Family · 9 June 2025
Liverpool City Council is relaunching the award-winning 24 Magic Months app, providing parents and carers with simple yet powerful tools to support early development. This upgraded version features enhanced content and capabilities, making it even easier to nurture children in their crucial first years. The first two years of a child’s life are vital for
A well-run council · 2 June 2025
Children and young people in Liverpool are taking a stand for their health with a clear message, “Don’t smoke or vape in our play areas!” As part of Liverpool’s Smokefree Play Areas initiative, new smoke and vape-free signs are being installed in 60 parks across the city. The new standout design, created by Abbie-Grace Breen,
Climate Change · 30 May 2025
ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK is a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme funded by the Department for Transport
A well-run council · 30 May 2025
Starting from Sunday, 1 June 2025, it will be illegal for businesses in the UK to sell or supply single-use or ‘disposable’ vapes. The new legislation applies to all disposable vapes, regardless of whether they contain nicotine, and covers both in-store and online sales. The ban targets all non-rechargeable, non-refillable vaping products. However, rechargeable and
Healthier lives for children and adults · 26 May 2025
Liverpool City Council is proposing a revised charging policy for non-residential adult social care.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 22 May 2025
Liverpool FC has come together with Liverpool City Council, Merseyside Police and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to call on supporters to enjoy a safe and secure trophy parade, while protecting children from pyrotechnics.
Community · 12 May 2025
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place 12 – 18 May and this year’s theme is ‘Community’. We’re highlighting the vital role our communities play in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing. Throughout the week Liverpool City Council’s Neighbourhood Team is hosting a week-long programme of free activities at Newsham Park designed to bring residents together
Road Safety · 8 May 2025
Inconsiderate and dangerous parking around schools is a significant problem, placing children and others at risk.
News · 30 April 2025
Today, Liverpool City Council officially introduced its new way of working with children, young people and their families. The new model of practice – Our City, Our Children, Together – has been co-produced by staff and young people and will see the council and its partners working in a holistic way that focuses on relationships
Healthier lives for children and adults · 30 April 2025
Several children’s playgrounds in Liverpool could receive a glow-up if plans are approved at a meeting next week of the city council’s cabinet.
Uncategorized · 29 April 2025
Families in Liverpool are being warned to act now, as more than 1 in 4 children under 5 have not received both doses of the lifesaving MMR vaccine. During World Immunisation Week (24–30 April), Liverpool City Council is highlighting the urgent need for families to protect children by making sure they are fully vaccinated against
Healthier lives for children and adults · 29 April 2025
A detailed, data-led report looking at how to create a better future for Liverpool’s half a million residents over the next 15 years has been published.
Health · 24 April 2025
Liverpool City Council has officially been awarded Marmot City status, a national recognition of the city’s commitment to reducing health inequalities and improving wellbeing for every resident. The status was formally awarded by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, a leading figure in health equity, during a visit to the city on 23 April. Sir Michael visited
News · 17 April 2025
Yesterday, Liverpool City Council officially launched the city’s Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC). Liverpool now joins other areas of the country in implementing an FDAC, which is an alternative family court for care proceedings that takes a problem-solving approach to supporting parents who are dealing with substance misuse and also domestic violence. The FDAC
Road Safety · 17 April 2025
The proposal is key to the city region’s Active Travel programme.
Climate Change · 11 April 2025
If fully built, the system could generate savings of up to 72,000 tonnes of CO2 every year.
Health · 9 April 2025
Liverpool City Council has launched a new approach to Public Health Nursing, offering stronger, more accessible support for families, from pregnancy through school years and into parenthood, helping to improve long-term outcomes for all. Over the coming months, residents will see improvements in how the service is delivered. Plans include creating a single point of
News · 8 April 2025
Over 2,500 new childcare places are being created in Liverpool that will support working parents – and there are more to come. The increase has been made possible by grant funding received from the government to support the national expansion of funded childcare places as well as places which are part of the “wraparound” programme
Health · 4 April 2025
Liverpool City Council has shared an important update on its efforts to tackle health inequalities, following a report revealing people living in deprived areas of Liverpool are dying up to 15 years earlier than those in other parts of the city. At the Full Council meeting (Wednesday 2 April) Councillor Harry Doyle, Cabinet Member for Health,
Healthier lives for children and adults · 4 April 2025
A landlord has been hit with a bill of more than £16,000 for multiple disrepair and other issues at an HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) property in Anfield.
