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Category: Salford News

GMFRS youth worker educates Swinton High School pupils

A GMFRS youth worker, who is part of the Salford Integrated Prevention Hub (SIPH), has successfully delivered an education programme to pupils at a Salford high school....

Fair pay or contract change: Do care workers really get a Living Wage?

Local MP Barbara Keeley is raising concerns about the way the government’s so-called ‘living wage’ is being handled for care workers. The MP for...

From ‘crafternoon tea’ to Giant Jenga – do you need funds for Salford Youth Day 2016?

Community groups planning events for Youth Day 2016 have been given more time to bid for funding. Salford City Council has limited funds to help youth and community...

Swinton dad, 52, donates corneas for St Ann’s Hospice

As a keen donor Andy Seymour was glad that his parting gift was to leave a legacy to help others. The father-of-three from Swinton donated his corneas, a transplant...

Eccles housing group presents £22k cheque to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

ForViva, a housing group based in Eccles has raised a staggering £22,000 for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity. The company selected to support Royal...

Mustard Tree in Eccles and Little Hulton desperately need food supplies

A homelessness charity seeing record numbers of people using its food bank is calling for tinned food donations for their shops in Little Hulton and Eccles. Mustard Tree...

Salford’s RSPCA Animal Hospital chief wins Charity Professional of the Year award

A charity worker from Manchester has won Ceva’s national Charity Professional of the Year Animal Welfare Award, which recognises the highly valuable work of...

Cash dump in Salford assets: Pension fund giant plus L&G fund 135-flat New Bailey tower

A joint venture between a Dutch pension fund and the investment arm of insurance firm Legal and General will forward fund 135 new homes in the New Bailey area of...

Little Hulton switches back to Netto after shock Morrisons closures

Scandanavian discount supermarket Netto is to open in a former Morrisons in Little Hulton next week. The move has brought 20 new jobs to the local area. Five years ago...

Legal aid cuts so bad that Salford law students to offer free help in benefits cases

Salford University law students will offer free legal help to vulnerable people hit by benefits sanctions in a bid to overcome drastic and devastating cuts to legal aid....