Social media: what does it mean?
Social media is a new way to communicate and share information amongst friends, family, and colleagues online, as well as meeting people with similar interests. Social media sites are being used regularly by millions of people worldwide.
Salford City Council uses the social networking sites and profiles listed on this page. If you have any questions, ideas, or you would like to see a service of ours represented on social media, contact webmaster@salford.gov.uk.
Facebook is a social networking website that allows users to join networks organised by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profile to notify friends about themselves.
Salford City Council on Facebook - Keep up with all things Salford!
Older people in Salford - For and about older people in Salford.
Salford Mental Health Views - Supporting carers and people using mental health services.
Salford Learning Difficulties Info - Supporting carers and people with learning difficulties.
Dogs in Salford - Report lost dogs and fouling, share stories, and get advice on pet care and microchipping.
Eccles community - For people who live and work in Eccles.
Little Hulton and Walkden - For people who live and work in Little Hulton and Walkden.
Salford Ranger Team - Discover Salford's wildlife, habitats and urban critters.
Salford Museum and Art Gallery - For updates, photos and exhibition news.
Ordsall Hall - Discuss the hall's restoration, its famous GhostCams, and a whole lot more!
Visit Salford - Make sure you don't miss out on all that's going on in Salford.
Salford Watersports Centre - Keep up with all the latest action and activities.
Salford Active Lifestyles - Active lifestyle ideas for everyone.
GR8 2 16 - Activities for young people in Salford.
SAYO and SPARKY - For children and young people aged 4 to 17 in Ordsall, Langworthy and Pendleton.
SCL Dance - From streetdance to tap, the dance team have it all!
WUU2 - (What you up to?) Salford’s youth service.
SCL Gymnastics - Receive regular updates and info from SCL Gymnastics across the city.
JP League fan page - Five-a-side and seven-a-side football fun.
Flickr
Flickr is a powerful social networking site that uses photos to link people together.
Salford on Flickr - Browse Salford's photostream and add your favourite photos of Salford to our group.
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. People access Twitter updates either through the Twitter website or a wide variety of programs created specifically to view and respond to tweets.
@SalfordCouncil - Latest news, jobs and events from Salford City Council.
@DogsinSalford - Find and reunite lost dogs, get advice, and report fouling.
@SalfordWildlife - Discover Salford's wildlife, habitats and urban critters.
@SalfordWebTeam - Discuss open data, apps, and website improvements.
@VisitSalford - For Salford's heritage, arts, culture, music, countryside and waterways, food and drink.
@wuu2Salford - For young people in Salford.
@SalfordMHviews - Supporting carers and people using mental health services.
Councillors who tweet - Our Twitter list of Salford councillors.
@HealthySalford - Working to create a healthy, happy Salford!
@TheOrdsallGhost - Tweets from the White Lady who haunts Ordsall Hall.
@MAPAS1 - Tweets from the Salford Music and Performing Arts Service (MAPAS).
YouTube
YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view, share and comment on video clips.
Salford on YouTube - A wide range of video clips from Salford City Council.
Find out more
Watch a video about this, Social Networking in Plain English.
This page was last updated on 25 January 2012
