Library Link Brings Bedside Poems And Stories To Hospital Patients

Library Link Brings Bedside Poems And Stories To Hospital Patients
August 17, 2021

A hospital in Yorkshire has become the first in the country to support patient care by bringing poetry, stories and chat to the bedside in a partnership that has its roots in the UK City of Culture programme.

Library Link has completed a pilot scheme with volunteers from Hull and East Yorkshire reading poems and short stories to patients in wards and waiting rooms at Hull Royal Infirmary and is now gearing up to return post-Covid.

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Ramblers Partnership Launched With Hull Culture And Leisure

Ramblers Partnership Launched With Hull Culture And Leisure
July 2, 2021

Hull Culture and Leisure are teaming up with The Ramblers for a two-year project that aims to encourage more people to start walking to support health and wellbeing.

Free Ramblers Wellbeing Walks are now taking place at East Park, meeting at 9.30am on Mondays, where participants can walk for 15 minutes up to an hour. No booking is required and anyone can take part.

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Businesses Leading The Way To Promote Literacy By Backing The Big Malarkey

Businesses Leading The Way To Promote Literacy By Backing The Big Malarkey
June 23, 2021

Children and their families from across the region are celebrating the return this week of a festival that encourages curiosity, learning and creativity by promoting reading for pleasure.

The Big Malarkey took a Covid-enforced break during 2020 but is now beginning a new chapter at East Park with a week of activities dedicated to schools in the city, followed by a weekend of events that are open to the public.

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Tickets Go On Sale For The Big Malarkey Festival 2021

Tickets Go On Sale For The Big Malarkey Festival 2021
June 1, 2021

From the bestselling author of the much-loved classic, Madame Doubtfire, to discovering the joys of new authors, Hull’s much-loved family festival, The Big Malarkey Festival returns on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June 2021 with a programme centred around playfulness, discovery and simple joys of connecting with nature.

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Inspiring Hull Women Celebrated As Part Of Hull Women’s Week

Inspiring Hull Women Celebrated As Part Of Hull Women’s Week
March 4, 2021

Hull Women’s Week will celebrate International Women’s Day and the contribution of women living and working in our local community.

Starting on Monday 8 March, International Women’s Day, female role models including Emma Hardy, Karen Okra, Louise Cheeseman, Dame Diana Johnson and Louise Beech will feature as part of a week-long programme from Hull Libraries.

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Hull Museums Receive £145,692 Cultural Recovery Grant

Hull Museums Receive £145,692 Cultural Recovery Grant
October 12, 2020

Hull Museums has received a £145,692 grant from the government’s Cultural Recovery Fund.

Hull Museums is one of 1,385 arts and cultural organisations that are receiving a share of £257m as part of the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England.

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Hull Fair Brought To Life In Digital Exhibition

Hull Fair Brought To Life In Digital Exhibition
September 16, 2020

The sights and sounds of Hull Fair can still be enjoyed this year thanks to a digital exhibition that launches this weekend.

The exhibition, Hull Fair, includes specially commissioned videos of the iconic and historic annual event, interviews with regular fairgoers explaining why the fair means so much to them, as well as pictures and objects that have been kindly submitted by the public.

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