News · 5 August 2024
Liverpool City Council has issued an operational update on its services for families following violent incidents in the city at the weekend. All Family Hubs and Children’s Centres are operating as usual. Providers who support the council with its Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme which runs throughout the city in the school holidays have
News · 26 July 2024
St George’s Hall is set to mark its 170th anniversary by inviting a host of Liverpool’s most talented performers into its iconic spaces. From comedians to singer-songwriters, from jazz to rock’n’roll, the final programme of events for the SGH170 Festival, curated by Culture Liverpool and the St George’s Hall team, has now been unveiled and
News · 25 July 2024
Interested in training for a new career? Liverpool’s Adult Learning Service is set to help new learners on the first steps of their journey with a series of information and assessment sessions. Starting on Monday, learners can attend sessions at either Newsham or Granby Adult Learning Centres where their skill level will be assessed so
Civic · 16 July 2024
The unique contributions of eight individuals to Liverpool and beyond are set to be rewarded with one of the city’s highest prizes Professor John Ashton, the Reverend Canon Dr Crispin Pailing, Leroy Cooper and Chrissie Byrne as well as the four members of The Real Thing have all been nominated to be made Citizens of
News · 15 July 2024
Smoke-free in a generation – that’s the ambition of the Liverpool Tobacco Control Strategy that is officially launched today. The strategy, which was approved by the Council’s Cabinet in June, now becomes the guiding document of the city’s ultimate aim of reducing the number of people who smoke in Liverpool to the point where the
News · 14 June 2024
Thinking about returning to learning? Not sure where to start? Then come along to a Liverpool Adult Learning Service (ALS) open day! Later this month, the ALS team will be on hand at four centres across the city to answer questions about the courses that will be available from September. The open days are all
News · 10 June 2024
On Sunday, 9 June, veterans marched through Liverpool City Centre to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. They assembled at the Royal Albert Dock where there were prayers and readings from The Rector of Liverpool, The Reverend Canon, Dr Crispin Pailing MBE, Lord Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Richard Kemp and Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside Mark Blundell.
News · 7 June 2024
Over 80 of the best local independent businesses are set to be showcased at the very first St George’ Hall Market. On Father’s Day, Sunday 16 June, one of Liverpool’s best-loved buildings will become a bustling marketplace as the Summer Market brings a whole range of stallholders to both the inside and outside of the
News · 6 June 2024
People in Liverpool are invited to come together this year to mark Father’s Day at Anfield Crematorium. On Sunday, 16 June, a commemorative service and time for reflection will be held from noon-2pm, delivered in partnership with the Good Funeral Company. The crematorium chapel will also be open from 11am-noon for people who would like
News · 4 June 2024
The Mystery junior parkrun has celebrated its 5th birthday. The 2km event has taken place 182 times since its inception in 2019 and has seen over 2,000 different juniors finish the event around 15,000 times. parkrun is a free, weekly, timed event, where people can run, jog, walk, wheel and push a pram, around the
News · 3 June 2024
Looking for a new work challenge? Want to give our youngest residents the best start in life? Then a career in Early Years could be for you! Liverpool City Council is hosting a dedicated Early Years Recruitment Event on Wednesday 12 June and anyone aged 16 and above who is interested in finding out more
News · 30 May 2024
The 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings will be marked in Liverpool next month by a series of events. On 6 and 9 June there will be several moments when the city will be able to reflect on the historic manoeuvres of 6 June 1944 which started the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord. D-Day,
News · 15 May 2024
Calling the best young artists, bands and producer-artists – applications are now open for the latest cohort of the award-winning LIMF Academy. Unsigned artists aged 16-25 from across the Liverpool City Region are invited to apply for the programme that has supported over 5,000 creators since it was launched in 2013 and has become one
News · 14 May 2024
Liverpool City Council has today launched three further Family Hub networks. The city now has five Family Hubs, after successful launches in Clubmoor and Ellergreen Children’s Centre last July and Speke in November. As previously, the new Hubs are based within existing Children’s Centres: The networks will support families in these wards: Edge Hill, Smithdown,
News · 10 May 2024
Liverpool City Council is set to host a new market next month in one of the city’s most iconic locations – and is now looking for traders to get involved. St George’s Hall will be the home of the market which will be held for the first time on Sunday 16 June and traders are
News · 26 April 2024
Liverpool City Council has successfully placed a Banning Order on a letting agent operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Trophy Homes Ltd was hit with the order relating to convictions from February 2023 including the failure to license two HMO properties. The Banning Order was granted on Thursday, 25 April 2024, under the Housing
News · 18 April 2024
Visitors to St George’s Hall will be able to walk in the footsteps of a Victorian prison guard from next week. The iconic hall’s popular visitor experience The History Whisperer has been reimagined and will now also feature a new character – The Warder – as part of an immersive exhibition with tickets now on
News · 4 April 2024
Parents of young children – we want to hear about the childcare that you need. In 2024, there are several changes being introduced nationally that will expand the funded childcare offer for working parents of young children as well as parents of children who are at primary school. So that the council, schools and providers
News · 3 April 2024
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world's largest independent cruise port operator, has signed a 50-year agreement with Peel Ports Group’s subsidiary, The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Ltd, to operate services at Liverpool Cruise Port.
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
