News · 5 March 2024
Head to Liverpool’s St George’s Hall for a celebration of sisterhood at the Sisterhood Soirée Pop up Market, taking place on Saturday 9th March, from 10 AM to 3 PM, at the historic St George’s Hall. In honor of International Women’s Day, we invite you to come together to commemorate, connect, and champion women in
News · 5 March 2024
Liverpool City Council’s zero-tolerance approach against retailers who sell dangerous vapes is continuing to have an impact. Eight retailers have been shut down since October 2023 for selling health-damaging vapes, often to young people who are under age. Using legislation that was first used during the Covid-19 pandemic to close businesses that were engaging in
News · 4 March 2024
Liverpool City Council’s Public Health team has played a key role in devising a new multi-media marketing campaign across England to remind parents and carers to get their children vaccinated against serious diseases.
A strong and fair economy for all · 1 March 2024
Liverpool City Council has welcomed a multi-million pound boost for its life sciences hub and for one of the city’s well-loved markets.
Liverpool · 29 February 2024
Liverpool City Council has launched a WhatsApp Channel which allows residents to receive key Council information straight to their mobile phone.
Thriving communities · 29 February 2024
Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police have secured the eviction of a private housing tenant who was making life ‘a nightmare’ for the local community.
News · 28 February 2024
One of the UK’s oldest horticultural hidden treasures is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a vital funding boost. Following a successful bid which Liverpool City Council submitted to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, £245,000 has been awarded which will be invested in creating a permanent home for Liverpool’s historic Botanical
News · 27 February 2024
PEOPLE in Liverpool are invited to come together next week to mark Mother’s Day at Anfield Crematorium. On 10 March, a commemorative service will be held at 11am, delivered in partnership with the Good Funeral Company, with the crematorium chapel open from 10am-noon for people who would like to take a quiet moment of reflection
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 26 February 2024
Five neurodiverse young people will take their first step onto the career ladder through an HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) supported internship programme in Liverpool.
News · 22 February 2024
Liverpool City Council wants to find out how the city’s residents can get active every day. The Council is encouraging residents over the age of 16 to fill in a short questionnaire, in which they will be asked how active they are and what would encourage them to live well. The survey findings will be
News · 22 February 2024
Together with the National Youth Agency, Liverpool City Council is undertaking a comprehensive review of youth provision across the city. Involving young people and their parents and carers is crucial to understanding how the council and its partners should shape youth services in the future. We have two brief surveys that are currently open to
News · 21 February 2024
Eleven organisations have been given thousands of pounds in funding to deliver youth engagement projects in Garston. At an event at The Academy of St Nicholas, schoolchildren from the Academy and five local primary schools (St Austin’s, Garston CE, Banks Road, Gilmour Juniors and Holy Trinity) decided who should win the share of £31,000, made
News · 21 February 2024
Liverpool’s Director of Public Health, Professor Matt Ashton, on why you should protect your loved ones against measles, which is one of the most infectious diseases in the world. There is a large outbreak in Birmingham and Coventry mainly affecting children under 10 years old. Many children have now been admitted to hospital. Liverpool has
A well-run council · 20 February 2024
Liverpool City Council has set out its budget proposals for 2024/25 which includes a £20m drive to improve and transform key frontline services.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 16 February 2024
With measles cases on the rise, thousands of school children aged 6 -11 years are being invited to attend appointments to be vaccinated against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR).
News · 15 February 2024
Liverpool City Council has been awarded over £360,000 to fund a pioneering pilot that will support young people in Liverpool into employment. The Council is one of only 12 local authorities to bid successfully to be part of a national supported internship programme pilot. The pilot is for young people with special educational needs, or
A well-connected, sustainable and accessible city · 15 February 2024
Queens Drive has fully reopened following work to improve drainage infrastructure and install a flood warning system.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 14 February 2024
Professor Louise Kenny CBE is Executive Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Louise - who is also a medical doctor, was a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist from 2006-2018. In this blog, she recounts her experience of treating a young boy who caught measles when he was a baby and sadly did not survive.
A well-run council · 13 February 2024
A report to Cabinet is recommending that Liverpool City Council starts working now on its plan to buy energy from 2026 onwards, to ensure it secures a competitive deal from renewable sources.
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 12 February 2024
Liverpool City Council is inviting Liverpool-based education partners to be part of a special business mission to China to mark the city’s 25th anniversary of its twinning with Shanghai. The Council is planning to lead a high-level education business delegation to the city of Shanghai in June and has put a delegation pack together to
