Bin collection dates and Christmas opening hours

There are some changes to the opening hours for Adult Health Social Care over the festive period. Please refer to the table below for the revised timings.

You can contact the team for support during this time on 0161 206 0604, or if you are hard of hearing/Deaf please text 07970 134894, or you can email salford.socialservices@nca.nhs.uk or visit Northern Care Alliance website for more information.

Please check the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership website for details about how people can access primary care services and for pharmacy opening times over the Christmas and new year period.

The Register Office will be closed from 4pm on Wednesday 24 December 2025.

We will be offering a limited service for death registrations only on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December 2025.

To make an appointment to register a death, please call 0161 793 2500.

For any other urgent matters only please email registeroffice@salford.gov.uk. For any non-urgent enquiries, these will be dealt with from Friday 2 January 2026.

The Supported Tenancies Service will be closed from 4.30pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and will reopen at 8.30am, on Thursday 2 January 2025.

If you require any emergency assistance during this period you can contact the service on the out of hours mobile number: 07591 349100, this phone will be on between 10am and 2pm on the following dates: 26 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.

You can text or leave a message and it will be picked up the following working day. You may not get an immediate response if it is not an emergency. Some messages will be dealt with when the service is back on the Thursday 2 January 2025, when normal business resumes.

If you have an issue with the property you are staying in, please contact the provider, if you have any other issue with your placement please call the number above between the times stated, or outside of these times you can call Salford City Council’s Out of Hours emergency line on 0161 794 8888.

If you're struggling with your mental health - feeling low, anxious, stressed or overwhelmed, or worried about someone else visit the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership website for useful suggestions and resources to support you.

If you need mental health advice and support urgently, call the freephone 24/7 crisis helpline on NHS 111.

Suicidal thoughts are far more common than people realise and can happen for lots of different reasons. With the right help and support, your feelings will change and you can overcome your suicidal thoughts. You can call the Samaritans to talk about anything that's bothering you on 116 123. They will listen without judging or pressure to help you work through it. The Shining a light on suicide website also has a lot of information on specialist organisations who can help.

In emergency always call 999.