News · 9 June 2020
Test and Trace is a new service developed by the NHS to help people who develop symptoms of Coronavirus to be tested quickly. The service will also trace all recent close contacts of anyone who tests positive. The service is an added safety net when you start going out and about. This service will let
News · 8 June 2020
Mayor Anderson reflects on the death of George Floyd and #BlackLivesMatter and talks about what it means for Liverpool and what the city can do to correct institutional racism.
Covid-19 · 5 June 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson is writing to people seeking asylum in Liverpool to outline how they can access support and advice about COVID-19. In the letter, which is being sent to around 1,400 people housed in the city who are awaiting a decision on their application or appeal, he writes: “Liverpool has always been an international
Covid-19 · 5 June 2020
Liverpool’s thousands of school staff have received a ‘thank you’ message from education chiefs in the city. Director of Children and Young People Services, Steve Reddy and Cllr Barbara Murray, Cabinet member for education, have written to thank them for their hard work and support over the last three months. Many staff have been involved
Mayor · 4 June 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson has written to his counterpart in Liverpool’s US sister city Birmingham in Alabama, expressing solidarity for protests over the death of George Floyd. Liverpool lit up its civic buildings in purple earlier this week, and a virtual vigil is being held this Saturday, 6 June where people are being asked to post
News · 4 June 2020
LIVERPOOL’S libraries may still be closed but that isn’t stopping them from encouraging our youngest residents to pick up a book. From tomorrow, Friday, 5 June, the city’s libraries will be backing the Reading Agency’s annual Summer Reading Challenge which is going digital for 2020 and is aimed at children aged four-11. Although usually taking
News · 4 June 2020
Liverpool is bidding to become one of the first UK cities to be a Child Friendly City, in partnership with Unicef UK. The council recently held a virtual Q&A session which gave young people the chance to hear first-hand about the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss their thoughts with key decision makers,
News · 3 June 2020
If you’re going back to school, follow the rules… That’s the message from Liverpool City Council as pupils return to the classroom in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
This week some schools have re-opened to accept the children of key workers and vulnerable residents, who had previously used the city’s Childcare Hubs.
News · 3 June 2020
A special £4m fund is to be established to pay for a vast network of temporary cycle lanes in Liverpool.
News · 2 June 2020
LIVERPOOL City council has thanked a community initiative for ensuring that over 1,600 families received a boost to their kitchen cupboards during the pandemic. Positive about Play, led by Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and Merseyside Play Action Council (MPAC), has distributed funding to 35 play schemes in the city which have given out
Blog · 31 May 2020
COVID-19 changed lives overnight. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson believes it is a catalyst for bold action to change the way the city lives in the future… The pain, suffering and the grief we have shared over the last few months has been hard for us all to witness and most of us will have
Community · 30 May 2020
Mums across Merseyside have been discovering some unexpected benefits of lockdown. It has meant that many women have found protected time to breastfeed due to fewer visitors, and more time at home.. It comes as Merseyside marks National Breastfeeding Week from Monday 1 June with a series of events organised by breastfeeding support workers across
News · 28 May 2020
The new NHS Test and Trace service has launched across England.
News · 28 May 2020
The 2021 Special Olympics GB National Summer Games, scheduled to take place in Liverpool next August 2021, are to be postponed. The difficult decision was made by the 2021 National Summer Games Board after careful consideration of the ever-changing Covid-19 situation and in full consultation with a wide range of key stakeholders including the Special
News · 28 May 2020
TWELVE brand new arts commissions by Culture Liverpool will show how female artists from across the world have responded creatively to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a special online legacy project, forming part of the city’s RISE season – which pays homage to extraordinary women across the globe – the brand new micro-commissions will provide a
News · 27 May 2020
Could you pick out a Poppy or spot a blooming Buttercup? Whatever the answer, if you want to see all those wildflowers and more in their stunning full-colour glory then look no further than Liverpool’s main roads and major routes this summer. It’s all part of the Liverpool Wildflower Gateways Project, which is a partnership between Liverpool City Council, the National Wildflower Centre at the Eden Project and is bringing a riot of colour to sites across the city.
News · 26 May 2020
Three city leaders have come together to talk about how Liverpool will re-emerge from lockdown. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool Professor Dame Janet Beer and Chief Executive of Liverpool BID Bill Addy have spoken openly and optimistically about the future of Liverpool in the latest Mersey Waves podcast
Liverpool · 26 May 2020
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson is today announcing a new £450,000 project to help reimagine spaces in Liverpool in an outdoor European style. Working with Liverpool BID Company – which supports 1,500 businesses in the city centre – and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as with a collection of creatives and designers, the fund
Covid-19 · 22 May 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson is welcoming news that Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has begun recruiting frontline health and social care workers to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. Due to the expertise of LSTM’s Respiratory Clinical Research Group, and working in collaboration with the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), the Liverpool University Hospitals
News · 21 May 2020
Liverpool has just become cleaner and greener thanks to the installation of a ‘living greenwall’ on the exterior of St Johns Shopping Centre. Spanning 65 metres in length, the living green wall is one of the longest in the UK and hasbeen installed as part of a project which seeks to increase green space in
