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People reading the zines provided in the exhibition. Credit: Mel Cionco

“It celebrates LGBT art and people who’ve been out of work for years” – Swinton art exhibition shows the hardships of pandemic in diverse communities

An art exhibition at Swinton Gateway provided the finale to LGBT History Month by highlighting the talent of marginalised communities […]

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“It poses just as many problems as it does solutions” – Independent Salford businesses react to Governments scrapping of self-isolation

Boris Johnson Covid-19 Presser by Number 10 licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0   Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘Live with Covid’ […]

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“The idea is to take young people off professional support and back down to universal services” – Engage Trafford programme offering support to young people

‘Engage Trafford’ is a programme by the Salford Foundation intended to provide intensive mentoring and group activity sessions for young […]

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“If these services go now lives will be lost” – Salford domestic abuse services join forces to protest against Salford Women’s Aid contract change

Union members and workers in Salford domestic abuse services came together to highlight the risk of harm to abuse victims […]

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Campaigners against cuts to Salford’s domestic abuse services to protest Wednesday morning

Protesters are lobbying Salford City Council tomorrow morning to protect Salford’s specialist domestic abuse services. Victims of domestic abuse in […]

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“I wanted to make a candle range that was not harmful to the environment” – Irlam ethical candle business on the rise

A woman from Irlam has created her own business by selling environmentally friendly candles. Hayley Kelly, a mum of two, […]