Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award 18th October 2023 Two foster carers from Hull who care for a boy with additional needs have won a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award, recognising their exceptional contributions to foster care. Pamela and her partner, who foster with Hull Fostering, were awarded The Fostering Network award for foster carers at The Fostering Excellence Awards, sponsored by The Mortgage Brain, […] Read more Children and families News childrenChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFosteringHull Fostering
Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice 28th September 2023 Hull City Council’s Children’s Services are no longer under an Improvement Notice. David Johnston OBE MP, the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing recently wrote to the Council to inform them that the Department for Education (DfE) was lifting its Improvement Notice. An Improvement Notice is a direction issued by the DfE to local authorities, […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's serviceschildren's social careCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationImprovement plan for children's servicesOfstedsocial workSocial Work Academy
Hull City Council to begin offering grants to help with the cost of school uniforms 26th September 2023 Hull City Council is introducing a School Clothing Grant to alleviate some of the pressures on Hull parents and carers during the cost-of-living crisis. Families in receipt of Free School Meals with children entering Year 7 will be allocated the £40 grant on 23 October 2023. Around 1,100 pupils are set to benefit from this […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda Tockschool clothing grantschools
Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film 26th September 2023 ‘Any Of Us’ can be foster carers if we have the capacity to care is the message of a powerful new fostering film. ‘Any Of Us’, launching today, is the sixth film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. The ‘Any Of Us’ project is the largest […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleChildren Social ServicesCouncillor Linda TockFosteringLooked after children
Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched 20th September 2023 The Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) has been relaunched after a restructure that will create new capacity for teachers. IPaSS is a Hull City Council service that supports children and young people in Hull that have physical difficulties, speech and language difficulties or visual or hearing impairments. The restructure will create a more sustainable […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockHull SchoolsIPaSSSEND
Hull Trinity House Academy set to start new school year at newly refurbished site 6th September 2023 Work to transform the former site of Endeavour School on Beverley Road in Hull has been completed. The building has been fully refurbished to make way for Hull Trinity House Academy, who will be starting the school year at the new location this month. The school is run by the Delta Academy Trust. The move […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesCllr Mike RossCouncillor Linda TockEducationEsteemHull SchoolsHull Trinity House AcademySewell Construction
Try out pre and post-natal wellbeing sessions at the free Us Mums event 5th September 2023 Pregnant women and their partners with young families with children aged 0-5 are invited to come along to the free ‘Us Mums’ event. It takes place at Woodford Leisure Centre on Friday 8 September, from 12pm – 2pm. The Healthy Lifestyles team at Hull City Council will be offering tasters of pregnancy exercise sessions such […] Read more Children and families Health and Social Care News Children and familiesCouncillor Linda TockEarly help teamHealthy Lifestyles TeamUs MumsWoodford Leisure Centre
First Family Hub to offer even more support to Hull families 24th July 2023 The Parks Children’s Centre is becoming the first children’s centre in Hull to be rebranded as one of the new Family Hubs, offering even more support to local children and families. One-stop hubs will offer support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for young people with special education needs and disabilities, […] Read more Children and families Community and Living Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFamily hubsParks Family Hubyoung people and family services
Could you foster? Hull City Council celebrates fantastic foster carers this Fostering Fortnight 15th May 2023 Hull City Council is celebrating the wonderful world of fostering for this year’s national Fostering Fortnight (15th-28th May) celebrations. Being a foster carer is one of the most worthwhile and rewarding roles a person can do. Hull has one of the largest populations of looked after children in the country, which brings its own unique […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's servicesFoster care fortnightFosteringHull FosteringLooked after children
Amazing Hull social workers honoured by the British Association of Social Workers 25th April 2023 Social workers across Hull City Council’s Children and Family Services have been honoured as one of the ‘Amazing Social Workers’ being celebrated for World Social Work Month. Many individuals and teams have been profiled as part of the British Association of Social Worker’s (BASW) annual celebrations. The BASW is the UK’s professional membership organisation for […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's social caresocial workSocial Work Academy
Children’s Social Worker from Hull backs region-wide campaign to inspire others to take up vital role 20th March 2023 A Children’s Social Worker from Hull is backing a region-wide campaign during Social Work Week (20-24 March) and World Social Work Day (21 March), aimed at encouraging others to take up the vital role. As part of the campaign, Anna O’Brien, along with Children’s Social Workers from across the region, has appeared in an online […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's serviceschildren's social caresocial worksocial work weekWorld Social Work Day
Work begins to expand Northcott School to improve provision for Hull pupils with SEND 14th March 2023 Work has begun on expanding Northcott School as Hull City Council steps up its provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Last year, the council announced that £600,000 would be spent expanding the schools’ age range from 5-16 to 3-19, and increasing the number of its pupil places to 200. Four extra […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleEducationEsteemHull SchoolsNorthcott SchoolschoolsSENDSEND strategy 2021-2024SEND sufficiency
