Liverpool City Council is set to introduce a series of changes to its Home-to-School Transport Policy and the SEN Post-16 Transport Policy from September 2025. The updates to the policies, which aim to encourage active travel, promote greater independence for students and align policies with those of neighbouring authorities, will take effect at the start … Read more
HIV testing is set to increase across Liverpool’s hospitals, with “Opt-Out” testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. This approach is being introduced in Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments at Aintree University Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. This innovative approach will ensure that all patients undergoing routine blood tests in A&E are … Read more
Liverpool City Council is set to take full control of essential environmental services including waste collection, street cleansing and parks maintenance.
A special exhibition and premiere showcasing the inspiring pioneers of Black British ballet is coming to Liverpool. The City’s Central Library is to host the exhibition, from 31st October to 30th November, which will be one of the showpiece events of Liverpool’s Black History Month celebrations. The groundbreaking exhibition is based on the research of … Read more
A new exhibition which looks at Anfield and Garston through the eyes of its residents has opened at Open Eye Gallery. The Flowers Still Grow, which runs 27 October, is the culmination of creative residencies People of Anfield and Childhood is a Garden, commissioned by Culture Liverpool and Open Eye Gallery. Through a series of … Read more
The UK’s largest music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins is today announcing Liverpool as the host city of the second Northern Music Awards supported by Ticketmaster and Live Nation. The North’s very best artists, festivals, venues and industry figures will be celebrated at a performance packed ceremony hosted at the historic Liverpool Olympia on Thursday … Read more
Our Business and Economic Support team will be offering a series of free sessions in the coming weeks to help residents with their entrepreneurial ambitions. Already this year, the Business Support Service has been contacted by hundreds of local residents about a wide range of business ideas, including ventures in technology, creative arts, fitness, hospitality, … Read more
Joanna Fitzsimmons, the Prevent Education Officer for Liverpool City Council, writes about the support given to schools over the last month. This blog was originally published on Educate Against Hate, which provides practical advice, support and resources to protect children from extremism and radicalisation. Six weeks of summer holidays is usually something I look forward … Read more
With the school year coming to an end, many families will be looking forward to their little ones taking their first steps into education in September. To help parents and carers get ready for this new experience, Liverpool City Council is organising a fun-packed day where there will be lots of hands-on activities for young … Read more
Liverpool City Council Leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, has joined city leaders from around the UK in writing to new Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer to set out the case for big cities helping to drive economic growth.
Liverpool City Council is hosting an event for those who support children and young people with SEND. The Council is partnering once again with Liverpool Parent Carer Forum (LivPaC) for the Local Offer LIVE Event. This is one of the city’s biggest events for families to come and meet providers and organisations which support children … Read more
Award-winning actress Sue Johnston has received the Freedom of Liverpool at a special ceremony at Liverpool Town Hall.
Historic England is unveiling a national blue plaque today to George Harrison – music icon, songwriter and humanitarian – at his birthplace, 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree.
A pioneering floating ecosystem, designed to enhance marine life and biodiversity at Liverpool’s Wapping Dock, has had its own lifespan extended until 2028. Installed in 2020 as a collaboration between the Canal & River Trust and Liverpool City Council on their EU funded Urban GreenUp programme, the floating island is a 63m2 saltwater ecosystem. While the surface … Read more
Liverpool City Council is seeking to award grants of up to £50,000 to third sector organisations to provide support to victims of domestic abuse who have a housing need.
Chart-topping put Liverpool on the music map, and we have a wall of discs to prove it. It was a big deal then and it still is now, writes Kevin McManus, Head of UNESCO City of Music (and someone with history of a No1 hit)…
Liverpool City Council is undertaking a review of street trading along Sefton Park’s perimeter roads.
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
Liverpool City Council is to launch a plan to maximise the opportunities from development, investment and regeneration over the next 20 years.
Two entrepreneurs have taken the keys for Liverpool’s latest £1 shops – with both owing a debt of thanks to their family!