Grab a jab before Christmas
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is urging people to get winter jabs in time for Christmas.
Healthier lives for children and adults
City lights up for Francis on Anthony Nolan’s birthday
At a Liverpool City Council meeting in September, Councillors were made aware of the important work of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. They heard that, across the UK, there are around 1,800 children diagnosed with cancer every year and that since the early 1990’s, incidence rates for cancers in children across the UK have increased by … Read more
BLOG | How we’re working to end new cases of HIV in Liverpool
On World AIDS day, Advanced Public Health Practitioner and Sexual Health and HIV commissioning lead, James Woolgar tells us more about how Liverpool is supporting those currently living with HIV, how we’re remembering those lost and how the city is working hard to end all new cases of HIV within the next decade.
Come along to our winter survival event
A Winter Survival Fuel Poverty awareness day is being held at Radio Merseyside on Hanover Street in Liverpool on Thursday 30 November from 10.30am – 1pm.
Landmarks light up to back call to end gender-based violence
Buildings and landmarks in Liverpool will be illuminated bright orange on Saturday 25th November, as part of an international campaign aimed at ending gender-based violence.
Social work degree apprenticeships offered
Liverpool City Council is offering social work degree apprenticeships for people interested in working in children’s social care.
Council volunteers help tackle tooth decay
Volunteers working for Liverpool City Council have helped deliver a unique and innovative collaborative tooth decay prevention scheme.
Liverpool welcomes its second Family Hub
FROM next Monday south Liverpool will become home to the city’s second Family Hub Network. Building on the success of the first Family Hub Network which opened in July, the second of five hubs will be officially launched at Speke Children’s Centre, Conleach Road, on 20 November. The hub will serve the following wards: Speke, … Read more
Liverpool’s Good Food Plan scoops award
Liverpool’s Good Food Plan partnership has been awarded a prestigious Sustainable Food Places award. The Good Food Plan, which has a driving vision of “Good Food for All” was launched in October 2021 and is led by Feeding Liverpool and Liverpool City Council, further supported by partners across the public, private and voluntary sector. The … Read more
Shop owners in Liverpool fined for vape offences
Two shop owners have been prosecuted for selling vapes to children, following a covert operation carried out by Liverpool City Council.
Property company fined for safety failings
A property company has been hit with a bill of almost £9,000 for failing to fix fire and electrical issues at a building in Liverpool containing flats.
BLOG: Bonfire Night has become a fortnight-long fight for safety
We have a Bonfire Night problem in Liverpool – and it needs tackling head on, writes Councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods.
City lights up pink for breast cancer awareness month
Liverpool City Council is supporting breast cancer awareness month, and is lighting up civic buildings pink on Friday 20 October.
Recruitment launched for Independent Chair of Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership
A search is under way for an Independent Chair for Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership.
Shop shut down for selling illegal cigarettes and disposable vapes
Liverpool City Council has secured a three month closure order on a shop that has been selling counterfeit cigarettes and illegal disposable vapes.
BLOG | Recognising the value of Early Help for families
This week is ‘Early Help Practice Week 2023’, to highlight the work that different organisations can do to support families. Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Services, Cllr Liz Parsons, explains why it is an area of work that the Council and its partners are very much focused on.
BLOG | ‘They listen and never judge’ – kinship carer Joan on the support she receives in caring for her three grandchildren
In this blog, kinship carer Joan describes the support she has received from Liverpool City Council and Kinship Carers Liverpool while caring for her three grandchildren under what is known as a Special Guardianship Order, or SGO.
City walk-in centre to move to Linda McCartney centre
Mersey Care is set to move its city walk-in centre service from the Beat to new premises at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the Linda McCartney Centre from 16 October.
BLOG | ‘Making a difference to people’s health and wellbeing’ – spotlighting the work of Public Health
This week the Royal Society for Public Health is promoting the wider public health workforce which is ‘any individual who is not a specialist or practitioner in public health but has the opportunity or ability to positively impact health and wellbeing through their work’. Between 15-20 million people in over 170 occupations are estimated to … Read more
Do one thing for Kinship Carers Week
Liverpool is celebrating Kinship Carers Week from 2 – 8 October.