Day: 11 November 2024

View article Fountain Road: Council continues to address Hull’s deteriorated roads with overnight resurfacing scheme  

Fountain Road: Council continues to address Hull’s deteriorated roads with overnight resurfacing scheme  

Hull City Council is preparing to begin overnight resurfacing works on Fountain Road next week.   The scheme will improve the existing carriageway on Fountain Road between Wincolmlee and Main Street.  The intention of the scheme is to renew the failed area of the carriageway, to ensure the highway provides a safe and even surface for […]

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View article Flood resilience scheme underway at Setting Dyke

Flood resilience scheme underway at Setting Dyke

Works will begin today, Monday 11 November, on the first phase of the construction of habitat and a flood storage feature within a west Hull watercourse channel, to improve flood defences in the area. Setting Dyke Catchment Improvement Scheme, based at Setting Dyke, which carries water from agricultural land in the East Riding, a storage […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Kingswood area in line for further tidy-up work 

Love Your Neighbourhood: Kingswood area in line for further tidy-up work 

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project returns to Kingswood next week.  As part of the citywide initiative, several more streets within Hull’s Kingswood Ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up from Monday 14 October to Friday 25 October, leaving the streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride in their community.      The streets […]

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View article Hull resident wins £250 for completing waste survey 

Hull resident wins £250 for completing waste survey 

Hull City Council is delighted to announce that resident, David Waltham, has won a £250 voucher for participating in a recent survey on the city’s waste management services.  The survey, which aimed to gather residents’ feedback on the council’s waste collection and recycling services, received hundreds of responses, showing residents’ interest in enhancing Hull’s environmental […]

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View article Remodelling works create SEND provision at Dorchester Primary

Remodelling works create SEND provision at Dorchester Primary

Remodelling of classrooms at Dorchester Primary School to accommodate Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) pupils have now been completed. The Bransholme school was subject to significant development which has created an additional 20 places for pupils with SEND. Remodelling took place over the summer holidays and were completed in time for the new school […]

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View article New ‘iconic’ bike racks erected in Hull City Centre to help promote cycling

New ‘iconic’ bike racks erected in Hull City Centre to help promote cycling

Hull City Council has installed two new ‘bike ports’ in Jameson Street as part of repair works to fix damage in the area following the recent disorder in the city centre. As part of its efforts to promote more sustainable and active forms of travel, the council has taken the opportunity to provide increased cycle […]

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View article 20 of England’s largest local authority landlords call for the new government to save council homes

20 of England’s largest local authority landlords call for the new government to save council homes

Hull City Council has today joined with England’s other largest council landlords – including Southwark, Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Dudley – to jointly publish five solutions for the new government to ‘secure the future of England’s council housing’. Back in March, Directors from this cross-party group of 20 local authorities gathered at a Summit […]

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View article Hull celebrates remarkable success with Multiply scheme

Hull celebrates remarkable success with Multiply scheme

Hull City Council is celebrating the success of a programme aimed at improving adult’s numeracy skills. The Multiply programme has dramatically surpassed expectations in its second year, highlighting its effectiveness and impact. Designed to enhance numeracy skills among adults, the programme significantly exceeded the original aims by 338% on learners participating in substantive learning, funded […]

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View article Singers invited to join Freedom Festival performance

Singers invited to join Freedom Festival performance

Residents that enjoy singing and love the planet are invited to get involved in a project that offers the opportunity to be a part of the Freedom Festival, in a brand-new performance piece. ‘Chanter Lands’ is a new musical project specially conceived for 2024’s Freedom Festival. It is inspired by international protests around climate change, […]

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View article Hull City Council asks Hull parents to take up childcare offer as deadline approaches

Hull City Council asks Hull parents to take up childcare offer as deadline approaches

Hull City Council’s Family Information Service is asking parents to check whether they are eligible for childcare before the deadline closes. From September, children aged nine months old on or before 31 August 2024 may be eligible for 15 hours early education and childcare (up to 30 hours for children aged 3-4 years). To receive […]

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