News · 26 November 2021
Ava White Murder – Head Teacher statement
In reaction to the death of 12-year-old Ava White, who was killed yesterday evening in Liverpool city centre, the head teacher of her high school has issued the following statement.
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News · 23 July 2021
PROFILE: The Lord Mayor of Liverpool
“You get one go in life. Make as many mistakes as you like, but have a go, try stuff and see if you can make a difference.” The World Heritage Site status certificate has now been removed from Liverpool Town Hall. The low-key ceremony was presided over by the city’s Lord Mayor, which is just
News · 21 July 2021
BLOG: Liverpool is a city which doesn’t need labels
Director of Culture Liverpool, Claire McColgan, responds to the news Liverpool is no longer a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but says this great city doesn’t need a label. When Liverpool started the process of securing World Heritage Site status around 2001, it was during a time when the city was gearing up to be European
News · 19 May 2021
Help protect what you love – get your vaccine
New Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson is joining public health officials in urging people to get their Covid-19 vaccine if they are eligible. With the easing of restrictions, alongside new variants emerging, there is growing evidence we are once again at a critical turning point in our response to coronavirus. Although rates remain low in
News · 19 April 2021
NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Bus launches in Liverpool
The local NHS is working with Liverpool City Council, Arriva, and local GP practices to deliver a COVID-19 vaccination bus for the city. The mobile vaccination clinic, which launched this weekend, is part of a plan to help improve vaccine access in areas where take-up has been lower. There is already evidence that people in
Blog · 8 September 2020
Liverpool 5G digital network bridges health gap during COVID-19
We became part of the DCMS Testbed & Trials Programme in March 2018 delivering the Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care Testbed. This project highlighted the barrier that digital poverty had on both care providers and residents who would benefit from technology in the home, but did not have access to affordable connectivity. Our testbed
Health · 11 August 2020
Landlord Licensing consultation – your questions answered
Liverpool City Council is conducting a public consultation over its proposals to introduce a new landlord licensing scheme – known under legislation as ‘Selective Licensing’. Different proposals are being consulted on covering up to 16 (out of 30) council wards. If approved by the Government, the preferred scheme is expected to start in June 2021
Blog · 12 June 2020
Making Carers Visible
For Carers Week, carer development worker, Chris Monaghan, has written a poem imagining the hopes, needs and frustrations of what a carer experiences every day, every week, every year. Making Carers Visible You wouldn’t recognise them in a crowd. They don’t really stand out. They don’t wear a uniform, or a badge or even a
Blog · 12 June 2020
“We now all have a taste of what it is like to be isolated”
Kerry Mallaby is a carers development worker at Liverpool Carers Centre, run by Local Solutions and commissioned by Liverpool City Council. The team supports carers across Liverpool with assessments, a health and wellbeing programme and access to breaks from their caring role through the Mytime initiative. During Carers Week, 8–14 June, Kerry explores how lockdown
Blog · 12 June 2020
“I’m a young carer, but that’s not all I am.”
Last year, 235 young carers in Liverpool were assessed by Barnardo’s Action With Young Carers or received support from them. Young carers look after a parent with a long-term condition and sometimes also younger siblings. Here, Aimee Hadwin, 18, explains what life is like for a young carer and how Barnardo’s have made a difference.
Blog · 5 May 2020
Covid has silenced our city — but the sounds of humanity gives us hope…
In all honesty, this is the most surreal time of my life. I have always been proud of the fact that I have played a role — a really small role — in this city’s cultural renaissance over the last twenty years. I was passionate about fighting for the voices of communities to be heard,
Blog · 29 April 2020
Tilly Kenyon: “This experience has made me become more self-aware, and begin to understand what I enjoy the most and what I do not want to do.
The Communications and Marketing team offers university undergraduates the chance to spend time in the team on work placement. Each student is asked to sum up their experiences and their observations of our organisation. Tilly Kenyon was the first through the doors this year. Hi, I’m Tilly and I’m a third year Journalism student studying
Blog · 29 April 2020
From an apprentice to CEO
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Rob Melling, Curtins CEO, shares his journey to the top. Curtins is a leading consultancy in the built environment, providing a diverse range of services including civil and structural engineering and other related expertise. 2020 marks sixty years since the company was established in Liverpool. CEO Rob Melling explains
Blog · 29 April 2020
All aboard the apprentice-ship
Ed, 27, is four months into a two year Junior Content Producer Level 3 Apprenticeship. Through his apprenticeship, Ed will develop and create content that can be used across a variety of media platforms. Throughout his studies he will learn to research, prepare and develop media messaging to maximise audience engagement. Just five months ago
Blog · 29 April 2020
Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care
A lot of headlines have been generated recently about the UK’s 5G network, but amid the arguments about which tech firms should be allowed a stake, it would be very easy for all of that noise to overshadow the technology revolution that is currently taking place. Ann Williams is a Commissioning and Contract Manager at
Blog · 29 April 2020
Helping communities thrive in just 100 days
By Susie Finlayson, Power to Change “If you were given the opportunity to develop ideas to support children, young people and families in your neighbourhood, and had just 100 days to bring those to life, what would you do?” That was the challenge recently set for three Liverpool communities, with support from Nesta, charitable trust
Blog · 29 April 2020
We need to talk about death
By Richard Jones, Head of Intelligence and Analytics at Liverpool City Council “Death. It’s something we try not to think about. We don’t really talk about it. It’s too depressing. Dying young is even worse. It’s painful, it’s difficult to get our heads around, it’s best not to talk about it.” Yet I think Liverpool
Blog · 28 April 2020
Living in a £1 house
Lydia Fazakerley is a student at Edge Hill University and has spent the past four weeks gaining first hand experience in the Communications and Marketing Team. Lydia has told us what it’s like to live in a £1 house, one of Liverpool City Council’s innovative housing schemes. I haven’t lived in Anfield for long, 18
Blog · 28 April 2020
Climate Change: With action, comes hope
Paul Riley works in Children’s Services at Liverpool City Council, he is a staff Green Champion, and works with a number of environmental advocacy groups throughout the city. Here he writes about being a part of Transition Liverpool, an international movement of communities coming together to re-imagine and rebuild our world. Campaigners, journalists, politicians, charities
Blog · 28 April 2020
“There’s a book for everyone no matter your ability or interest.”
By day Sean Keyes is Managing Director at Sutcliffe, a multi disciplinary firm of Structural and Civil Engineers. By night he is a Liverpool primary school governor. This World Book Day (5 March) he shares his thoughts on why it’s so important we get our children (and grown-ups) reading more. As a young lad growing
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