For the latest Tameside news sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here Crucial support services in Tameside that are seen as a 'lifeline' by those who use them are returning for the first time since the pandemic began.
Willow Wood Hospice, in Ashton-under-Lyne, had to stop holding its face-to-face day services when Covid rocked the country last March.
But with lockdown measures being eased and the vaccine roll-out well underway, the hospice's vital day services are beginning to make a comeback after more than a year.
For Betty Topham - a carer for her husband Jack, who is a patient at Willow Wood - the return of the hospice's day services has made a positive impact.