From health heroes and carers to bin men and supermarket staff, all of our key workers have been playing an amazing part during these times of crisis. Now it's time to meet our latest batch of Sunderland’s key workers, as nominted by you – the Echo readers. Click through to see our pictures and see if you can spot anyone you recognise.
![Andrea Harris: My husband Simon Sie is a Mental Health Nurse working in the RVI. Thank you for everything.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc0ZjgzNGVjLTA3ODYtNDFmYy05MTY0LTRiMDBhNGY1MmQ2MTpkMjA1NDU4MC03NWY3LTQ1Y2EtYTU5MS02N2RlYWIwMDIzNmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. 'My husband'
Andrea Harris: My husband Simon Sie is a Mental Health Nurse working in the RVI. Thank you for everything. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Roxanne Maddison: My amazing mam is a carer. She has recently done some fundraising to do the residents a sensory room, and to buy them activities to help occupy them. She is working so hard during this crisis as she always does. She even ended up catching Coronavirus herself and was very poorly. She is my hero.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU1MWE5NmNlLTE5YTktNGJhOS05M2JhLTJmYzRkODUyN2EwMjozY2NmMDk1MC02NzIwLTRjNjYtYjdmNC1mMTFkZTZjMTFlMjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Michelle Young
Roxanne Maddison: My amazing mam is a carer. She has recently done some fundraising to do the residents a sensory room, and to buy them activities to help occupy them. She is working so hard during this crisis as she always does. She even ended up catching Coronavirus herself and was very poorly. She is my hero. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Jan Holmes: My sister Lesley Jenkins and brother-in-law Eric. My sister works in a care home and her husband is a bus driver.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5ZmNmMTM1LTU3ZGMtNDdlNC1iZjk2LTUyYjJmOWNhY2Y4ZjpkY2M5NjQwOC1mYTRjLTRmOTQtOTBkZS0zMjdkMTBmNzczMWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Lesley and Eric
Jan Holmes: My sister Lesley Jenkins and brother-in-law Eric. My sister works in a care home and her husband is a bus driver. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Roxanne Maddison: My brother James Maddison is working extremely hard as a bin man. He gets up every day to make sure our streets are not filled with rubbish. I'm so proud of him.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBjODIyNjhlLWQ0OTItNGQ2Mi1iMzUzLTg3ZTBkMGQxMGE1YTpkYTI3NWY0Zi1iMGNjLTQwY2EtOTk3MS03Mjg0MWQ0ZWE0MTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. James Maddison
Roxanne Maddison: My brother James Maddison is working extremely hard as a bin man. He gets up every day to make sure our streets are not filled with rubbish. I'm so proud of him. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC