Council supports city’s care leavers 19th October 2018 Care Leavers Week is taking place between Monday 22 and Friday 26 October and Hull City Council is using this week to highlight its support to the city’s care leavers. As a responsible corporate parent, the council is providing people aged between 16 and 25 a range of work experience, training and employment opportunities and […] Read more Education and Learning
New Head of Hull Music Service returns to city to start role 15th October 2018 James Dickinson, the new Head for the award-winning Hull Music Service will start his new role on Monday 15 October. Formerly the head of the Head of Hertfordshire Music Service and the current Chair of Music Mark – The UK Association for Music Education (the body that represents music services and music educators), James brings […] Read more Education and Learning Hull Music Service
Hull’s school pupils encouraged to chat at Talking Tables 9th October 2018 To coincide with World Mental Health Day on Wednesday 10 October, some of Hull’s secondary schools will launch Talking Tables, a Public Health initiative to encourage people to strike up a conversation. Public Health launched Talking Tables on Monday 10 September to mark World Suicide Day. Now, as part of HeadStart Hull’s young people’s peer […] Read more Education and Learning
Inspirational messages to be placed on Hull Marina 6th September 2018 The ‘You are not alone’ mental health campaign designed by HeadStart Hull’s young volunteers is to be extended. To coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday 10 September the positive messages and poems via speakers to tackle the taboo of mental health will be placed on the Pier at Hull Marina. The campaign will […] Read more Education and Learning
Keeping labour local as school improvement works continue across the city 3rd September 2018 More than 95 per cent of local labour is being used to complete some of Hull City Council’s key education projects across the city. Although schools are closed for the summer holidays, Esteem Consortium, made up of Hull City Council, Dalmore Capital and locally-based Sewell Investments, is still supporting schools to ensure they have inspiring […] Read more Education and Learning
Council congratulates students on improved GCSE results 24th August 2018 Thousands of young people across Hull collected their GCSE results yesterday (Thursday 23 August), with more options than ever before open to 16-year-olds. Provisional results released by Hull City Council show 59 per cent of the city’s pupils achieved at least a standard pass in both English and mathematics, with 34 per cent achieving at […] Read more Education and Learning
Parenting courses to start 16th August 2018 A number of free parenting courses to explore techniques and approaches to leading a healthy family lifestyle are taking place at venues across the city. The HENRY (Health, Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young) parenting course, aimed at parents and carers of babies and young children under the age of five, are a unique […] Read more Education and Learning example postformattingtest
Council appoints new head of Hull Music Service 18th July 2018 Hull City Council is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Head for the award-winning Hull Music Service. James Dickinson, currently the Head of Hertfordshire Music Service and Chair of Music Mark – The UK Association for Music Education (the body that represents music services and music educators) has been appointed to the role. […] Read more Education and Learning News Hull Music Service
Big Malarkey Festival to host mental health workshop 19th June 2018 Children aged 12 to 16 will have the chance to take part in creative writing workshop to manage mental health at this years Big Malarkey Festival in East Park on Saturday 23 June. As part of the You are not Alone campaign, HeadStart Hull will deliver a workshop by young participants and local poet Vicky […] Read more Education and Learning
Council responds to parents concerns about the future of Hull Music Service 25th May 2018 Hull City Council has responded to the concerns of parents following the release of a statement from the St Cuthberts Trust – Music and Arts Academy referencing its intent to work with unspecified partners to establish an alternative music service to that presently provided by the Hull Music Service. The statement from St. Cuthberts, released […] Read more Education and Learning Hull Music Service
Teenage pregnancies in Hull continues to hit all-time low 27th March 2018 The rate of teenage pregnancies in Hull has continued to hit an all-time low, according to new government figures released today. Pregnancies in girls aged under 18 in Hull have fallen to levels not seen since 1969. The official release issued by the Office of National Statistics of data on the 2016 conception figures for […] Read more Education and Learning
‘You are not alone’: new mental health campaign launches with creative soundscape on Humber Bridge 27th March 2018 A new mental health campaign designed by HeadStart Hull’s young volunteers will launch on Tuesday 27 March with a creative and emotive soundscape over the Humber Bridge. HeadStart is an exciting five-year national £56 million National Lottery funded programme set up by the Big Lottery Fund, from which Hull has secured £7.8 million. Young people […] Read more Education and Learning
