News · 18 March 2025
This week has seen the launch of the Liverpool Foster Care Association (LFCA) – a new initiative led by foster carers, for foster carers. Supported by Liverpool City Council, this milestone marks a significant step forward in strengthening the fostering community across the city and ensuring foster carers receive the support they need to provide
News · 26 February 2025
A plan to build a new girls’ school in Toxteth was given the green light by Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet last night. The approval to establish the Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, off Upper Parliament Street, also came with a commitment to support a much-loved community centre on the site. The approximately four-acre site is made
Health · 25 February 2025
Liverpool residents wanting to cut down on alcohol can get free expert support through a new app that promotes a healthier lifestyle. The ‘Lower My Drinking’ app is part of a new campaign urging people to “Rethink Your Drink.” The app is available to anyone living or working in Liverpool. It offers expert advice tailored
News · 21 February 2025
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet is set to consider a report that will set in motion the development of a new girls’ secondary school in Toxteth, as well as identifying new community facilities for the African Caribbean community. The report, that will be discussed at next week’s cabinet, Tuesday 25 February, is asking that five council-owned
News · 4 February 2025
Looking for employment? Not sure what your next steps should be? Make sure those steps take you to Liverpool City Council’s Job Fair next week. On Monday, 10 February, a whole host of employers will be at Central Library and they are ready to recruit right away. The event, held in partnership between Liverpool in
News · 30 January 2025
Liverpool residents looking to achieve and maintain a healthy weight can get support from a brand new service that has now launched. Liv Life Liverpool is free to access for anyone in the city and is informed by the findings set out in Public Health Liverpool’s groundbreaking State of Health in the City: Liverpool 2040
News · 30 January 2025
The lease of Colomendy Outdoor Activity Centre will be returned to Liverpool City Council following the current leaseholder entering into administration. Earlier this month, Kingswood Colomendy Ltd, the site’s tenant, and its parent company, Inspiring Learning Ltd, both ceased trading and administrators were appointed. Kingswood Colomendy Ltd was granted a 30-year lease on the North
News · 10 January 2025
Given current pressures on hospitals we all need to do our bit to keep ourselves and our families well this winter, especially during periods when there is a weather alert. Cold weather can be dangerous for many groups, especially those aged 65, pregnant women, as well as people with pre-existing health conditions as a fall
News · 31 December 2024
A former Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, an Olympic athlete and foster carers are just some of the people who have been named on the new year honours list: Knighthood Andrew Cooke QPM DL HM Chief Inspector, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. For services to Policing and to Public Service OBE
News · 19 December 2024
Interested in working with children? Liverpool City Council’s Adult Learning Service is on hand to help residents towards their career goals in 2025. The ALS runs a series of vocational courses that help people to develop skills that lead to careers in Early Years settings or working as teaching assistants in schools and the team
News · 5 December 2024
Liverpool City Council has today formally awarded two public health contracts that will support some of the city’s most vulnerable groups. The contracts, that total over £100m, will enhance services for children and young people aged from 0-19-year-olds (or up to age 25 if they have special educational needs or disabilities or have left care),
News · 22 November 2024
Liverpool City Council has committed to supporting schools to set up 50 School Streets over the coming years. Here, Cabinet Member for Transport and Connectivity Cllr Dan Barrington explains what School Streets are and how they can make a huge difference. For a number of years, we’ve been committed to bringing School Streets to Liverpool.
News · 5 November 2024
Liverpool City Council’s annual Remembrance Service of will take place on Sunday, 10 November, on the plateau at St George’s Hall. Thousands are expected to gather on Lime Street to commemorate the event, themed “The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy Landings and the Battle of Arnhem.” The Band of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
News · 4 November 2024
Liverpool City Council is set to phase in camera enforcement at six further locations around primary schools to improve safety and boost air quality. Known as School Streets, this project involves introducing a range of measures on roads close to schools that will reduce or calm motorised traffic, aiming to not only keep children, parents
News · 21 October 2024
There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, according to 66 per cent of people in North West England as National Adoption Week starts which will this year explore the adoption journey through modern families. The survey by You Can Adopt has also revealed that the vast majority of the public – 88 per cent
News · 16 October 2024
Calling Liverpool’s guitarists! Can you help set a record at St George’s Hall in December? The Big Guitar-In is ready to strike a chord for the third consecutive year and organisers hope they can tempt more than 600 musicians into the Great Hall on 3 December for an extraordinary evening of music, community spirit, and
News · 15 October 2024
Liverpool has been a home to numerous markets since the Middle Ages and 2024 has shown us they are more popular than ever. Here Michael Bracken, Liverpool City Council’s Head of Markets, reflects on why markets are special places for scousers… In Liverpool, markets are more than just places to shop. They have always been
Uncategorized · 11 October 2024
A new exhibition which looks at Anfield and Garston through the eyes of its residents has opened at Open Eye Gallery. The Flowers Still Grow, which runs 27 October, is the culmination of creative residencies People of Anfield and Childhood is a Garden, commissioned by Culture Liverpool and Open Eye Gallery. Through a series of
News · 10 October 2024
Raise one of the most famous roofs in Liverpool when A Gospel Christmas comes to St George’s Hall. This unique event on Thursday 19 December is set to showcase the uplifting power of gospel music to promote love, unity, and faith and to bring people together in the glorious Great Hall. Some of the UK’s
News · 30 September 2024
A book capturing the quirkiness and uniqueness of the 86 bus route from Smithdown Road to Liverpool city centre has been published. The 86 book is part of Picton Play, commissioned by Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool team as part of its Creative Neighbourhoods programme and delivered by Edge Hill-based arts organisation Metal. Written by Nicki McCubbing,
