Hull City Council, working alongside other local authorities, is joining a new collaborative network called the What Works Community, to improve response to homelessness and reduce the use of temporary accommodation.
The What Works Community will provide a space for councils to develop ideas, network with peers and receive world-class guidance on improving their homelessness service.
Hull City Council has been awarded the Investors in the Environment Green certificate for the seventh year in a row.
An audit in December praised the local authority’s energy use during 2019-20 and its action on reducing its environmental impact between October 2019 and November 2020.
Residents in the East Riding are being reminded to keep up-to-date with potential flood warnings in the coming days and take any necessary personal flood protection measures as the area prepares for significant rainfall this week.
The MET office has predicted that the East Riding may experience around 30-60mm of water between Tuesday morning and Thursday morning. The total average monthly rainfall for this area in January is around 50-60mm.
Once the largest dock of its kind in the country, sections of the original dock edge walls of Queens Dock are set to be unearthed for the first time in 60 years this month as part of a £4.3m city centre project.
The sections of the dock edge were last seen in the 1960s when the gardens were remodelled to a design created by the renowned architect and town planner, Sir Frederick Gibberd.
Residents are being reminded to implement personal flood protection measures as the city prepares for significant rainfall this week.
The MET office has predicted that Hull may experience around 30-60mm of water between now to Thursday morning. The total average monthly rainfall for this area in January is around 50-60mm.
Hull City Council is partnering with Civica, a global leader in software for public services, to bring 100 new home-based call centre jobs to the city.
The council has partnered with Civica since 2015 to deliver its revenues and benefits services at its Kingston Centre.
Hull City Council has committed a further investment of £20,000 to support young entrepreneurs in the city.
The grant follows £20,000 issued by the local authority from May to August last year, which was critical to drawing in further private sector funding to support young entrepreneurs.
Hull schools will be open for vulnerable children and key worker children only, following the Government’s announcement that schools across the country will close to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Waste collection dates for Hull residents will be changing over the Christmas and New Year break.
Bin collections will change slightly over a three-week period, before returning to normal next month.
Hull City Council is linking up with a major global organisation to help realise ambitious plans for a carbon-neutral future in the city.
The council, along with neighbouring East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has appointed the Carbon Trust to undertake an assessment of how it can become carbon-neutral.
The £4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment is set to feature a number of permanent art installations that will celebrate and bring to life Hull’s rich maritime past.
The installations, from internationally-renowned and award-winning artists Katayoun Dowlatshahi and Heinrich & Palmer, will include a new seating area in the Peace Garden, integrated artworks on new amphitheatre-style seating, as well as maritime-inspired installations and lighting along the boundary of the gardens.
Save the date for the hottest ticket in town as Hull Truck Theatre’s Christmas performance gets set to spread joy to residents across Hull and East Yorkshire.
This is thanks to an innovative partnership with Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, in partnership with Hull City Council, is seeking to recruit up to five new volunteers.
They are needed to take their place on the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull Joint Local Access Forum in early 2021.
The first payments are now being made under a new fund designed to help Hull businesses through coronavirus.
More than 350 applications have already been received for the Additional Restrictions Grant, set up to provide support to businesses hit by the pandemic.
Work to refresh the cycle lanes in Beverley Road will begin on Monday 23 November.
Work will include rebranding the bus lanes and incorporating visible cycle lanes within the existing road network.
The leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council has written to the Prime Minister to request additional support from the Government in relation to the ongoing health emergency in Hull and the East Riding posed by COVID-19, with cases in the area continuing to rise.
Hull City Council has been awarded £1,035,500 for further cycling improvements.
This means that work to incorporate safer cycling routes in Holderness Road and Hessle Road can now begin.
Residents in Hull are being reminded of how to protect themselves from one of nature’s biggest threats to the city.
At present, there is around 120,000 home in Hull and of these, 106,302 are at risk from flooding.