News · 16 February 2022
Are you looking for fun activities for your youngsters next week? Never fear – Fab Feb is here! Throughout next week’s half-term break, organisations across Liverpool are coming together to offer hundreds of activities for five to 16-year-olds as part of Fab Feb – which also guarantees healthy meals and snacks. If your family receives
Arts & Events · 15 February 2022
A new exhibition showcasing the vibrancy and variety of contemporary Jamaican art since the country’s Independence in 1962 will open at the University of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum on Saturday, 19 February.
News · 14 February 2022
If you have found the last few months hard going and are looking for some extra support, a new health and wellbeing service might be helpful to you, your friends or family. The Life Rooms has teamed up with Liverpool’s Public Health team to launch a new initiative to support individuals and communities with their
Liverpool · 14 February 2022
Liverpool is celebrating securing prestigious Purple Flag status again – taking its reign into a twelfth successive year.
News · 11 February 2022
Liverpool City Council and the local NHS and are teaming up with Arriva once again to bring the NHS Covid-19 vaccination bus back onto the streets of Liverpool. Last year, the city’s vaccination bus provided 48 community outreach events across 18 different locations and saw over 10,000 people vaccinated on board – many of whom
News · 11 February 2022
The BBC and the biggest names in Liverpool’s creative sector have come together to launch a scheme to support new writing talent in the city. “Write Across Liverpool” is a development programme to give aspiring writers an insight into writing for TV. It’s backed by Liverpudlian Tony Schumacher whose BBC One drama The Responder has
News · 11 February 2022
As part of the budget options for 2022/23, Liverpool City Council is set to introduce a garden waste collection charge of £40 per year. Here we answer some questions that you might have...
News · 11 February 2022
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet is set to consider final budget proposals for 2022/23.
Art · 10 February 2022
A unique visual arts project highlighting how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted and united communities across Liverpool is spreading across the city.
News · 10 February 2022
A brand new festival is coming to Liverpool which is set to attract thousands of visitors and give a much-needed financial boost to the local economy. Taste Liverpool. Drink Bordeaux takes over the city centre across the Queen’s Jubilee bank holiday (2-5 June) and will be a huge celebration of Liverpool’s food and drink sector.
News · 9 February 2022
Liverpool Philharmonic’s new Youth Session Orchestra will make its debut at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Sunday 20 February in collaboration with LIMF Academy. The Orchestra is made up of jazz and pop musicians aged between 13-21, who are passionate about playing a range of music genres. They will join four LIMF Academy artists on stage
News · 7 February 2022
The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 (WGC2022) has today launched its education programme with the aim of inspiring and raising aspirations of young people throughout Merseyside and across the UK. The programme provides an opportunity to educate and engage children from early years through to Key Stage 3 with an Education Resource Pack available to
News · 7 February 2022
Culture Liverpool’s Alicia Smith is taking on a new challenge, after being promoted to Interim Divisional Manager for Arts, Heritage, Libraries and Participation. Alicia has been promoted to introduce fresh ideas, a more joined-up approach and a closer working relationship with Arts Council England – which has recently become one of the major funders of
News · 7 February 2022
A recent survey capturing the views of children and young people across Liverpool is set to help shape mental health support and services in the city. Mental health has been a major concern for everyone during the pandemic – especially the impact on our youngest residents. To better understand what’s been happening, Liverpool City Council,
Blog · 7 February 2022
Many of us will have either had or heard conversations about how we all need to ‘learn to live’ with Covid. Director of Public Health, Matt Ashton explains why this is an overly simplified view.
News · 4 February 2022
On Thursday 3 February, the Government announced measures to help protect households from the steep cost of living increases, such as higher energy bills and food prices. One of the measures announced was a one-off Council Tax rebate of £150 for properties in Council Tax Bands A-D. A further measure includes the creation of a
News · 4 February 2022
THE MAYOR of Liverpool and the Bishop of Liverpool have written an open letter to the Home Secretary asking that the government withdraws its Nationality and Borders Bill. The move comes after a motion was passed at last Wednesday’s Full Council meeting requesting that the Mayor writes to Priti Patel calling for the bill to
News · 3 February 2022
After more than two years of disruption, Liverpool’s events calendar is back with a new lease of life. Culture Liverpool – the award-winning council team responsible for staging some of the city’s biggest events – is deep in planning mode to bring back some of the most loved events as well as some brand new projects
News · 1 February 2022
Interim findings from a consultation on Liverpool’s markets have been released.
public health · 31 January 2022
Liverpool is not alone in having a lower-than-average uptake in some areas– but with almost 900,000 doses now delivered, the city hasn’t stood still on this issue and continues to reach out to those who haven’t previously come forward. What is being seen in Liverpool isn’t unique – it’s something that is mirrored in other
