We have been inundated with messages from you, the Echo readers, about the heroes in your homes who are working hard to keep the North East running during the coronavirus pandemic and UK lockdown measures. Here are 21 pictures of Sunderland key workers who are making you proud as the crisis continues. To see our first collection of key worker photos, click here.
![Katherine Moffatt Luke: My amazing partner who is currently sleeping on a couch in his uncle's spare room so that he can continue to go to work six days a week caring for the old and the vulnerable. My son is under a heart specialist and a geneticist so he has chosen to move out in order to keep him, his sisters and me safe.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ1MDliY2Y4LWViNDEtNDkwMi04ZjdjLWYxMTNlNzBlNWI5Yjo3NzE4MDNhYi1kZWE2LTQ2ZDktOTFhYS1kMjEzZGI4ZTViOTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Ben Stothard
Katherine Moffatt Luke: My amazing partner who is currently sleeping on a couch in his uncle's spare room so that he can continue to go to work six days a week caring for the old and the vulnerable. My son is under a heart specialist and a geneticist so he has chosen to move out in order to keep him, his sisters and me safe. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Laura Major: My best friend Kerry Dolan working 13 hours shifts at the Freeman. She is missing all her family and friends but taking it all in her stride. Very proud.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU0NDk1ZTRiLTRhN2EtNDIxOC05YjFiLTY5NTY3MjU1NTVjNTo5Y2VlYTEwNi02MjViLTRkZGYtOTdlNy00ZGY5YTU0NWVkMzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Kerry Dolan
Laura Major: My best friend Kerry Dolan working 13 hours shifts at the Freeman. She is missing all her family and friends but taking it all in her stride. Very proud. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Charlotte Louise Mather: Michael Hall is still out delivering essentials everyday and his wife Lisa Collette Hall is ensuring all of our vulnerable people have care and are safe!](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUzNTE5OWQ2LWRmYTUtNGNmYy05YjdmLTE0OThkMDI0NjdmOTpjN2UyMGEyYy00YzVjLTRlNjctYWU0Yi1hNjNjYzRhYTExY2U=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. Michael and Lisa Hall
Charlotte Louise Mather: Michael Hall is still out delivering essentials everyday and his wife Lisa Collette Hall is ensuring all of our vulnerable people have care and are safe! | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
![Karen Pike: Three amazing nurses, looking after vulnerable people at home, working long hours and always with a smile on their faces. Knowing every day they are potentially putting not just themselves but their loved ones at risk. Their dedication is beyond amazing. Can’t wait to see them for a proper girly catch up when all this is over.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYxYzI2ODJlLTdiZGMtNGFiOS1iNThmLWRkNmIzMWFiODNmYjpiYzgzNGU2NS1mMTNjLTQ2ZWItODkxYS0wYWJmNDhlMGE0NzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
16. Abbie Wray, Kathryn Alexander and Cat Etheridge
Karen Pike: Three amazing nurses, looking after vulnerable people at home, working long hours and always with a smile on their faces. Knowing every day they are potentially putting not just themselves but their loved ones at risk. Their dedication is beyond amazing. Can’t wait to see them for a proper girly catch up when all this is over. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC