New Restart Grants to help businesses recover from lockdown 26th March 2021 Hull City Council is preparing to pay out vital restart grants to businesses to help them recover from the Covid pandemic and kickstart the local economy. The new Restart Grants announced by the Chancellor in the last Budget are to be paid by the Council starting from April 6 as businesses start to reopen their […] Read more News Additional Restrictions GrantBusiness supportcovidRegeneration
More than 30,000 Hull pupils in school each day for face-to-face learning 25th March 2021 As children complete their third week back at school, Helen Christmas, Hull’s public health lead for children and families reflects on their return. Helen said: “We always knew the return to school was going to be challenging, with much wider use of asymptomatic testing helping us to identify more Covid cases that we wouldn’t have […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Hull SchoolsPublic health
Hull business partners with charity that empowers widows and orphans in Sierra Leone 25th March 2021 A Hull-based business has partnered with a charity in Sierra Leone that supports widows and orphans through education and economic development projects. The Jamil and Nyanga Jaward Foundation supports people throughout Sierra Leone, where 86 per cent of the rural population live in extreme poverty. Hull has a strong relationship with the West African nation. […] Read more Business News Assured MarketingThe Jamil & Nyanga Jaward Foundation
Easter holidays health boost for city’s children 25th March 2021 Thousands of families in Hull will benefit from Easter Healthy Holidays packs – full of healthy meal and activity ideas, plus items to encourage healthy play over the school holidays. Children who are in receipt of free school meals will be the majority of the recipients. Meanwhile the broader activity programme, will see trusted organisations […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus News Children's centresCouncillor Peter ClarkFree school mealsHealthy Holidays
113,000 homes in Hull are now better protected from flooding 25th March 2021 Thousands of homes in Hull are now better protected from flooding thanks to a new multi-million-pound flood protection scheme. The Environment Agency’s £42 million Humber frontages scheme will help towards protecting residents in 113,000 homes in the city. The new, higher defences built by the Environment Agency along the estuary foreshore are now in place, […] Read more Living With Water News Councillor Mike ThompsonEnvironment AgencyHumber Hull Frontage SchemeSt Andrew's QuayVictoria Dock
Magical Museums activity booklet returns for Easter holidays 24th March 2021 Children across the city will be keeping themselves entertained this Easter with the Magical Museums activity booklet from Hull Museums. The second edition of the booklet, developed in partnership with Hull City Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team and designed by artist Joseph Cox, has a health and wellbeing theme and is filled with fun activities inspired […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Councillor Marjorie BrabazonFerens Art GalleryHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsMagical Museums
Silence and lights to honour our Coronavirus victims 23rd March 2021 Tonight at 8pm buildings in Hull city centre will be lit yellow to honour those who have died with Coronavirus. The date marks a year since the first UK lockdown was announced and every person at the UK was first told to ‘stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives’. Julia Weldon, Director of Public […] Read more Coronavirus News Public Health beaconcovidlightsminute silenceremembrance
Plans submitted for a new ‘aquagreen’ to reduce flooding in east Hull 23rd March 2021 Plans to create a large ‘aquagreen’ to reduce flood risk to homes and businesses near Bransholme in east Hull have been submitted for planning approval. A public consultation was launched in September 2020 on proposals for a versatile green space, south of the old Bransholme Dairy Farm, that will store excess water during a flood […] Read more News AquagreenBransholmeCouncillor Mike ThompsonEast Hull Pumping StationEnvironment Agency
Council and University unite to re-launch Hull legal Mediation Centre 23rd March 2021 Hull City Council and the University of Hull have joined forces to re-launch the legal Mediation Centre, with the help of one of the most senior and respected judges in England. The Mediation Centre will be available to local businesses and individuals in need of mediation services to solve civil law disputes such as consumer, […] Read more News EducationThe University of Hull
Families most in need to benefit from additional food and fuel support 22nd March 2021 The Winter Grant Scheme has been extended meaning that households in Hull that are most in need will benefit from further food and fuel support. Families in Hull that live in an area of extreme fuel poverty and are medically vulnerable, are set to receive £50 towards the cost of energy, and families of children […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus News Councillor Peter ClarkFree school mealsWinter Grant Scheme
The Deep set to host magical sunset concert 22nd March 2021 Hull’s iconic The Deep will host a remarkable outdoor concert next month. The free event will be livestreamed and will include spectacular cinematic camera and drone shots of The Deep and the Humber. Artist R.MCL, renowned for his visual and innovative shows that put the spotlight on unique places and locations, will perform from the […] Read more Leisure & Culture News What's on One City One LightR.MCLThe Deep
Plans on how to manage sustainable flood risk to be developed by Stantec 22nd March 2021 Plans on how to reduce flood risk using sustainable drainage across Hull as the East Riding are to be developed by Stantec. Stantec have been appointed by the Living with Water partnership to create a blue-green master plan to develop new ways in managing water and supporting regeneration across the region. Nevil Muncaster, Living with […] Read more Living With Water News Regeneration East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilStantecYorkshire Water
