Education · 15 February 2021
The Women’s Organisation has launched a new series of fully funded, accredited training courses, open to men and women living within the Liverpool City Region. Funded by The European Social Fund, the level 2 and 3 training courses, such as Digital Marketing, Stepping into Management, Resilience, and Presenting Online, are accredited meaning participants will gain
News · 15 February 2021
The Liverpool Song for Kindness (LSK) song contest that was launched in memory of John Lennon, in what would’ve been his 80th year, has brought on new partners. In addition to global charity tuff.earth, Liverpool City Council and The Cavern Club running the competition, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) and Strawberry Field are now
News · 14 February 2021
On Valentine’s Day, Liverpool City Council launches a campaign encouraging people and businesses across the city to start their new relationship with the EU. Over three months, the campaign, that has been co-created with Marketing Liverpool, Culture Liverpool and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce will support people to find out what they need to know to
Blog · 14 February 2021
Angela Clarke has worked in the domestic abuse sector for over 20 years, as a front line professional. She offers services for victims and more recently has become the strategic lead for domestic abuse at Liverpool City Council. Here, she talks about how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on victims. Reducing domestic abuse is a key
News · 12 February 2021
Liverpool City Council’s fostering service has received a record number of enquiries so far this year – believed to be as a result of changes in people’s circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 · 12 February 2021
Public health officials in Liverpool are urging residents to keep following Covid-19 restrictions to get infection levels as low as possible before lockdown ends.
News · 11 February 2021
OVER 20,000 children across Liverpool will continue to receive support next week as Liverpool City Council extends its meal voucher scheme during half-term. Liverpool City Council is using money from the government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme to fund supermarket vouchers for families entitled to receive free school meals next week. Families will receive £15 of
Blog · 10 February 2021
Director of Public Health Matt Ashton on why we should not panic about the new variants of Covid-19.
News · 10 February 2021
Public health officials are asking private businesses in Liverpool employing more than 50 staff to order Covid-19 test kits for their employees if they are not working from home.
News · 10 February 2021
A further £10m round of financial support has been announced for Liverpool City Region businesses. The new Local Business Support Grants, of between £3,750 and £13,500 per business, are aimed at businesses who have not yet accessed funding from the Liverpool City Region. The £10m fund is the latest round of the Liverpool City Region
News · 9 February 2021
The tallest hotel in Liverpool has this week reached a major milestone.
Covid-19 · 8 February 2021
The Covid-19 vaccine is big news at the moment - but did you know that Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine played a big role in the development of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine?
News · 8 February 2021
A further £2m fund, established by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to enable its six local authorities to contribute to the costs of taxi licences, has been announced, taking the total support package to £3.5 million. Established in October last year, the first round of the fund enabled the six local authorities to provide
News · 5 February 2021
After 11 months a Royal ICU nurse has been reunited with a patient he helped save from Covid-19. Scott Beeland, an ICU nurse for the last 20 years, last saw Graham Smith almost a year ago when he helped save his life. The two were reunited when Graham and his wife, Susan, met with Scott
News · 5 February 2021
Latest reports from the Government suggest local elections will go ahead on Thursday 6 May 2021. In Liverpool, there are currently four scheduled elections taking place on this date: Liverpool CC Mayoral Election – to elect a Mayor for Liverpool. Local Elections – to elect councillors for all 30 wards in the city. Police &
News · 5 February 2021
The Year of the Ox will be celebrated online as Liverpool’s Chinese New Year activities go virtual for 2021. From Friday 12 February a whole host of activities will be promoted online so that everyone can celebrate from the safety and comfort of their own homes. For three days (until Sunday 14 February), people
News · 4 February 2021
Who gets it first? Due to the limited number of doses available, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended offering the vaccine to people in order of risk. The full prioritisation list can be found here and is as follows (in order of priority): Residents in a care home for older adults and their
Care · 4 February 2021
Two Liverpool care homes which were set to close are to remain open and will be transferred to another operator.
Health · 4 February 2021
Public Health officials in Liverpool are urging residents to get a Covid-19 test if they are showing any of the wider symptoms of the virus.
Education · 4 February 2021
City leaders have written to parents and carers in Liverpool to thank them for their work during lockdown.
