Covid-19 · 22 October 2020
The Government is to allow gyms, indoor sports facilities, fitness and dance studios in Liverpool and the wider city region to reopen from Saturday 24 October. They were included in Tier 3 restrictions which came into force on Wednesday 14 October in a bid to drive down COVID-19 infection rates. However, local leaders successfully argued
Civic · 26 June 2020
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has congratulated Liverpool Football Club on winning the Premiership title. They secured their 19th title last night – leading to an outpouring of emotion from fans who have been waiting 30 years for them to lift the trophy. The city council is urging ecstatic fans to try and maintain social
sport · 27 February 2020
The Vitality Netball World Cup, which took place at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, delivered an £8.18m economic boost to the city’s economy according to new research from UK Sport. Overall 6.07 million people in Britain attended, watched or followed the tournament which took place in July 2019. In addition to the economic gains, the
sport · 10 February 2020
Liverpool is limbering up to encourage people to get active thanks to new physical activity funding. The city has been awarded £300,000 by Get Out Get Active – a national, ground-breaking project which aims to work with some of the least active communities or groups in the country, and give them the confidence to take
Culture · 27 November 2019
Two of Liverpool’s leading sporting executives are to oversee the delivery of the city’s major international sports events. Brian Barwick – the former controller of ITV Sport, Chair of the Rugby Football League and Chief Executive of the Football Association – will chair a new Sports Event Delivery Group (SEDG). The group will maximise the
Community · 26 November 2019
Liverpool’s Olympic track star Anyika Onoura is under starter’s orders for a new direction in life after saying a fond farewell to the world of competitive racing. And in announcing her retirement, the 35 year-old bronze medal winner has pledged to work with Liverpool City Council to nurture the next generation of homegrown talent. Anyika
sport · 14 November 2019
The largest event in the British Athletics Cross Challenge Series will be held at Sefton Park on Saturday 23rd November. This prestigious event also incorporates the individual and team trials for the GB Team for the European Cross Country Championships to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in December. It provides an opportunity for runners of
Arts & Events · 7 November 2019
In 2009 England Netball, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, UK Sport and The ACC Liverpool Group, started work on a bid to host the Netball World Cup which was submitted to the International Netball Federation (INF) in 2014. In 2015, the INF confirmed that the bid had been successful. The sport had experienced growth
News · 4 November 2019
GRASSROOTS football in Liverpool is to get a nearly half a million pound funding boost over the next three years thanks to a cash injection from the city’s Premier League clubs. Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs’ respective charities will each invest £75,000 a year in a Grassroots Football Development Fund to provide equipment, training
sport · 1 November 2019
Premier League footballers Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tom Davies joined Jamie Carragher on Thursday, 31 October, to celebrate the first anniversary of four multi-million-pound sporting hubs across Liverpool. The trio, who all grew up in Liverpool, were given a tour of the state-of-the-art Jericho Lane site, one of four multi-sport hubs that have been developed as
News · 18 September 2019
EVERY local authority football pavilion across Liverpool now has a life-saving defibrillator installed – as a legacy to a grassroots football legend. John Cantwell, 69, died in February 2018 while watching his son play football on the Joe Stone playing fields in Fazakerley. The dad-of-two, from Walton, began managing amateur football teams alongside his wife
sport · 5 September 2019
Smoking by adults at children’s football matches in Liverpool will be officially stubbed out from this weekend as the new season kicks off. After a successful six-week pilot throughout the summer, Smokefree Sidelines Liverpool guidance will now apply and any adults smoking or vaping at matches or training sessions will be asked to stop by
sport · 16 July 2019
An international table tennis star will be on hand in Liverpool to help get people into the sport on National Table Tennis Day - Thursday, 18 July.
sport · 24 June 2019
The Vitality Netball World Cup’s opening ceremony is set to be a celebration of the world in one city – with its distinct Liverpool twist being beamed to a global audience. Due to its reputation for staging major, crowd-pulling events, the Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 organisers agreed that Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council’s events
sport · 21 June 2019
Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles Centre in Speke will be closed from Monday 24 June for a three month programme of urgent work. The city council is investing around a quarter of a million pounds in the facility after recent surveys identified issues with: • Electric distribution boards and main board • Emergency lighting • Ventilation systems
sport · 17 June 2019
Liverpool City Council is investing in two of Liverpool’s Lifestyles Fitness Centres to address urgent maintenance issues. The swimming pool at Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles Fitness Centre in Speke closed earlier this month for essential work, but since then further surveys have identified pipework that needs to be renewed. This is in addition to work to
sport · 5 June 2019
The swimming pool at Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles fitness centre in Speke is closing tonight (Wednesday) for urgent maintenance work, and will not reopen until at least the end of the month. Following surveys and work to replace the main electrical circuit board, further urgent maintenance work has been identified – including repairs to the pool’s
Health · 3 June 2019
Liverpool will be stubbing out smoking at children’s football matches at the start of the next season thanks to a new campaign. Smokefree Sidelines Liverpool will see adults who attend Liverpool Youth Football League matches from 2019/20 being asked not to smoke or vape whilst they are watching matches or at training sessions. The campaign
Health · 7 May 2019
Can you help Liverpool get fit for the future? That’s the big question from Liverpool City Council and its partners who are looking for great projects linked to education settings that could benefit from a funding boost.
Culture · 17 April 2019
In partnership with Liverpool City Council, the Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 will be hosting a Fan Park alongside the showcase international event. Located in Chavasse Park within Liverpool ONE, as part of their Summer of Sport, netball fans from around the world will have the exciting opportunity to visit the park throughout the 10
