Communities

The one year progress report of the ‘Our Liverpool Refugee and Migration Plan’ has revealed how the city is working to be inclusive for all. Through the ‘Our Liverpool’ campaign, Liverpool City council is committed to maintaining this identity. The report...

Whilst many of us were tucked up in bed on what was a freezing cold Saturday night, a group of volunteer ‘angels took to the streets in pink hi-vis vests, providing support and guidance to those enjoying Liverpool’s City...

Tickets for this year's Liverpool Book Festival are close to selling out according to organisers. The event, held at BoxPark in Cain's Brewery Village, will take place on Sunday the 8th of March and will run from 11am-5pm. The festival, which returns...

A Liverpool man has shared how a "chance conversation" at an optician led to life-saving help. Mike Andrews, from Tuebrook, had been at a routine trip to the optician when he picked up a leaflet about blood pressure tests. After a...

Sefton Park’s Palm House will mark 25 years since it was saved from dereliction by a community campaign with a series of free events. The line-up, which includes guided talks, tours, and Mothers' Day afternoon teas, is designed to be...

An award-winning, female-led dance group is rehearsing hard ahead of their performance as part of Liverpool's Lunar New Year celebrations later this month. Movema, which is based in Liverpool and Bristol, are stalwarts of the events, and this year marks...

As GCSE pupils in Liverpool start thinking ahead to celebrating at their prom after this summer's exams, one Wavertree charity shop is determined that cost should not be a barrier. Re-Loved on Picton Road is in its fourth year of...

Liverpool-based community organisation Protect Scouse Dolls is hosting an alternative Valentine’s Day event this Saturday, combining live music, community care, and fundraising for the city’s Trans+ community.  The event challenges Valentines' celebrations in the traditional sense, focusing on friendship, chosen family, and...

A proposal to transfer a number of critical cases from Liverpool Women’s Hospital to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has been agreed.  The Board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside approved the proposal at a meeting last Thursday, arguing it will...

Charities are being urged to apply for grants from the Big Charity Giveaway by the deadline of tomorrow Thursday 5th February. Organisers of the fund, which was set up to honour the late marathon runner Jane Tomlinson, who died from cancer...