Report an issue or make a complaint about a council service

If you are telling us about something for the first time, please give us the opportunity to put things right before complaining by reporting the problem or by contacting us.

You may get an answer more quickly by using one of the following options.

What is the issue?

Drop in to see us

If you have tried reporting the problem and it has still not been resolved you can also drop into a Gateway Centre or the Broughton Hub to talk to us.

If you are still not satisfied you can make a complaint below.

Please tell us:

• if you feel you have been discriminated against or treated unfairly

• if you feel staff have been rude or impolite

• if you feel you've had to wait too long for a service

• if you feel the quality of the service hasn't been good enough

Can I get help?

You do not have to do this yourself; someone can do so on your behalf and be your representative or spokesperson. This person could be, for example, a relative, or friend, a member of staff or someone from a voluntary agency. The choice is yours.

Corporate complaints

We need to know what you think about our services so that we can improve them. You may have a concern or a complaint about a service or you may have a comment or compliment to make. We want to hear from you whatever you have to say.

Make a complaint

Alternatively you can make a comment or make a compliment.

Persistent and unreasonable complaints

We sometimes receive complaints or enquiries which can be deemed ‘persistent ’ or ‘unreasonable’. Some of these complaints can be costly to handle, or responding to them may be a disproportionate use of our staff’s time.

Deciding whether a complaint or enquiry falls within the persistent or unreasonable category requires us in each case to take into account the context and history of the complaint or enquiry. We will consider whether it is likely to cause unjustified distress, disruption to the service we offer or irritation. In particular, we will consider the following issues:

• Could the complaint or enquiry fairly be seen as obsessive?

• Is the complaint  or enquiry harassing or causing distress to staff?

• Does the complaint or enquiry appear to be designed to cause disruption or annoyance?

• Does the complaint or enquiry lack any serious purpose or value?

The concern we will address is whether a complaint or enquiry is persistent or unreasonable in terms of the effect of the request on us and not whether the applicant is personally persistent or unreasonable.

You can download below our policy on the management of unreasonable complaint behaviour.

Website complaints

If you have any comments or complaints about our website only, please email webmaster@salford.gov.uk.

Report spam emails

Please use our report spam abuse form to inform us of any spam emails that you've received from any council owned domains. 

This page was last updated on 4 March 2026