Why ADHD awareness month is still important
Tomorrow sees the start of the month with the theme this year being “The Many Faces of ADHD”. But why do we still need it?
There are often misconceptions regarding ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions.
ADHD awareness month aims to disprove...
UK’s first poetry expo connects communities and schools through power of spoken word
All Ears Poetry hosted the UK's first-ever poetry exhibition last Friday in Liverpool, bringing together creatives from across the country to create an inclusive space to share ideas, performances, and promote poetry events, to promote spoken word to a...
Liverpool Hope University faces union fury over redundancy plans
Liverpool Hope University has been criticised by the University and College Union (UCU) over proposed job cuts after what they claim is a change in plans surrounding staff and teaching.
The union claims 39 jobs are at risk at the...
Woolton school honoured at this year’s national teaching awards
A specialist school in Woolton has been named Silver Award Winner for ‘SEND and Inclusive Practice’ at the Pearson National Teaching Awards.
Abbot’s Lea School focuses on delivering high quality, specialist education for students aged between 3-19 living with...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week kicks off in Liverpool with events for every kind of mind
Liverpool is embracing every kind of mind this March as it celebrates Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025, running from March 17th to 23rd.
With events spanning the city from peaceful yoga sessions to art festivals and expert talks, the week aims to...
Public health charity praises ‘fantastic’ St. John’s Beacon display for no-smoking day
Liverpool’s St. John’s Beacon will tonight be illuminated with messages encouraging smokers to quit, in a move praised by public health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
Deputy Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health, Caroline Cerny said: “It’s...
Author issues plea to keep reading fun as new storytelling scheme launched
Merseyside children’s author Paula Fletcher has warned against putting too much pressure on young people to read.
Her comments comes as a new scheme launches with the aim of encouraging parents to become expert storytellers. “Tell Me A Story, Liverpool”...
Fresh Perspectives: Lady Lever Art Gallery’s exhibition displays Wirral’s young artists’ talent
A new exhibition at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, will showcase the creative abilities of pupils from five secondary schools in Wirral.
The show offers a collection of artworks covering a broad range of subjects across a number of...
LJMU Policing students put through their paces in life-like ‘Emergency Services Day’
Policing students from Liverpool John Moores University experienced life on the front line as they grappled with a motorway shooting, retrieving a body from a tunnel and handling a fire.
Thankfully these were not genuine situations but part of a...
Bold Street book shop that’s going Nowhere any time soon
As bookshops all over the UK become increasingly scarce, one bookshop in Liverpool remains a staple of Bold Street.
News From Nowhere is a radical community bookshop that's served Liverpool since 1974, attracting people from far and wide to shop...
