A Girl Guides leader is among those from Salford who will be awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, which has been delayed this year to recognise the incredible work people have done during the coronavirus crisis.
Pat Mayle, 73, has been a Girlguiding leader for more than 50 years but it was five years ago, following the death of her husband, that she came up with the idea of the 'Comfort Bags Scheme'.
"They're essentially bags of toiletries," Eccles resident Pat said.
"The bags are given to visitors that have to stay in hospitals overnight unexpectedly, because if you have to stay in hospital unexpectedly, you're obviously not in a very good state and will have nothing with you.
"It just took off, it's been incredible. Within 12 months we'd given out 1,000.
"Girl Guides of all ages can help with it as well. The young ones can bring things in they've collected and the eldest can make the bags for us."
More than 18,000 comfort bags have now been made and distributed by Girlguiding units across the North West.
Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, Pat has delivered 2,600 bags to hospitals over the North West through her network of volunteers and units and, for NHS staff, started to include over 700 treat bags, containing hand cream, coffee sachets, sweets, hand sanitiser, and drink cans.
Around 1,000 laundry bags have also been distributed NHS staff to store their scrubs prior to washing.
On her MBE, Pat added: "I'm a bit astounded by it.
"It came as a bolt from the blue, I heard about it around two weeks ago but I've had to keep schtum.
"I've had such a good team and it wasn't just me. The other leaders have been brilliant."
Two members of staff employed by Salford Royal Hospital have also been honoured.
Plumber Anthony Lee Cocker, of Oldham, and urology nurse consultant Julia Taylor, of Manchester, will be awarded MBEs for services to the NHS during Covid-19.
