Salford training centre to ‘transform lives’ of young people from unstable homes
A £2million training centre with in-house accommodation is to be created in Salford for young people with unstable living arrangements.
‘Mountain of gifts’: Greater Manchester’s homeless families given Xmas cheer
Families facing homelessness in Salford and Trafford will have some cheer this Christmas, after staff at Salix Homes housing association have collected a ‘mountain of gifts’.
A Taste of Honey for Salford with sweet tribute to playwright Shelagh Delaney
Salix Homes housing association, who now own the Duchy Road home where Delaney wrote her most famous play A Taste of Honey, are teaming up with Kersal Vale Beekeepers to produce commemorative honey pots for the second year running.
Do you know a Salford star? Housing provider Salix on hunt for young heroes
Salix Homes wants to honour youngsters who have selflessly made a positive difference within their community.
‘You could hear the boulders crashing through the trees’: Swinton trekker’s narrow escape from Nepal quake
A Swinton-based trekker has described the drama of her narrow escape from the Nepal earthquake, which has now claimed the lives of over 8,000 people.
Salford Council WRITE-OFF £860,000 of ‘irrecoverable’ debts… reclaiming just 1%
The ‘irrecoverable debts’ relating to council tax, business rates, benefit overpayments and tenant arrears were shelved in a low-key council meeting yesterday afternoon
Blazin’ squad: Salford children breathe new life into cannabis plant pots seized in major drugs bust
Greater Manchester Police retrieved 120 plant pots following a major drugs bust in Swinton, Salford, last month, and decided to put the pots to a better use