24 May 2026
Liverpool City Council
Group of adults and children at launch of defibrillator training

Education · 19 May 2026

Liverpool launches citywide initiative to strengthen cardiac emergency readiness in schools

Liverpool City Council has launched a new citywide initiative to support schools in responding effectively to cardiac emergencies, with the first training session taking place today (Tuesday 19 May) at Rice Lane Primary School.  The programme brings together Public Health, Education, School Improvement Liverpool (SIL), the Oliver King Foundation, and the Council’s Health and Safety

News · 19 May 2026

Liverpool to host groundbreaking Inclusive Sport & Culture Festival in May 2027

Taking over the city’s iconic waterfront - including the M&S Bank Arena and Exhibition Centre at the Liverpool Experience Campus, the neighbouring Salthouse and Albert Docks, and Pier Head - the week-long festival will transform the city into a vibrant hub of energy, creativity and elite performance, redefining how sport and culture can be experienced together.

Young girl playing a game on their phone

Liverpool City Council leads citywide approach to healthy screen use for children

Liverpool City Council has brought together partners from education, health, early years and youth services to develop a shared approach to supporting healthy screen use for children and young people across the city.  At an event on Friday 1 May 2026, local organisations talked about what the evidence says on how screens and social media affect children’s

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Health · 8 May 2026

Liverpool unites to advocate for women’s health and drive system‑wide change

Today, Liverpool City Council brought together women, communities, health partners and leaders from across the city to advocate for improved women’s health and to begin the next phase of work to reduce long‑standing inequalities.  The Women’s Health Conference brought women with lived experience together with community organisations, frontline professionals and system leaders to share evidence,

Cabinet Members stood in a line holding the SmokeFree pledge board.

Health · 6 May 2026

Liverpool signs commitment to become Smokefree 

Liverpool City Council has reaffirmed its position as a national leader in public health by announcing it has signed the Pledge for a Smokefree UK, committing to go “further and faster” to reduce smoking prevalence to less than one per cent by 2040.  The announcement was made by the Leader of the Council, Cllr Liam

Blog · 3 May 2026

BLOG: Five years since ‘The First Dance’ during the pandemic

As Liverpool Music Month gets under way, Liverpool’s Head of Unesco City of Music, Kev McManus, looks back five years this weekend to when the city led the way in restarting the events industry during the Covid pandemic. With the launch of Liverpool Music Month, we are once again making a massive statement about the importance

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Liverpool backs LGBTQ+ health with five more years of funding for Sahir

Liverpool is proud to reaffirm its commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing after Sahir secured funding for a further five years to continue and grow its work across the city.  The renewed funding will allow Sahir to build on its longstanding role at the heart of Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ communities, working closely with Public Health Liverpool and partners to deliver vital

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Public Health annual report reveals wide ranging service transformation across Liverpool

Liverpool City Council’s Director of Public Health has published his latest independent annual report, outlining a programme of service transformation focused on tackling deep‑rooted health inequalities and improving access, prevention, and outcomes for residents across the city.  The report sets out what the council describes as one of the most ambitious overhauls of public health services Liverpool has

Young boy in front of the sea.

Helping Liverpool families make the most of Healthy Start 

Thousands of families across Liverpool could be missing out on support that helps put healthy food on the table, with £600,000 to £700,000 in Healthy Start vouchers going unclaimed every year.  Healthy Start is there to support parents and carers during pregnancy and the early years, helping people buy fruit, vegetables and milk, as well as access free vitamins. Support is

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