Tag: COVID-19

Phil Leonard outside Daylight Grips/Textiles. Image credit: GMP

Salford factory switches production to make thousands of face masks for local care homes

A Salford textiles factory has begun producing face masks and distributing them to local care homes for free. Daylight Grip […]

Salford student fighting Covid-19 on frontline to be tested for virus

Salford student fighting Covid-19 on frontline to be tested for virus

Earlier this month Salford Now featured the first audio diaries of a student on the front line fighting Coronavirus. Ellie […]

St Bernards Avenue have raised almost £500 for the NHS.

“We wanted to pay back the nurses” Salford residents raising money for the NHS… by playing bingo

Neighbours on a street in Pendleton have been keeping spirits high during lockdown by playing bingo in aid of front-line NHS staff.

Lisa with her Swinton Ladies teammates after a cup match win during the 2019/20 season.

“Putting their lives on the line to help” – Swinton Ladies captain applauds teammates assisting fight against Covid-19

Swinton Ladies FC Captain Lisa Hill has praised the “amazing” work done by her teammates on the frontline to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Image Credit: Rob Wilson

Eccles football club kids raise more than £1,000 for Salford Royal Hospital

Players from an Eccles football club have kick-started a Coronavirus fundraiser for Salford Royal staff by doing keepy uppies in […]

3-D printer. Credit: Chriss Kelly.

Dock 10 in Media City use 3D printer to make PPE for frontline workers

Creative and inspirational workers at Dock10 in MediaCityUK have reassigned their 3D printer to print PPE for frontline Covid-19 workers […]

Ambulances line up at Salford Royal ready to take people home. Image credit: Holly Pritchard

BREAKING: Salford on over 510 cases, every region’s new numbers released

Salford now has 514 confirmed cases of coronavirus, an increase of 11. The data was released today by the Department […]