Parents of young children – we want to hear about the childcare that you need. In 2024, there are several changes being introduced nationally that will expand the funded childcare offer for working parents of young children as well as parents of children who are at primary school. So that the council, schools and providers … Read more
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has signed a 50-year agreement with Peel Ports Group’s subsidiary, The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Ltd, to operate services at Liverpool Cruise Port.
PEOPLE in Liverpool are invited to come together next week to mark Mother’s Day at Anfield Crematorium. On 10 March, a commemorative service will be held at 11am, delivered in partnership with the Good Funeral Company, with the crematorium chapel open from 10am-noon for people who would like to take a quiet moment of reflection … Read more
Together with the National Youth Agency, Liverpool City Council is undertaking a comprehensive review of youth provision across the city. Involving young people and their parents and carers is crucial to understanding how the council and its partners should shape youth services in the future. We have two brief surveys that are currently open to … Read more
Eleven organisations have been given thousands of pounds in funding to deliver youth engagement projects in Garston. At an event at The Academy of St Nicholas, schoolchildren from the Academy and five local primary schools (St Austin’s, Garston CE, Banks Road, Gilmour Juniors and Holy Trinity) decided who should win the share of £31,000, made … Read more
Liverpool’s Director of Public Health, Professor Matt Ashton, on why you should protect your loved ones against measles, which is one of the most infectious diseases in the world. There is a large outbreak in Birmingham and Coventry mainly affecting children under 10 years old. Many children have now been admitted to hospital. Liverpool has … Read more
Liverpool City Council has been awarded over £360,000 to fund a pioneering pilot that will support young people in Liverpool into employment. The Council is one of only 12 local authorities to bid successfully to be part of a national supported internship programme pilot. The pilot is for young people with special educational needs, or … Read more
Liverpool City Council Leader Cllr Liam Robinson and leaders of seven other major English councils yesterday wrote to the Prime Minster and Chancellor urging them to extend funding provided to local authorities by the Household Support Fund. Leaders of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield Councils, all part of the Core Cities … Read more
Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in Liverpool? We’re currently recruiting residential workers for a new children’s home and we would love to hear from you! We’ve invested significantly to develop our own children’s homes and the first of these is set to open soon. … Read more
Hearing what residents think about Council-run services and the services they would like to see in the future is very important to us. And that includes listening to children and young people. Here, Cabinet Member for Employment, Educational Attainment and Skills Cllr Lila Bennett explains why the Liverpool Schools’ Parliament is such an important forum … Read more
Children and young people across Liverpool will once again be able to enjoy a programme of hundreds of FREE activities across the festive break. The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme returns on Wednesday 27 December, with a huge choice of activities for children and young people from eligible families. As well as plenty of … Read more
Leaders of Liverpool’s Jewish community have been invited to visit Britain’s oldest mosque on Wednesday [6 December] as a gesture of good will and harmony between the two communities. The Abdullah Quilliam Mosque, on Brougham Terrace, has invited Jewish faith leaders to visit the mosque so that further discussions can be held to understand the … Read more
AN INNOVATIVE Liverpool education project that supports some of the city’s most vulnerable children has won a teaching “Oscar” this weekend. The Liverpool HEARTS Project Team, which is led and funded by Liverpool City Council’s Virtual School in partnership with Hope School, received a prestigious gold Pearson National Teaching Award for its work to introduce … Read more
Cllr Ruth Bennett, Cabinet Member for Finances, Resources and Transformation, explains how we’re meeting the challenge of providing better customers services whilst reducing call volumes The Customer Service Team’s core ambition is to making sure that we provide a convenient online service for those that can do things for themselves, so that we can concentrate … Read more
LIVERPOOL will become home to a new secondary school after the Department for Education approved plans to open a new free school. Star Academies will open the 800-place Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy for pupils aged 11-18 and it is one of 15 new schools nationally approved under the government’s free schools programme. The multi-academy trust … Read more
Cllr Ruth Bennett, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Transformation, explains now improving customer service is a vital part of our transformation journey. Liverpool City Council’s Contact Centre takes a huge volume of calls every year. In 2023-24 alone, based on trends from previous years, we are expecting to take nearly 850,000 … Read more
Liverpool City Council has been criticised by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its handling of Freedom of Information requests. A Practice Recommendation has been issued by the ICO regarding the Council’s low FOI response rate and the failure to respond to all requests within 20 working days. The City Council has already put an … Read more
Liverpool’s travel and tourism sector is welcoming a post-Covid resurgence. New figures published have calculated vital information relating to Liverpool’s tourism sector, and show last year’s economic boost of more than £3.5 billion has outstripped previous city records. Reflecting on 2022, the new statistics also highlight the number of visitors the city attracted, the accommodation … Read more
Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable death and illness in the UK. It is a key factor in people developing heart disease, strokes, cancer, dementia and lung disease. The good news is that rates of smoking in Liverpool are decreasing. Over the past seven years, the number of people with the habit has dropped … Read more
This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. Advanced Public Health Practitioner Jayne Cook reflects on how loneliness can affect anyone and looks at some of the organisations which work in Liverpool to bring people together. Loneliness affects all of us at one point or another, it’s a difficult feeling and often complex to unpack. Some of … Read more