News · 26 December 2020
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Throughout this year Beryl and her fellow volunteers have been sharing their experiences of giving their time to this vital community service. In her final post of 2020, Beryl reflects on the past extraordinary 12 months… “Thank you so much for sitting with me
News · 18 December 2020
LSSL wanted to say a big thank you to the residents who have supported Liverpool’s Alleyway Programme for the past 2 years, who have been instrumental to the programme’s success so far. We got in touch with Santa and asked if he could pay these residents a visit and spread some Christmas cheer after a
News · 15 December 2020
SANTA’S sleigh racing across a riot of colours, a merry band of elves marching through the city’s streets and a plump robin nestled in holly – all feature in the winning designs of Liverpool City Council’s Christmas Card Competition. Three talented young artists’ designs were plucked from over 180 entries received, after the council ran
News · 15 December 2020
Liverpool City Council has launched a major public consultation exercise on limiting the practice of converting smaller homes into houses for multiple occupation.
News · 10 December 2020
NO CHILD will go hungry this Christmas – Liverpool City Council has pledged, as it provides £925,000 of free school meal vouchers to 20,000 eligible children. Families whose children receive free school meals will get supermarket vouchers worth £30 per child, to buy food for the two week break, paid from the Government’s Covid Winter
News · 10 December 2020
As Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, I would like to reassure you that the City Council is concentrating on creating a path of recovery through the Covid crisis.
News · 10 December 2020
Liverpool residents are being asked to show their legendary generosity to make sure that some of our city’s most vulnerable young people have a present to open this Christmas.
News · 2 December 2020
LIVERPOOL’s Armed Forces Forum will be holding its third meeting next week. The forum had its inaugural meeting in January and is a platform for organisations offering services to people who have left the Armed Forces and their families as well as those who are still serving. Next week’s meeting will be held on Wednesday
News · 29 November 2020
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Throughout this year Beryl and her fellow volunteers have been sharing their experiences of giving their time to this vital community service. This month, Beryl reflects as the lead up to Christmas begins… Who would have thought that we’d receive Easter eggs and chocolate
Liverpool · 24 November 2020
Liverpool schoolchildren are being invited to get creative and help spread festive cheer throughout the city.
Covid-19 · 4 November 2020
Director of Public Health Matthew Ashton explains why mass testing is so important for Liverpool…. Since March, we have lost more than 600 people to Covid in Liverpool. Hundreds of families have prematurely said goodbye to close relatives and friends. Many didn’t even get the chance to say a final farewell in person because they
Blog · 30 October 2020
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Since the introduction of lockdown, Beryl has had to take a step back from the project she helped to create to shield from coronavirus. Now, as lockdown eases, Beryl is gradually returning to her former duties and provides us with this month’s instalment of the
Business · 6 October 2020
The leaders of four northern cities including Liverpool have written to the health secretary to warn that the existing coronavirus restrictions are not working, are confusing and in some cases are counter-productive. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, Cllr Judith Blake from Leeds, Manchester’s leader Cllr Richard Leese and Cllr Nick Forbes from Newcastle have submitted
Covid-19 · 30 September 2020
Joint statement from Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and Council Leaders of the Liverpool City Region. “As Leaders of the Liverpool City Region, we all understand why further restrictions may be needed to halt the spread of Covid-19 in the communities we represent. “Cases are now averaging well over 200 per
Clean Air · 17 September 2020
Liverpool is to work with New York and other major cities around the world to find sustainable ways to tackle poverty and improve health, education and economic growth. The city has signed up to a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of its action to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to end deprivation
News · 17 September 2020
The role of a slavery defending Liverpool MP has been acknowledged in the heart of the Toxteth community - almost 40 years after his statue was removed following the infamous riots.
Business · 2 September 2020
A new community shop has opened in Walton, offering heavily discounted food and household products to local residents. The award-winning social enterprise, at 211 Walton Road, is part of the UK’s first social supermarket chain, working out of Onward Homes’ former office building. Working in partnership with Liverpool City Council, local charities and organisations, Community
Civic · 31 August 2020
People killed on the road have been remembered in a special virtual service in Liverpool. Organised by RoadPeace North West, it took place on the 23rd anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Families bereaved by road crashes shared tributes and remembered loved ones. Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Anna Rothery, was among
Liverpool · 28 August 2020
As Radio Merseyside broadcaster Roger Phillips retires from the lunchtime phone-in today, Mike Doran from the council’s communications team has penned this poem in tribute to his contribution to city life over the last four decades. Liverpool City Council · Roger Phillips reads his farewell poem from Liverpool City Council So farewell Roger PhillipsLegend of
Blog · 28 August 2020
Beryl Bellew is a founding volunteer at the North Liverpool Foodbank. Since the introduction of lockdown, Beryl has had to take a step back from the project she helped to create to shield from coronavirus. Now, as lockdown eases, Beryl is gradually returning to her former duties and provides us with this month’s instalment of the
