Veteran Girl Guides leader will be honoured by the Queen for her work during the pandemic
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.Get regular updates from Salford direct to your email inbox with the free MySalford