Communities

A Liverpool cafe that provides a lifeline for homeless people has been broken into. PaperCup Coffee, located in Queens Square, was set up by The Papercup Project to train rough sleepers in 2022. The cafe was targeted in the early hours...

LJMU's Survivors Society has won the Bright Network Fundraising Award and £500 of sponsorship money. The award was well earned for them after they collectively walked 350.16km for Bookmark's Walk for Words challenge. Bookmark is a charity that aim to help...

Controversy has once again arisen over a proposed housing project located on a former Alder Hey site in Knotty Ash. The Springfield Gardens development is adjacent to the locally-beloved Springfield Park, with the group Step Places aiming to create 182...

Liverpool John Moores University will highlight some of the city's exciting cultural organisations in a special event tonight. Reverse Big Ideas will demonstrate how the university's teaching and research is enhanced by its community partnerships. Project organisers from the city’s leading...

The fortnightly collection of Liverpool’s green bins is back once more, for those households willing to pay the annual £40 charge. In an attempt to save money, in April 2022 Liverpool City Council introduced some controversial schemes, including the green...

As legendary Liverpool midfielder James Milner received an MBE for his services to football and charity the organisations he has supported expressed their delight and thanks. Alongside his two-decade expanding football career, James Milner set up the James Milner Foundation to...

A group of four Liverpool John Moores University students are hosting a dodge ball tournament in aid of a testicular cancer charity. Oddballs Foundation was set up in 2015 to raise awareness and donations about the condition. Testicular cancer is one...

Used nitrous oxide canisters are causing severe littering problems throughout the city, but a Liverpool litter-picking group has spotted an opportunity to tidy up and do some extra good by recycling the canisters to gain money for community projects. The...

Community projects in the Liverpool area are helping people to cut food waste, eat healthily and save money. The projects have been given a share of £110,000 through the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority Community Fund 2022/2023, which supports community...

The topic of small businesses versus chain companies has been ongoing for years - but more recently people are going out of their way to support their local businesses. Independent stores and restaurants create jobs for the community, increase product...