Half-term help as free and low cost activities are back for the holidays 26th October 2023 Help is at hand for families during the half-term thanks to the leisure and parks programme run by Hull Culture and Leisure. This will run from Monday 30 October through to Friday 3 November right across the city. Free junior swimming sessions will held across the city throughout the week, alongside a range of events at […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture News What's on Cllr Mike RossHalf term activitiesHCALLeisure and Parks programme
Celebrating the achievements of Hull care leavers this National Care Leavers Week 25th October 2023 Hull City Council is hosting a huge celebration event for care leavers to mark National Care Leavers Week. National Care Leavers Week celebrates care leavers across the UK and runs from 25 October – 1 November. This year, everyone will be called upon to CARE: to Celebrate care leavers, Amplify their voices, Raise awareness of […] Read more Children and families News ApprenticeshipsBlue Diamond AwardsCare LeaversCare Leavers ForumCare Leavers WeekChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockEmploymentMaritimeMaritime FuturesNPS HumberRoom 42
Image source, Creative Voice Dance Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival returns for 2023 24th October 2023 Young people aged between 11 and 19 years old can get involved in a mix of creative performances, discussions, workshops and exhibitions issues during this year’s Creative Voice Youth Festival. Running Friday 3 – Saturday 4 November from 12noon – 9pm both days in the Princes Quay ground floor event space, Creative Voice Youth Arts […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture News What's on Arts DevelopmentCllr Rob PritchardCreative Youth Arts Festival 2023MusicSmile Foundation
Rufus Robin and Airlie Bird swoop into Hull schools in new drive to tackle school attendance issues 23rd October 2023 Primary school pupils across Hull will be visited by the familiar mascots of Hull FC and Hull KR, as Hull City Council and its partners strive to shine a light on the issue of school attendance. In the year to date, around 22% of children in England were persistently absent – that is children missing […] Read more Children and families News Children and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockEarly help teamEducationHull and East Yorkshire MindHull FCHull KRHull Schoolsschool attendance
Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award 18th October 2023 Two foster carers from Hull who care for a boy with additional needs have won a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award, recognising their exceptional contributions to foster care. Pamela and her partner, who foster with Hull Fostering, were awarded The Fostering Network award for foster carers at The Fostering Excellence Awards, sponsored by The Mortgage Brain, […] Read more Children and families News childrenChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFosteringHull Fostering
Trinity Market reveals plans for free festive family fun! 18th October 2023 With the festive season fast approaching, Trinity Market is set to gift a free exciting and magical event to the people of Hull. Working together with the council, Hull company Redland Events will present The Santa Claus Showtime! – a family show packed with songs, stories and an appearance by Santa himself. Starring Father Christmas, […] Read more Children and families Christmas Leisure & Culture News What's on Cllr Rob PritchardDan WatsonfreeJack ManganRedland EventsThe Sanata Claus Showtime!Trinity Market
Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice 28th September 2023 Hull City Council’s Children’s Services are no longer under an Improvement Notice. David Johnston OBE MP, the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing recently wrote to the Council to inform them that the Department for Education (DfE) was lifting its Improvement Notice. An Improvement Notice is a direction issued by the DfE to local authorities, […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's serviceschildren's social careCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationImprovement plan for children's servicesOfstedsocial workSocial Work Academy
Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film 26th September 2023 ‘Any Of Us’ can be foster carers if we have the capacity to care is the message of a powerful new fostering film. ‘Any Of Us’, launching today, is the sixth film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. The ‘Any Of Us’ project is the largest […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleChildren Social ServicesCouncillor Linda TockFosteringLooked after children
Any Of Us Can Foster 26th September 2023 ‘Any Of Us’ is the latest in a series of film collaborations between over 80 Local Authorities to show any of us can be foster carers, if we have the capacity to care. The film ‘Any Of Us’ looks at three very different people who all show some of the attributes needed to be a […] Read more Children and families Hull Fostering: Latest News and Updates
Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive 22nd September 2023 A conference to celebrate Youth Mental Health Awareness Day took place at the Guildhall in Hull this week. The theme of this year’s Thrive Hull Conference 2023 was #BeBrave and there was a packed programme to support professionals who work with children and young people in the city to do exactly that. The conference invited […] Read more Children and families News Children and young peoplechildren's social careCouncillor Linda TockMental HealthNHSsocial workTHRIVE model
Girls hit back of the net thanks to council funding 22nd September 2023 A girls’ football team have been hitting the back of the net thanks to over £2,000 worth of support from Hull City Council. Council leader, Mike Ross, has granted £2,322 from the Leader’s Fund to Chanterlands Girls Football Club to purchase two safe sets of goals to enable them to enter a local girls league. […] Read more Children and families Civic Leisure & Culture News Chanterlands Girls Football ClubCllr Mike RossLeaders contingency budget
Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched 20th September 2023 The Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) has been relaunched after a restructure that will create new capacity for teachers. IPaSS is a Hull City Council service that supports children and young people in Hull that have physical difficulties, speech and language difficulties or visual or hearing impairments. The restructure will create a more sustainable […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockHull SchoolsIPaSSSEND
