Children and families

View article Christmas card competition winners announced for 2025

Christmas card competition winners announced for 2025

Hull City Council is excited to reveal the winners of its 2025 Christmas Card Competition, celebrating the creativity of young people across the city. After an enthusiastic response from schools during November’s competition, a panel of judges selected two outstanding designs to form the Council’s official 2025 digital Christmas card. The winning entries will be […]

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View article Hull City Council to continue support for most vulnerable heading into the new year

Hull City Council to continue support for most vulnerable heading into the new year

Support will continue for Hull’s most vulnerable residents this winter and into the early spring after senior councillors agreed the use of funds aimed at helping the most vulnerable. Cabinet members have approved proposals to boost existing schemes receiving funding via the Household Support Fund (HSF). It means the families of over 16-thousand pupils in […]

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View article Hull City Council’s digitisation project for children’s services files delivers 300 new trees

Hull City Council’s digitisation project for children’s services files delivers 300 new trees

Hull City Council has continued its move towards a greener, more efficient future by digitising thousands of historic children’s services files. The project, delivered in partnership with Hull-based company Storetec, recently led to 300 new trees being planted in Pickering Park. This, in turn, will see a range of benefits, from improving biodiversity, contributing to a […]

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View article Sight loss support team hosts careers event at Craven Park

Sight loss support team hosts careers event at Craven Park

Hull City Council’s IPaSS Vision Support Team hosted an inspiring careers event at Craven Park on Thursday 6 November 2025, bringing together 15 young people with sight loss from across the city. The day-long session focused on building confidence, strengthening self-advocacy skills, and offering clear, practical guidance on taking the next steps towards employment or […]

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View article New schools join walking and wheeling challenge to cap off successful first year

New schools join walking and wheeling challenge to cap off successful first year

Three more Hull schools have joined a national challenge to encourage and support more children to walk and wheel to school in the city. St Nicholas Primary School – part of Humber Education Trust – Longhill Primary and Estcourt Primary have joined nine other schools in Hull in taking part in the WOW – the […]

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View article Paralympian Roy Turnham leads vision impaired tennis taster days for Hull students

Paralympian Roy Turnham leads vision impaired tennis taster days for Hull students

Hull-based Paralympian and blind athlete Roy Turnham has teamed up with Hull City Council’s Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) Vision Support Team to deliver two inspiring vision impaired (VI) tennis taster days for young people living with sight loss. This autumn, Roy and his team from Roy Turnham’s Vision Impairment Training and Active Living Skills (RT Vitals) visited St […]

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View article Hull Bus Alliance announce festive group travel offer

Hull Bus Alliance announce festive group travel offer

The Hull Bus Alliance has announced a group travel discount to help people get out and about over the festive season as well as providing a timely boost for the local economy during the busy Christmas and New Year period. Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Buses will be offering the Hull Card Group ticket […]

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View article Popular cycle safety campaign returns with focus on schools

Popular cycle safety campaign returns with focus on schools

A successful cycle safety scheme will run across Hull for a fourth winter, but with a new focus on supporting young people who cycle to and from school to stay safe and stay seen during the darker nights. Over the past three years, Hull City Council’s Bike Lights for Dark Nights initiative has seen the […]

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View article Hull expands support for families with new Healthy Start vitamin pilot

Hull expands support for families with new Healthy Start vitamin pilot

Hull City Council is strengthening its support for pregnant women, new parents and young children with the launch of a new vitamin distribution pilot across three Family Hubs, building on two years of innovative work to increase uptake of the NHS Healthy Start scheme. The pilot, now running from Fenchurch, McMillan and Marfleet Family Hubs, gives eligible families […]

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View article Standing ovation for Hull young people at Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival

Standing ovation for Hull young people at Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival

Young people from across Hull took centre stage at this year’s Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival, showcasing original drama, comedy and monologue work they have spent months developing. Sixteen young members of Just Drama Youth Theatre, based at Andrew Marvell Youth Centre, delivered a 35-minute performance to an audience of more than 60 family members, […]

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View article White Ribbon Day: schools focus for anti-violence campaign

White Ribbon Day: schools focus for anti-violence campaign

A campaign which engages men and boys to prevent violence against women and girls is the focus of work in Hull schools, including in both primary and secondary settings. Today – Tuesday 25 November – is White Ribbon Day and is the start of 16 days of activities where this year’s theme is ‘We Speak […]

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