Councillor Linda Tock

View article Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film

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 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 […]

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View article Hull City Council acquires 12 new accessible buses 

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 to provide a comfortable and safe ride for up to 16 passengers per vehicle.  Their main use will be to provide transportation services for young […]

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View article Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive

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 there was a packed programme to support professionals who work with children and young people in the city to do exactly that. The conference invited […]

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View article Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched

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 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 […]

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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

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 […]

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View article Try out pre and post-natal wellbeing sessions at the free Us Mums event

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 on Friday 8 September, from 12pm – 2pm. The Healthy Lifestyles team at Hull City Council will be offering tasters of pregnancy exercise sessions such […]

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View article First Family Hub to offer even more support to Hull families

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 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, […]

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View article Aspiring Hull social workers invited to ‘step up’ to social work

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 most vulnerable children and families. Social work is both a challenging and rewarding career, providing a fantastic opportunity to make a lasting difference to the […]

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View article Hull becomes trailblazer city for Start for Life funding

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 young people with special education needs and disabilities, in local communities. Family Hubs will expand what’s on offer in Hull’s children’s centres, and provide help […]

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View article Mayor of Futaba-machi visits Hull

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 gave rise to a unique relationship between our areas. Anthony, who previously taught English in Hull, and former East Riding English teacher, Philip Jellyman, moved […]

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View article Significant step forward for children’s services in Hull

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 council provides ‘good’ services for children in care and has given an overall judgement of Requires Improvement. The previous full inspection, in 2019, assessed the […]

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