Hull City Council offering support for people who privately foster
This week is Private Fostering Week and Hull City Council is raising awareness of what families must do if they foster privately and how they can access support.
What is … More
Councillor Linda Tock
Ten new foster families join Hull’s caring fostering community – could you join them?
Last year, Hull Fostering welcomed 10 new fostering families, providing 14 more bedrooms for Hull children needing a loving home.
Since April this year, they have welcomed another 12 fostering … More
Hull’s longest serving foster carers honoured
Seven of Hull’s longest serving foster carers attended a lunch with the Lord Mayor of Kingston Upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber Kalvin Neal and Councillor Linda Tock, in … More
Celebrating the achievements of Hull care leavers this National Care Leavers Week
Hull City Council is hosting a huge celebration event for care leavers to mark National Care Leavers Week.
National Care Leavers Week celebrates care leavers across the UK and runs … More
Rufus Robin and Airlie Bird swoop into Hull schools in new drive to tackle school attendance issues
Primary school pupils across Hull will be visited by the familiar mascots of Hull FC and Hull KR, as Hull City Council and its partners strive to shine a light … More
Hull City Council adds three new accessible buses to its fleet
Hull City Council has acquired a further three new accessible buses to improve transportation for young people with disabilities.
After acquiring 12 new Mercedes wheelchair accessible buses last month, Hull … More
Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award
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 … More
Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice
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 … More
Hull City Council to begin offering grants to help with the cost of school uniforms
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 … More
Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film
‘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 … More
Hull City Council acquires 12 new accessible buses
Hull City Council has acquired 12 new accessible buses to improve transportation for young people with disabilities.
The new buses, supplied by Mellor, are wheelchair accessible and have been designed … More
Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive
A conference to celebrate Youth Mental Health Awareness Day took place at the Guildhall in Hull this week.
The theme of this year’s Thrive Hull Conference 2023 was #BeBrave and … More
Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched
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 … More
Hull Trinity House Academy set to start new school year at newly refurbished site
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 … More
Try out pre and post-natal wellbeing sessions at the free Us Mums event
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 … More
Free family fun day to celebrate new Family Hub
A free family fun day will take place at the Parks Family Hub tomorrow.
The event, which is a celebration of The Parks Children’s Centre becoming one of the first … More
First Family Hub to offer even more support to Hull families
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 … More
Aspiring Hull social workers invited to ‘step up’ to social work
People from Hull are being encouraged to ‘Step up to Social Work’ through a government scheme.
Hull City Council’s social workers provide life changing care and support to our city’s … More
Hull becomes trailblazer city for Start for Life funding
Hull is to benefit from £3.5million for Family Hubs to support the city’s families.
One-stop hubs will offer support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for … More
Mayor of Futaba-machi visits Hull
The Mayor of Futaba-machi in Japan, Mr Shiro Izawa, along with former Hull English teacher, Anthony Ballard, have visited Hull to talk about how a natural disaster in their country … More
Significant step forward for children’s services in Hull
Hull’s children’s services mark a significant milestone after the latest full Ofsted inspection found the service is no longer Inadequate.
During a two-week inspection in November, inspectors found that the … More
Hull’s new Young Mayor is selected
Young People in Hull have selected the city’s fourth Young Mayor.
Amaya Newman from Ron Dearing UTC was appointed following a selection day attended by 16 young people. The young … More
Support offered to families in private fostering arrangements
Hull City Council is raising awareness about private fostering arrangements and the help available to families.
Private fostering is an informal arrangement made by parents and carers for a child … More
Malet Lambert opens Jane Disbrey Hall as the school celebrates 90 years of education
The new extension to Malet Lambert School has officially opened.
The sports hall extension has been named Jane Disbrey Hall, after the well-loved former Headteacher.
The hall is a multi-functional … More
Hull wins digital transformation in social work award
Hull City Council has won the new Digital Transformation in Social Work Award at this year’s national Social Work Awards.
The award highlights Hull’s young people-led work on listening … More
Hull young people to attend House of Commons debate to decide priority campaign for 2023
Members of the UK Youth Parliament are to take part in a debate in the House of Commons chamber on Friday 4 November to decide on the priority campaign for … More
Work begins on new children’s home for disability short breaks
Work is starting on a new modern, fully adapted, energy efficient home for young people and their families, for disability short breaks.
Limetree Court in East Hull will be … More
Hull young people win national The Voice Award
Young people from Hull representing Young Voices Influencing Care have won a national The Voice Award.
Four young people, representatives of Hull’s Young Voices Influencing Care group, attended the event … More
Consultation opens on plans to protect nursery places in North Hull
Consultation has today opened on the future of nursery provision in North Hull.
This follows Cabinet approval to hold formal consultation on plans that aim to protect nursery provision in … More
West Hull community benefitting from more pupil places, new classrooms and additional courses
Pupils at The Boulevard Academy in West Hull are now benefitting from new classrooms, additional courses and more pupil places as the three-storey extension is complete.
The £6.7million extension opened … More
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