Cllr Mike Ross

View article Half-term help as free and low cost activities are back for the holidays

Half-term help as free and low cost activities are back for the holidays

26th October 2023

Help is at hand for families during the half-term thanks to the leisure and parks programme run by Hull Culture and Leisure. This will run from Monday 30 October through to Friday 3 November right across the city. Free junior swimming sessions will held across the city throughout the week, alongside a range of events at […]

View article Further funding available following successful Hull Business – Your Future event

Further funding available following successful Hull Business – Your Future event

10th October 2023

The recent part two of Hull Business – Your Future has been hailed a huge success, with over 130 businesses from the city attending The Guildhall. The breakfast event showcased business support available to attendees, including new programmes being made available through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Guests went away full of knowledge on […]

View article Devolution deal has to suit the people of Hull

Devolution deal has to suit the people of Hull

9th October 2023

Next year, 2024, marks ten years since the current phase of English devolution started with the Greater Manchester Agreement in 2014. When we talk about devolution, for many it isn’t really clear what it means, with a lack of clarity on what it really means, whether you are a resident, a business owner or council […]

View article Council Leader welcomes near £20m funding boost as Hull’s Levelling Up Partnership plans revealed

Council Leader welcomes near £20m funding boost as Hull’s Levelling Up Partnership plans revealed

6th October 2023

Leader of Hull City Council, Cllr Mike Ross has welcomed a huge £19.35 million funding boost for the city as he met with Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young MP alongside the council’s chief executive, Matt Jukes, and Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership chair, James Newman OBE. The minister from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing […]

View article Leader reacts to Levelling Up announcement

Leader reacts to Levelling Up announcement

29th September 2023

Hull City Council Leader, Mike Ross, has reacted to the government’s announcement in its latest round of Levelling Up Funding. Hull has been awarded £19.35 million from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Cllr Ross said: “This funding will enable the council and partners to provide opportunities across the city. “There will be […]

View article Remodelled cemetery revealed

Remodelled cemetery revealed

28th September 2023

Major improvements to Priory Woods Cemetery have been completed and it is now open for all to visit. The upgrade works have resulted in more burial space. It is a large, peaceful open space on the western outskirts of the city, with the grounds open to explore and walk around. Among the improvements is a […]

View article 100th – and final – Lord Mayors Centenary Plaque to be unveiled

100th – and final – Lord Mayors Centenary Plaque to be unveiled

26th September 2023

The 100th Lord Mayors Centenary Plaque is to be unveiled later this week at the Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre in Hull. The blue and gold plaque will honour Hull-born Dr Charlotte Houlton CBE. Dr Houlton – who died in 1956 at the age of 74 – was chief medical officer of the Women’s Medical […]

View article Hull hosts Latvian colleagues to share community projects

Hull hosts Latvian colleagues to share community projects

22nd September 2023

A delegation of visitors from Riga, Latvia visited Hull this week. From September 11-15, Riga City Neighbourhood Residents’ Care Coordinators spent time with their Hull counterparts. The group toured the city visiting key projects and people which showcase community initiatives, focus on community cohesion and combat issues including social isolation. The visit was led by […]

View article Girls hit back of the net thanks to council funding

Girls hit back of the net thanks to council funding

22nd September 2023

A girls’ football team have been hitting the back of the net thanks to over £2,000 worth of support from Hull City Council. Council leader, Mike Ross, has granted £2,322 from the Leader’s Fund to Chanterlands Girls Football Club to purchase two safe sets of goals to enable them to enter a local girls league. […]

View article Your chance to find out what help is there for your business

Your chance to find out what help is there for your business

7th September 2023

Anyone running a business in Hull is invited to the second instalment of Hull Business – Your Future event in The Guildhall later this month. The breakfast event will showcase to local businesses what support is available to them from various organisations to help with sustainability and growth. Various European funded business support programmes ended […]

View article Hull Trinity House Academy set to start new school year at newly refurbished site

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 […]

View article Council boosts food banks across the city

Council boosts food banks across the city

6th September 2023

Hull City Council is to commit £50,000 to support the provision of food for food banks to help households struggling with the cost of living. The money, from the Household Support Fund, will help to provide food to a network of up to 10 key locations to complement existing food provision, with a focus on […]