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There is something special happening in Salford

The city is changing and growing. A thriving mix of modern and historic, it is full of ambition, opportunity, and innovation – a place of natural beauty and diversity, with a proud cultural heritage.

It is no wonder Salford is one of the fastest growing places in the North of England. 

In recent years, Salford has continued its remarkable story of transformation. With more well-paid jobs, new affordable and social homes, thriving local schools, award-winning green spaces, iconic infrastructure, cleaner transport, more integrated health and care and a vibrant cultural scene, there is much we can celebrate as a city.

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Our vision and priorities

Although every day is different, we all come to work for the same thing, to achieve our vision of “building a fairer, greener, healthier and more inclusive Salford for all.”

Our Corporate Plan – This is our Salford, describes our priorities for the city over the next four years. Whatever role we have, we’re all here to make this vision a reality. It gives our people direction and a shared sense of purpose. Salford is a place for everyone to thrive – a place where everyone cares, and everyone counts.

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Good growth

There is little doubt that Salford has transformed in recent years. While it’s clear that Salford’s impressive growth has brought many benefits, with more highly skilled and higher paid jobs than ever before, there is still room for improvement. 

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A good home for all

Everyone in Salford deserves a decent and affordable place to call home. Salford has seen significant investment in a wide range of new homes to support the city’s growing population. While this housing boom is welcome, we know this is still a long way short of what is needed, and the city continues to have a large housing waiting list. 

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Tackling poverty and inequality

Salford is seen as a leader in placing poverty prevention and reduction at the heart of everything we do as a city. We’re immensely proud of all that we have achieved over the past few years to boost local household incomes and have continued to invest in essential services that directly support the most vulnerable. 

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Creating places where people want to live

Salford is a city that prides itself on its rich cultural heritage and vibrant towns and neighbourhoods – each with their own unique identity. It is home to beautiful award-winning green spaces, diverse communities, excellent transport links, and world-class cultural, creative and sporting facilities. 

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A child friendly city

All children and young people in Salford deserve to have the best start in life, and we are incredibly proud that the council’s services for children and families have been recognised by Ofsted for the significant improvements made in recent years

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Responding to climate change

Salford is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2038. The council is already doing many things to reduce its carbon footprint, including opening a solar farm, electrifying our vehicle fleet and hosting an e-scooter trial. Other initiatives across the city that are helping towards the carbon neutral target include Europe’s biggest living green wall on the Eden building, TfGM’s introduction of more electric buses and social housing providers building more low carbon homes.

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Healthy lives and quality care for all

We want everyone in Salford to live longer, healthier and happier lives. While good progress has been made in recent years, particularly with the integration of health and social care services ushering in a new era of joined-up care in the city, the fact remains that too many people in Salford aren't living as long as the most well off in society and spend longer living with ill-health. 

Our values and the Spirit of Salford

Spirit of Salford

Here at Salford, we are people-centred and values based. The Spirit of Salford is tangible with our values of pride, passion, people and personal responsibility capturing the spirit and expectations of the city and informing the way we operate. They influence our choices, behaviours and how we make decisions and change how we do things.

Living the values day in and day out creates a supportive environment that allows us ‘to be the best we can be’ and achieve our vision. The Spirit of Salford represents our culture, our social conscience and pride – our organisation is about people and the communities that we serve. We live and breathe our values in everything we do.

Meet our Corporate Management Team

Melissa Caslake (Interim Chief Executive)

Melissa Caslake

Melissa has recently been appointed to the position of Interim Chief Executive for Salford City Council, taking up this position in February 2025. She joined Salford City Council in January 2023 as Executive Director for Children’s Services. In addition to the statutory duties of this role, Melissa’s responsibilities include Children’s Social Care, Education and Inclusion, Early Help and School Readiness, Children’s Commissioning and leading our Community Solutions transformation programme.  

 


Miranda Cannon (Executive Director - Resources and Transformation)

Miranda Cannon

Miranda joined Salford City Council in February 2024 and has a portfolio which includes legal and governance, HR and organisational development, digital, data and technology services, customer services, revenues and benefits, finance, policy, performance and communications as well as responsibility for leading transformation and change including the Innovate transformation programme.

 

 

 


John Searle (Executive Director - Place)

John Searle

John joined Salford City Council in 2021 and is responsible for regeneration, property, development and investments, housing delivery, planning and building control, highways and technical services, operational services and employment and skills. 

 

 

 


Becky Wilkinson (Executive Director - Adult Social Care and Health Partnerships)

Becky Wilkinson

Becky joined Salford City Council in February 2024 holds the statutory duty for Adult Social Care in Salford which is delivered by Salford Care Organisation, Becky’s portfolio also includes oversight of Public Health, Health Improvement, Adult Commissioning, Welfare Rights and Debt Advice Service,  Adult Mental Health and Housing transformation.

 

 


Dr Muna Abdel Aziz (Director of Public Health)

Muna Abdel Aziz

Dr Abdel Aziz joined Salford City Council as Director of Public Health in January 2020. Muna has a medical doctorate degree and started her career in public health in 1992 as an academic. 

The DPH role is a statutory officer of the council, leading the council and partners across different sectors to improve and protect health and tackle health inequalities. Muna has worked previously in the NHS and local government, and she has led global health research and development in the East Mediterranean region.

 

 


Rachel Rosewell (Chief Finance Officer)

Rachel Rosewell

Rachel joined Salford City Council in February 2024 having previously worked at Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Manchester City Council. Rachel is our statutory Section 151 officer responsible for Accountancy, Finance, Procurement, Technical Audit, Internal Audit and Insurance. She also has a lead role in the delivery of the Innovate programme.

 

 

 


Surjit Tour (City Solicitor)

Surjit Tour

Surjit is the newest member of the Corporate Management Team and will be joining Salford City Council in February 2025. In addition to the statutory Monitoring Officer responsibilities and Chief Legal adviser role, Surjit’s portfolio includes Democratic and Members services, Elections, Coroners, Registrars, Information Governance and client management for the Shared Legal Service with Manchester City Council. 

Surjit has worked at Monitoring Officer level for 15-years, most recently at Sandwell and Wirral Councils, and as the Deputy at Wolverhampton City Council.

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