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Liverpool City Council

News · 21 August 2020

Liverpool Armed Forces Forum consultation event

LIVERPOOL’s new Armed Forces Forum will be holding its second meeting next month – and wants to hear what organisations think about proposed legislation. The forum had its first meeting in January, and is a platform for organisations that offer services to people who have left the Armed Forces and their families as well as

Education · 20 August 2020

BLOG: “They have all done something amazing and unique”

Director of Education in Liverpool, Jonathan James, reflects on today’s GCSE grades being issued to young people... Thousands of young people will be receiving their centre-assessed GCSE grades today and I want to congratulate them all. They have all done something amazing and unique, something no other young person has ever been asked to do:

News · 19 August 2020

Veterans HQ has gone for gold!

A LIVERPOOL community project that supports veterans is one of 127 employers to have been recognised for supporting the Armed Forces community by the Ministry of Defence. Veterans HQ, based on Breck Road, has been awarded the prestigious gold award in the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), and is a key Liverpool City

Business · 18 August 2020

Final call for COVID-19 business grants

A final call is being made for Liverpool firms to apply for cash from the Government’s COVID-19 business support schemes. The closing date for applications to the Small Business Grant and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant funds is Friday, 28th August. A one-off £10,000 cash grant is available to businesses active as of 11 March

Education · 13 August 2020

Liverpool student supported to secure dream university place

Student Alice Hardaker is celebrating today after securing a place at the prestigious Trinity College in Oxford. The 18 year-old, a pupil at St John Bosco in Croxteth, will study law at Oxford University after getting an A* in History and an A in both English Literature and Sociology to take the next step on

News · 6 August 2020

COVID-19 testing centres

Liverpool City Council and its partners continue to take proactive community-focused steps to control the increase in positive Covid-19 cases in the city. Testing facilities are now available in the community: PAL Multicultural Centre: 68A Mulgrave St, L8 2TF, 10am-4pm There is no need to pre-book an appointment for these two centres. Learn more about

Covid

News · 4 August 2020

Covid-19: Liverpool’s proactive response

LIVERPOOL City Council and its partners continue to take proactive community-focused steps to control the increase in positive Covid-19 cases in the city. There has been a significant increase in confirmed cases in Liverpool. Thirty-seven cases were confirmed from 20-27 July, with 71 cases confirmed from 28 July–3 August. The confirmed cases continue to be

Arts & Events · 28 July 2020

Liverpool has come out fighting on culture

Director of Culture Liverpool Claire McColgan MBE explains how Liverpool has taken the future of the city’s cultural offer into its own hands… Pandemic… this isn’t something that has been in any cultural risk assessment I’ve ever done. We ‘do’ culture and plan events here really well but COVID-19 hit like a slow motion car

Community · 23 July 2020

Mayor appoints chair of Race Equality Taskforce

“Change has got to happen”, that’s the message from the chair of the city’s new mayoral Race Equality Taskforce. Today, Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has announced that Tracey Gore, director of the city’s Steve Biko Housing Association, will be seconded to the position of chair for six months and has been invited by Mayor

Covid

Health · 17 July 2020

New COVID-19 local powers welcomed

Liverpool City Council has welcomed the Government’s announcement of new local powers to tackle coronavirus outbreaks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that councils will get new powers from Saturday to force owners to shut pubs, cafes, shops and restaurants, close public places such as parks and cancel events. Permission will no longer be needed

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