Blog · 16 March 2021
Richard Jones is Head of Intelligence and Analytics at Liverpool City Council. He shares with us the history of the National Census and the important reasons we should complete it. There has been a National Census every 10 years (apart from in 1941 for obvious reasons) since 1801, when William Pitt the Younger was Prime
News · 15 March 2021
Donna has been a foster carer for more than ten years. For the first five years, Donna fostered with an independent agency, until she transferred to become a foster carer with Liverpool City Council, because of the investment in enhanced training and support. I had always thought about fostering and when I worked for the
Education · 15 March 2021
Whitefield Primary School has become the first school in Liverpool to be awarded ‘ADHD-friendly’ status by national neurodiversity charity, the ADHD Foundation.
Blog · 14 March 2021
Liverpool's Director of Culture, Claire McColgan MBE, writes about the city's role in a research project to bring large scale events back safely.
News · 13 March 2021
The Government has announced that Liverpool will be part of a programme which paves the way for big crowds to attend events this summer.
News · 12 March 2021
Why are you testing people in school? About one in three people with coronavirus do not have symptoms but can still pass it on, this is sometimes referred to as being asymptomatic. Regular testing of people without symptoms is important to help stop the virus spreading. Who is being testing and when? As schools re-open
News · 12 March 2021
Liverpool’s cafés, restaurants, pubs and bars are being urged to make sure they have a pavement licence if they are planning to reopen on Monday 12 April. Government guidelines are expected to be relaxed next month, allowing hospitality venues to serve food and drink to customers sitting outside. Liverpool City Council is encouraging those businesses
News · 12 March 2021
UNISON members in Liverpool One Stop Shops have agreed proposals that retain a permanent One Stop Shop presence and secures jobs going forward, whilst enabling Liverpool City Council to achieve a balanced budget. The proposals secure a vital and much valued service, extending the One Stop Shop offer to more communities in our city, an
News · 10 March 2021
An outdoor illuminated art gallery is set to take over Liverpool’s world-famous waterfront. For 14 nights (Tuesday 23 March to Monday 5 April) the city’s residents can experience the River of Light Trail, which will showcase the work of leading local, national and international artists. Partners across Liverpool have come together to stage the spectacle
News · 9 March 2021
RESIDENTS self-isolating or shielding due to Covid are now able to call for advice free of charge. Liverpool City Council’s covid isolation advice line has now become a freephone number meaning that all calls from mobile phones and landlines are free. The new number is 0800 169 3032 and will be open from Monday to
News · 8 March 2021
Martin Farran is the Director of Adult Services and Health at Liverpool City Council, which has been committed to supporting the safe reopening of care homes. He explains why visits to care homes are so vital and what must happen as national lockdown restrictions ease. There have been a wide range of different views on
News · 8 March 2021
COMMUNITIES across Merseyside will be able to come together online to mark Mother’s Day on Sunday with a special series of readings. Led by the Merseyside Bereavement Team, each local authority will have readings on its social media feeds on Sunday 14 March, that will give people who have lost their mothers, or mothers who
Covid-19 · 5 March 2021
A renewed call is being made to private businesses in Liverpool with more than 50 staff to order and use Government Covid-19 test kits for employees in the workplace.
News · 5 March 2021
NEW measures announced by the government mean that care homes residents will soon be able to enjoy more meaningful visits with loved ones. From Monday, 8 March, residents will be able to have regular indoor visits from one named person. Although Liverpool City Council no longer operates any care homes, only offering 24-hour care placements
Covid-19 · 5 March 2021
Education and public health officials in Liverpool have written to parents and carers with information about the measures in place to keep Covid cases down when schools reopen to all pupils next week.
Covid-19 · 4 March 2021
The number of coronavirus cases in Liverpool are now at the lowest level in almost three months.
News · 4 March 2021
One of Liverpool’s original seven medieval streets is to temporarily close this week as part of a £47m highways scheme in the city centre.
News · 4 March 2021
Liverpool has set out its very own roadmap to recovery which will build a better, brighter and fairer future for all. At the heart of the plans are ten pledges which aim to make the city, its communities, its residents and its businesses thrive over the next year and beyond. As one of the hardest
Business · 3 March 2021
Read Acting Mayor, Cllr Wendy Simon's budget speech.
Covid-19 · 2 March 2021
Liverpool’s garden waste collection service is to resume from Monday 22 March.
