Come along for the ride as Hull Fair returns for 2022! 6th October 2022 One of Europe’s largest travelling fairs will return to Hull this week for its 728th year. Opening this Friday 7 October, and taking over 16 acres of Walton Street car park, Hull Fair boasts attractions from across the country. With more than 300 attractions from roller-coasters, white-knuckle-rides to hook-a-duck along with over 80 rides for […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture News What's on Hull FairHumberside PoliceLord Mayor Cllr Christine RandallShowmen's GuildWalton St
Hull foster families’ weekly afterschool club 4th October 2022 An afterschool club has been arranged exclusively for all our foster families to come together every Wednesday evening for an hour’s fun, entertainment, and exercise. Laura Gawthorpe, Hull Fostering’s Recruitment and Retainment Officer said: “It is nice to see so many our foster families coming together each week and joining in on some fun. “We […] Read more Children and families Hull Fostering: Latest News and Updates
Hull student social worker shortlisted for top national award 4th October 2022 A student Social Worker from Hull has been shortlisted for a prestigious award in recognition of their extraordinary practice. Denford Duri, Student Social Worker at the University of Hull, has been selected as a finalist for Student Social Worker of the Year in the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards. He was jointly nominated […] Read more Adult social care Children and families Community and Living Education and Learning Health and Social Care News adult social careascCouncillor Linda ChambersSocial worker of the year awardsUniversity of Hull
Mockingbird Launch – Celebrating Success 26th September 2022 On Sunday evening 10 fostering families came together, along with Hull Fostering staff to celebrate the first six months of the Mockingbird Family Model in Hull. Between 5.30 – 7pm on Sunday 25 September, whilst 18 young people had the best hour burning some energy on the trampolines at Gravity, Hull, 10 fostering families celebrated […] Read more Children and families Hull Fostering: Latest News and Updates
West Hull community benefitting from more pupil places, new classrooms and additional courses 20th September 2022 Pupils at The Boulevard Academy in West Hull are now benefitting from new classrooms, additional courses and more pupil places as the three-storey extension is complete. The £6.7million extension opened for the new school year, increasing student capacity by 300 places and enabling the school to offer new courses from this September. The Academy now […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Boulevard AcademyCouncillor Linda TockHull Esteem Consortium
Schools set to welcome pupils back 2nd September 2022 Children and young people in Hull will be welcomed back to school for the new academic year. Schools across Hull saw attendance hit 91.5 per cent in the last academic year. The Hull Learning Partnership wants to see this percentage increase for the start of the new school year and hopes to see all pupils […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockHull Learning Partnership
Hull pupils celebrate GCSE results 25th August 2022 Students across Hull have today received their GCSE results after sitting their exams for the first time since 2019. Initial results from nine of the city’s secondary schools show significant improvements when compared to 2019: At Attainment 8, five schools have improved compared to 2019, two have remained the same and two have dropped At […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockGCSE resultsHull Learning PartnershipHull Schools
Further significant milestones achieved in Hull’s social care improvement journey 24th August 2022 Hull has been on an improvement journey across children’s social care since January 2019, when Ofsted assessed the service as Inadequate. Over the last two years, Hull City Council’s Children’s Services have had six monitoring visits by Ofsted, looking at different parts of the service. The Department for Education (DfE) also appointed a Children’s Services […] Read more Children and families News children's social careChildren's services commissionerCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationEarly help and safeguarding hub (EHASH)Hull safeguarding children partnershipOfstedSEND
£120,000 funding to tackle barriers to training and employment for young people in Hull 12th August 2022 Hull City Council, The Warren and Humber Learning Consortium have been successful in securing £120,000 grant funding from the Youth Futures Foundation. The money will be used to undertake research into the mismatch between the high number of apprenticeship vacancies and job vacancies locally, compared with the high number of young people not in employment, […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News connected futuresCouncillor Linda TockHumber Learning ConsortiumThe WarrenYouth futures foundation
Pride in Hull 2022 arrives in Queens Gardens this weekend 27th July 2022 After two years on hold, Pride in Hull is back and has planned something extra special to celebrate 50 years of Pride in the UK and 21 years in Hull. Initially planned to take place in West Park, the venue change was announced at the end of June after confirmation of Hull City’s fixtures for […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture News What's on family eventfreePride in Hull 2022
Cabinet opens consultation on plan to protect nursery places in north Hull 25th July 2022 Hull City Council’s Cabinet has today agreed to hold a formal consultation on plans that aim to protect nursery provision in North Hull for the long term. The current McMillan Nursery in North Hull has been hit by a decreasing birth rate in the area and national funding shortages. Hull City Council has now taken […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockMcMillan Nurserynursery places
Hull to host UK Youth Parliament annual conference 19th July 2022 Hull is to host this year’s UK Youth Parliament annual conference. Members of Youth Parliament, aged 11 to 18, from all over the UK will visit the city between 22 and 24 July for the conference being held at Hull University. Youth representatives will together debate the issues affecting young people, and vote on which […] Read more Children and families Community and Living Council Government and Democracy Education and Learning News Make Your MarkYouth Parliament
