Community and Living

View article Stepney community urged to have their say area’s green spaces

Stepney community urged to have their say area’s green spaces

Members of the Stepney community will next week have the chance to shape the future of Sculcoates Park and pocket green spaces in the area by collaborating with landscape architects. Mace Group has been appointed by the Stepney High Street Accelerator Partnership to create the designs based on public survey results and feedback from the […]

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View article Residents invited to engage with Community Highstreets project launch

Residents invited to engage with Community Highstreets project launch

Hull City Council is hosting a series of public engagement events as it launches its £6million Community Highstreets investment project. The citywide scheme aims to reinvigorate high streets through enhancing quality of place, environmental performance, accessibility, community services and satisfaction, as well as increasing footfall and reducing shop vacancy rates. An online survey will launch […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Sutton area tidy-up begins

Love Your Neighbourhood: Sutton area tidy-up begins

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project has arrived in the Sutton area today.  As part of the citywide initiative, several streets within Hull’s Sutton Ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up from today, Monday 20 January, until Friday 31 January, leaving streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride in their community.     The streets […]

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View article Affordable Warmth grants support community groups in Hull in 2025

Affordable Warmth grants support community groups in Hull in 2025

Affordable Warmth, a citywide initiative to help residents with the cost of living this winter, will begin from Thursday 2 January 2025. The three-month initiative, which has seen 28 voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations receive funding, means more than 30 warm space venues will be open across Hull.  This is in addition to the […]

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View article Newland area next to benefit from Hull City Council’s Priority Streets regeneration programme

Newland area next to benefit from Hull City Council’s Priority Streets regeneration programme

Hull City Council has approved a £4 million investment into streets between Newland Avenue and Beverley Road in north Hull. The funding is part of Hull City Council’s Priority Streets programme which identifies areas of the city most in need of housing improvement works. The streets involved are De Grey, Lambert and Grafton Streets and […]

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View article Exhilarating high ropes on the way for Hull Adventure Centre

Exhilarating high ropes on the way for Hull Adventure Centre

Visitors to Hull Adventure Centre will soon be able to enjoy an exhilarating new high ropes course. Hull City Council has appointed High-Low Ropes Course Consulting Ltd to construct the latest offering at the multi-activity centre in east Hull. The first planned stage will see a unique 20-pole high ropes course that will be incorporated […]

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View article Councillors approve building blocks to achieve the vision for Hull

Councillors approve building blocks to achieve the vision for Hull

How Hull City Council will contribute to the overall ambitions and priorities for Hull in the coming years can now be put in place, after Full Council approved the new Council Plan. The Council Plan 2024-2028 is the Council’s contribution towards the new Community Plan, which will shape the city for the next decade. Its […]

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View article Funding available for warm spaces this winter

Funding available for warm spaces this winter

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations that work directly with local people in Hull are being encouraged to apply for Affordable Warmth grants to provide warm spaces and other similar initiatives. Short-term grants of up to £7,500 are being offered, via the Household Support Fund (HSF), which is funded by the Department of Work […]

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View article HEY Credit Union celebrates 25th birthday at Hull Guildhall

HEY Credit Union celebrates 25th birthday at Hull Guildhall

The Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Credit Union has celebrated 25 years of supporting the financial wellbeing of people in Hull and surrounding areas. Founders and early members of the Credit Union joined directors, volunteers and staff at the Guildhall, as they were welcomed by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Mark Collinson. Set up in 1999, […]

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View article Free online sessions launched for Safeguarding Adults Week

Free online sessions launched for Safeguarding Adults Week

The Hull and East Riding Safeguarding Adults Boards have worked in partnership to develop a comprehensive programme of free online learning sessions to support this year’s Safeguarding Adults Week and the Ann Craft Trust. Building on the success of Safeguarding Adults Week 2023, the safeguarding partners have expanded the range of topics covered this year. […]

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View article New publication to keep you up to date with news about your city and your council

New publication to keep you up to date with news about your city and your council

Residents now have a new way to keep up to date with the latest ‘what’s on’ in Hull and news about council services and plans thanks to a brand-new publication. Hull CC News will be landing on doorsteps from Monday, 11 November, with copies being delivered throughout this week. The 12-page publication features a welcome […]

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