A CAMPAIGN has been launched to recognises the efforts of key workers and community heroes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Salisbury Reds wants to honour these "Covid Heroes" in a bus naming ceremony.

“My colleagues here at Salisbury Reds are themselves key workers, and we have huge respect for those keeping us all going - whether they are NHS, supermarket staff, postal workers, carers or teachers,” said Salisbury Reds managing director, Andrew Wickham.

“It hasn’t been easy for the many heroes who have continued to work in some incredibly challenging conditions. We would not have been able to manage without them. There is no way we could ever thank them enough - but we’d like to do something to recognise their efforts.

“So we’re inviting nominations from within our local community, for someone who deserves to be named as a Covid Hero - for all to see - on one of our buses. This could be a key worker professional or a community ambassador who has carried out much need charity and voluntary work,”

Anyone wishing to nominate a hero for the bus naming honour, can do so by visiting salisburyreds.co.uk or through the operator’s social media. Voting is open until Sunday 28 February.

The winner’s name will appear on a Salisbury Reds bus for 12 months.

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