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People across Leeds are being encouraged to say thank you to all those currently working to keep us safe and well while maintaining essential services, as part of a new campaign being launched by the city’s leaders.

The Leeds Big Thank You campaign gives people a chance to show their appreciation for all the city’s heroes from all walks of life during the current coronavirus pandemic.

This could be anyone, for example, local shopkeepers and supermarket staff, delivery drivers and postal workers, refuse collectors and cleaners, emergency services and health care staff, teachers and chefs, community groups and volunteers, as well as friends, family, carers and neighbours.

In the last month alone, more than 500 people have taken to Twitter or the campaign website to post messages of appreciation for those involved in the city’s response to coronavirus and it is hoped that by the end of May there will have been 4,000 messages posted.

You say your Big Thankyous to the NHS and the unsung heroes of Leeds