News · 22 August 2023
LIVERPOOL will become home to a new secondary school after the Department for Education approved plans to open a new free school. Star Academies will open the 800-place Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy for pupils aged 11-18 and it is one of 15 new schools nationally approved under the government’s free schools programme. The multi-academy trust
News · 22 August 2023
Cllr Ruth Bennett, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Transformation, explains now improving customer service is a vital part of our transformation journey. Liverpool City Council’s Contact Centre takes a huge volume of calls every year. In 2023-24 alone, based on trends from previous years, we are expecting to take nearly 850,000
News · 11 August 2023
Liverpool City Council has been criticised by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its handling of Freedom of Information requests. A Practice Recommendation has been issued by the ICO regarding the Council’s low FOI response rate and the failure to respond to all requests within 20 working days. The City Council has already put an
News · 8 August 2023
Liverpool’s travel and tourism sector is welcoming a post-Covid resurgence. New figures published have calculated vital information relating to Liverpool’s tourism sector, and show last year’s economic boost of more than £3.5 billion has outstripped previous city records. Reflecting on 2022, the new statistics also highlight the number of visitors the city attracted, the accommodation
News · 19 July 2023
Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable death and illness in the UK. It is a key factor in people developing heart disease, strokes, cancer, dementia and lung disease. The good news is that rates of smoking in Liverpool are decreasing. Over the past seven years, the number of people with the habit has dropped
News · 13 June 2023
This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. Advanced Public Health Practitioner Jayne Cook reflects on how loneliness can affect anyone and looks at some of the organisations which work in Liverpool to bring people together. Loneliness affects all of us at one point or another, it’s a difficult feeling and often complex to unpack. Some of
News · 12 June 2023
LIVERPOOL City Council has today launched a consultation to create a “new” primary school. In partnership with the Catholic Archdiocese, the council is asking for feedback on proposals to amalgamate St Cecilia’s Catholic Infant School and St Cecilia’s Catholic Junior School, both in Tuebrook, which, if approved, would come into effect from 1 January 2024.
News · 8 June 2023
LIVERPOOL City Council is set to welcome a new Corporate Director for Children and Young People’s Services. Jenny Turnross has this week been appointed and will come to Liverpool from Birmingham Children’s Trust where she is currently Director of Practice and has been in post since 2018. She will start work in Liverpool in August.
News · 16 May 2023
A FAMILIAR face will be sworn in as Lord Mayor of Liverpool this week. Cllr Mary Rasmussen, who was also Lord Mayor in 2021/22, officially returns as Liverpool’s First Citizen at the council’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 17 May, at Liverpool Town Hall. Cllr Rasmussen served as Deputy Lord Mayor of Liverpool in the
News · 25 April 2023
GIVE your children a Healthy Start in life – that’s the message being given to Liverpool parents. Healthy Start is the national NHS-led scheme that supports eligible families to buy healthy food and milk for children under four – but over £750,000 of funding is not being claimed in Liverpool, with an estimated one in
News · 25 April 2023
A MAJOR birth cohort study launches today in the Liverpool City Region – and researchers are looking for 10,000 families to take part. Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) is the first large-scale birth cohort study in the Liverpool City Region and will track first-born babies and their families from early in pregnancy through to
News · 14 April 2023
Part of Liverpool City Council’s drive to transform the way it provides services is about maximising its revenue. Interim Assistant Director of the Revenues and Benefits Service Bernie Davies explains the new three-pronged approach to collecting Council Tax. Council Tax is one of our main sources of income. It is absolutely vital, as it helps
News · 12 April 2023
The City of Liverpool and Everton Stadium have been formally announced as part of the UK and Ireland’s bid to host UEFA EURO 2028. The pioneering five-association collaboration of England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – with support of their government partners – is aiming to host the four-yearly tournament and create an amazing
News · 20 March 2023
LIVERPOOL has become the first area in the country to launch a charter setting out how it will support kinship carers. The Kinship Charter Liverpool has been written by Kinship Carers Liverpool in partnership with Liverpool City Council with both carers, children and young people sharing their experiences to develop the framework. Kinship carers look
Eurovision · 8 March 2023
EGGS, brass bands, and folktales are just a few of the ways that the region’s schools will be invited to celebrate Eurovision as Liverpool prepares to host the iconic song contest. Following the announcement of EuroFest – a two-week cultural festival that will run alongside the competition – Liverpool’s education programme, EuroLearn is now getting
News · 23 February 2023
TODAY parents and other stakeholders will be able to have their say on more plans to increase the number of places in Liverpool’s special schools. In December, cabinet gave its approval to consult on proposals which will see more school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Two consultations
News · 24 January 2023
LIVERPOOL will mark international Holocaust Memorial Day this year with a Service of Remembrance at Liverpool Town Hall. The service, for invited guests, will be held on Friday, 27 January, and will include prayers led by Rabbi Natan Fagleman, Allerton Hebrew Congregation, and an Act of Commitment by representatives of other faiths. There will also
News · 19 January 2023
FROM today (Thursday 19 January), residents are being asked for feedback on council plans to increase the number of school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Last year, stakeholders, including parents and carers, took part in an informal consultation on an initial set of proposals. In response to the feedback, a new
News · 17 January 2023
A brand-new multi-service agency has opened to the public in Croxteth.
News · 10 January 2023
Tune into BBC iPlayer to see one of Liverpool’s incredible community projects on the small screen. Toxteth’s Cycle of Life project was the subject of this week’s We Are England, broadcast on Monday 9 January, on BBC One, which also features a council-funded initiative. Cycle of Life was founded by Ibe Hayter in 2020 with
