Communities

The Little Peacock Coffee Shop opened the doors to their 'community hub’ on Rose Lane, Aigburth on March 1. Seán Gleeson and Liz Wilson's shop was previously run by Wigwam Coffee Shop, which unfortunately closed in August due to Covid-19. After...

A series of live music events centralising women, both on and off the stage, have been launched in Liverpool. The events will be about promoting women in the music industry and will be organised and led by women, showcasing local women artists.

March for the Arts has launched their Freelance Working Agreement to help professionals in Liverpool in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The small arts collective want to ensure the arts industry moves away from inconsistent standards, bad practices and...

For 14 nights an illuminated outdoor art gallery is to be showcased across our waterfront. The 'River Of Light Trail' will be in the area from March 23 to April 5. There will be 11 audio and visual installations along the...

Liverpool City Council has launched a new free advice line for anyone self-isolating or shielding. Residents in the city can now call and will be provided with support including advice on accessing mental health support. The free advice line can be...

Advice has been issued to parents and carers in Liverpool as all pupils are set to return to school. Education and public health officials in Liverpool have written to parents and carers with information about the measures in place to keep Covid cases down when schools reopen to all pupils next week.

LJMU and the University of Manchester have partnered up to conduct research into the effects of lockdown on teenagers.  The research project Teenagers’ Experiences of Life in Lockdown (TELL) aims to explore the experiences of 16-to-19-year old's in lockdown.  The results of the project vary with teenagers giving different examples of positives and...

Liverpool has set out a post-pandemic roadmap to recovery which will build a better, brighter and fairer future for all. Ten pledges have been set out which aim to make the city’s communities, residents and businesses thrive. The pledges will be...

Today is the national day for University Mental Health Day. Run jointly by Student Minds and UMHAN, the aim of the day is to make student mental health a national priority and to enact a nationwide effort to make student...

A Merseyside couple have built their TikTok following over the last year, reaching 12.6 million views on a recent video. Joan and Jimmy O’Shaughnessy created their TikTok account during the first lockdown after seeing a friend post a TikTok dancing video on Facebook.