Hull’s new Employment Hub is off to a flying start after helping hundreds of young people into potential new careers.
Hull City Council is an approved intermediary for the Government’s national Kickstart Scheme, which creates fully funded six-month placements for 25 hours per week.
Preparation is underway for the return of Hull’s much-loved family festival, The Big Malarkey, this summer.
Hosted by Hull Libraries, the team is hoping to bring a smile to people’s faces and welcome families back with an invitation to come together to celebrate and experience the magic of The Big Malarkey Festival.
The creativity of Hull’s writing community is being celebrated with four new writing commissions for the Humber Mouth literature festival.
And, the new stories and poems written for radio will be broadcast through a special partnership with BBC Radio Humberside.
On Thursday 6 May 2021, Hull City Council local elections and the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election takes place.
Residents in Hull have their chance to vote on who represents them in their local ward area, and who represents the Humberside area as Police and Crime Commissioner.
Hospitality businesses in Hull are being urged to apply for Pavement Licences now so they are ready to serve customers when Covid restrictions ease on April 12.
The reminder to businesses comes as Hull City Council reveals it has now given out grants totalling £77m to more than 4,800 businesses in the city during the pandemic.
Hull City Council has joined forces with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to offer a range of expert services to firms across the city as they recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Under the new partnership, the council is providing £20,000 of funding to ensure small businesses can get fully funded membership to the FSB for their first year.
Hull City Council is preparing to pay out vital restart grants to businesses to help them recover from the Covid pandemic and kickstart the local economy.
The new Restart Grants announced by the Chancellor in the last Budget are to be paid by the Council starting from April 6 as businesses start to reopen their doors and welcome back customers.
The Winter Grant Scheme has been extended meaning that households in Hull that are most in need will benefit from further food and fuel support.
Families in Hull that live in an area of extreme fuel poverty and are medically vulnerable, are set to receive £50 towards the cost of energy, and families of children entitled to free school meals will continue to receive these through the summer half-term in May.
As children and young people make their return to school after almost a year of home-schooling, the local NHS is introducing two Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) to support pupils in Hull with their mental health and wellbeing.
New figures show that nearly 5,000 fines have been issued to those caught littering in the city.
In the last 14 months, Local Authority Support Ltd has issued a total of 4,766 fines to people carrying out this anti-social behaviour.
The last remaining 20th century Scotch Derrick crane is to be restored, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council.
The Hull Maritime project is looking to appoint a contractor to dismantle, restore and relocate the crane as a safe structure, retaining its historical details and significance.
Hull City Council, working in partnership with Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd, has been successful in an application to Sport England’s National Leisure Recovery Fund (NLRF) and has been awarded £640,000 to support the reopening and recovery of leisure services.
Hull has been named a Tree City of the World – one of only 120 cities across the globe – for its commitment to urban forests. The Arbor Day Foundation has praised Hull and included the city in the prestigious list for its continued efforts to grow and maintain green spaces.
From 3 May, every day for a year, at sunrise and sunset, a Vigil (person) will keep watch over Hull from a bespoke wood and glass structure located on top of the Hull College building, facing east and west, overlooking Queen’s Gardens and the
The public is being invited to share their views on the future of Hull’s Old Town.
The historic area, home to Hull Minster, Trinity Square, the cobbled High Street and Beverley Gate, is a much-loved area of the city for both residents and visitors.
Hull city council’s new employment hub, working with over 80 businesses in the city, has delivered a major new programme to offer hundreds of life-changing career opportunities for those struggling to find work in the Covid crisis.
The employment hub has already secured 300 new opportunities for local young people, under the government’s national Kickstart scheme, which creates fully-funded, six-month placements for 25 hours per week in a wide variety of businesses and roles.
Hull City Council Leader, Councillor Stephen Brady, has published the proposed Budget Statement for 2021/22, ahead of it being discussed at Full Council on 25 February.
The Budget outlines that there will be no cuts to services for residents, and savings will be made through internal council savings but no redundancies will be made. Council Tax will rise by 4.99 per cent, but those receiving council tax support will be protected from the rise through the use of the Hardship Fund.
Work to improve key traffic signals in Freetown Way will step up a gear next week.
The upgrade will take place at the junction of Freetown Way, George Street and Wilberforce Drive from Monday 22 February.