-create at Neighbourhood.”

An extract from Tony Walsh’s poem Salford Keys reads:

So when the world moved on, the docks were gone, this city built a plan.

Building this and this and this, now this. “We’re Salford and we can!”

Construction is now underway and is expected to be complete in summer 2023.

Find out more about Neighbourhood and register your interest at www.neighbourhoodsalford.com

Pictured from left: Poet Tony Walsh, Sue Sutton, chief executive at Salix Homes, Harinder Dhaliwal, managing director at Step Places and Jim Battle, chair of the Board at Salix Homes.

Poet Tony Walsh performs his new poem Salford Keys at the launch of the Neighbourhood development.

Tony Walsh stands in front of the Neighbourhood development hoardings which are emblazoned with his new poem Salford Keys.

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Festive season 2021 at Buile Hill Park Hall Wednesday 8 December 2021 - 12pm to 4pm Festive three-course lunch followed by entertainment with the talented vocalist Mark Valentine. £21 per head

Friday 17 December 2021 - 7pm to 1am Christmas party night with a three-course choice menu and disco. £35 per head

Friday 10 December 2021 - 7pm to 1am Christmas party night with a three-course choice menu and disco. £35 per head

Saturday 18 December 2021 - 7pm to 1am Christmas party night with a three-course dinner.

Followed by The Boyband Reunion tribute act and disco. £40 per head

Saturday 11 December 2021 - 7pm to 1am Christmas party night with a three-course choice menu and disco. £35 per head

Friday 31 December 2021 - 7pm to 1am Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a four-course choice menu and disco. £50 per head

To book or for more information please email venuesinsalford@salford.gov.uk or telephone: 0161 793 3670 Visit our website at www.venuesinsalford.co.uk/festive-season Buile Hill Park Hall, Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8GL

Lordy Park facelift Work to revamp the children’s play area at Cadishead’s popular Lordy Park is now complete.

New play equipment, including a wheelchair accessible roundabout and swings for children with disabilities or parents and toddlers has been installed. A new adventure trail with a climbing net, wobble board, trapeze walk and log steps has also been installed.

A new, safer rubber surface has been placed underneath the equipment and the play area fenced off and a new path installed to make access easier for people using wheelchairs or with pushchairs.

Salford City Council worked with the Friends of Lordy Park to draw up plans and make the park more accessible for younger children and children with disabilities.

Councillor David Lancaster, lead member for environment and community safety, said: “I’m sure the new equipment will make the park even more popular.”

Craig Havern, chair of Friends of Lordy Park, said: “I’m delighted with the work and the new equipment which caters for children from very young to early teens and for children with disabilities. I’m very grateful to our committee and all those who have worked on the ground to get us to this point. They have done a fantastic job.”

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Salford in short

Help and support

Vera’s best foot forward

Butterflies offers support to parents or carers for people with learning disability or additional needs who have lost that role due to bereavement.

Vera Green, 97, raised over £6,000 for domestic abuse survivors by walking 100 metres for 100 days.

She walked for 97 days to match her age and an extra three days to honour Captain Tom Moore. The money goes to the Salford Survivors Project, a volunteer run charity which helps men and women affected by domestic abuse.

Contact Salford Survivors on 0161 706 0468 10am to 10pm everyday or visit thesurvivorproject.co.uk or see www.salford.gov.uk/domesticabuse

Newwedding venue Wharton and Cleggs Lane Church and Community Centre, Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Salford, has been registered for marriages under the Marriage Act 1949.

The new church replaces the former building of that name.

For details of all wedding venues in Salford please see www.salford.gov.uk/wedding

They can offer support by telephone, email or Zoom sessions and link you with others who have had a similar experience. Please call Clare on 0749 4556149 or email butterflies0695@outlook.com

Worsley Delph wins top national award Worsley Delph’s transformation has won a top national award.

The birthplace of the Bridgewater Canal in 1761 was transformed as part of a £5.5 million regeneration of the Salford stretch of the Bridgewater Canal, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Salford City Council, Bridgewater Canal Company and other partners.

Rochdale-based contractor Casey, which transformed the Delph for Salford City Council won a British Association of Landscape Industries’ National Landscape Award.

Be a leader Say it with a bench Greater Manchester Police is recruiting volunteer police cadet leaders.

Do you have experience in delivering presentations? Are you a good communicator? Have you previously worked with young people? If interested please get in touch by emailing VolunteerPoliceCadets@gmp.police.uk

Winton Flower Club has donated a new bench for the gardens at Age UK Salford’s Critchley Community Hub on Chorley Road, Swinton.

Sue Fletcher, Assistant Chief Executive, Age UK Salford, said: “The bench is a lovely addition to the garden, and we thank the ladies of Winton Flower Club for their generous donation. We are in no doubt the bench will be well used and enjoyed by many people in years to come.”

Winton Flower Club started over 50 years ago and is a Winton Flower Club committee chair Gloria member of the National Egan cutting a ribbon to ‘open’ the bench.

Association of Flower Image courtesy of Paul Sherlock Arrangement Societies

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Free training for high tech careers Coding, data analytics, software engineering – if you’re looking for a career in the industries of the future, you can get free training at HOST (Home of Skills and Technology) Salford at MediaCity.

HOST is Salford’s hub for both high tech, innovative businesses and training to help people break into the digital world or further develop their skills. HOST is a Salford City Council facility operated by IN4 Group.

Skills City runs six skills bootcamps, offering 450 people the chance to gain qualifications recognised by both employers and industry.

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All breaks are based on bed, breakfast and evening meal Short breaks from £115 Turkey and Tinsel seven nights £320 per person any week starting from Monday 29 November Christmas and New Year nine night special £635 per person includes dinner, bed and breakfast, live entertainment, fireworks and bubbly.

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They include 3D immersive technology, cloud engineering, cyber security, data analytics and software engineering. They are also fully funded by the Department for Education for eligible applicants.

Each bootcamp is delivered virtually and is in partnership with industry leading companies such as Amazon Web Services, Raytheon Professional Services, The Unity Centre of Excellence and Niyo Enterprises.

Places are limited so don’t delay in applying.

To find out more about Skills City and the range of programmes and support at HOST email Danielle.brown@hostsalford.com for more information.

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As part of our Love Your Neighbourhood initiative, the fund will be split across our neighbourhoods and local youth projects in the area.

The fund can be used for projects that will boost community spirit, improve the environment, reduce isolation and promote health and wellbeing.

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