Children and families

View article Hull Expands SEND Outreach Partnership

Hull Expands SEND Outreach Partnership

Hull City Council has announced the relaunch and expansion of its SEND Outreach Partnership, strengthening support for schools and reinforcing its commitment to inclusive education for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Led by the Council’s Statutory SEND Services Team, the expanded partnership ensures SEND training and specialist support is […]

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View article Oh yes we did! Hull Fostering takes 600 foster community members to the pantomime.

Oh yes we did! Hull Fostering takes 600 foster community members to the pantomime.

On Saturday 13 December, something really special happened for Hull Fostering. We took 600 members of our fostering community to Hull New Theatre to watch Beauty and the Beast. For a few hours, the pressures of everyday life softened into laughter, music, boos, cheers and pure Christmas magic. For many of our families, opportunities like […]

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View article Hull Trading Standards warns parents and carers over unsafe children’s advent calendar

Hull Trading Standards warns parents and carers over unsafe children’s advent calendar

Hull City Council’s Trading Standards department is warning consumers about a children’s capybara-themed advent calendar sold online after discovering it contains a dangerous item.  The calendar, marketed as a children’s toy, has prompted multiple complaints from parents in and around Hull who were alarmed to find a sharp box cutter, pictured above, included as one […]

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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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