Community and Living

View article Ideal Heating extends support to vulnerable residents through Hull City Council partnership

Ideal Heating extends support to vulnerable residents through Hull City Council partnership

17th March 2025

Ideal Heating has reinforced its commitment to supporting residents in its home city through its partnership with Hull City Council. Ideal has provided a significant sum of money to the council’s Money Matters and Affordable Warmth schemes, directly benefiting local charities, organisations and community groups. The schemes are designed to alleviate financial hardship and promote […]

View article Calling all green fingered tenants!

Calling all green fingered tenants!

14th March 2025

Entries have opened for the seventh annual Hull City Council Tenants’ Garden Competition, and hopefully we’ll have a bumper crop of entries. People can enter the garden competition if they are Hull City Council tenants living within the Hull city boundary. The only other rules are that each entrant must have done the gardening themselves, […]

View article Council wants residents’ input for new Local Plan

Council wants residents’ input for new Local Plan

11th March 2025

Hull City Council is creating a new Local Plan for Hull – and needs the input of the city’s residents. The updated plan will guide how the city grows and changes over the next 15 years, impacting homes, jobs, health and climate action. The council wishes to have an active and open conversation about these […]

View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Pickering area receives tidy-up treatment

Love Your Neighbourhood: Pickering area receives tidy-up treatment

10th March 2025

Pickering is the latest area to be supported by Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project. Streets within the Pickering area of West Hull are now basking in the glow of a much-welcomed makeover, thanks to the council’s ambitious Love Your Neighbourhood initiative. As part of the citywide project, several streets within the area underwent […]

View article Spring edition of Hull CC News landing on doorsteps

Spring edition of Hull CC News landing on doorsteps

5th March 2025

This week, the spring edition of Hull CC News, the council’s newspaper, is being delivered to all homes across the city. The publication covers plenty of local news about your city, whilst it is also jam-packed with six pages of events and what’s on listings. You will also find details of the forthcoming Colliderfest, whilst […]

View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Marfleet area next in line for a tidy-up

Love Your Neighbourhood: Marfleet area next in line for a tidy-up

28th February 2025

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project will be arriving in the Marfleet area next week. As part of the citywide initiative, several streets within Hull’s Marfleet ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up between Monday 3 March and Friday 14 March, leaving streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride in their community. […]

View article Community planting day at Oak Road Playing Fields

Community planting day at Oak Road Playing Fields

24th February 2025

Local children and the community recently took part in a Humber Forest community planting day at Oak Road Playing Fields in Hull where they helped to plant hundreds of trees and improve the area for all to enjoy. Humber Forest is the community forest for Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. It is one of […]

View article £1 million investment in Hull’s community centres

£1 million investment in Hull’s community centres

19th February 2025

A £1 million investment to refurbish seven of the city’s community centres is underway and is expected to run over a four-month period. The cost for the refurbishment is covered by the Levelling Up funding allocated to Hull City Council in 2023. Our community centres play a very important role in Hull’s neighbourhoods as places […]

View article Lead development partner announced for East Bank Urban Village

Lead development partner announced for East Bank Urban Village

18th February 2025

Hull City Council has announced its intention to appoint ECF, a partnership between Muse, Legal & General, and Homes England, as its lead development partner for East Bank Urban Village following an extensive procurement exercise. Marking a significant milestone for this major regeneration, the council plans to enter into a 15-year development agreement with ECF […]

View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Pickering area next in line for a tidy-up

Love Your Neighbourhood: Pickering area next in line for a tidy-up

14th February 2025

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project will be arriving in the Pickering area next week. As part of the citywide initiative, several streets within Hull’s Pickering ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up between Monday 17 February and Friday 28 February, leaving streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride in their community. […]

View article Latest pocket park completed in Drypool

Latest pocket park completed in Drypool

4th February 2025

A brand new pocket park has been created by Hull City Council at the junction of Sherburn Street and New Bridge Road. Improvements on the east Hull site in the Drypool area include the cleaning of footpaths and revitalised grassed areas, whilst the original rock sculpture has been maintained as a feature. The central sculpture […]

View article Love Your Neighbourhood: North Carr ward next in line for a tidy-up

Love Your Neighbourhood: North Carr ward next in line for a tidy-up

3rd February 2025

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project has arrived in the North Carr ward today. As part of the citywide initiative, several streets within Hull’s North Carr ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up from today, Monday 3 February, until Friday 14 February, leaving streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride in their community. […]