Business Vibes / Community and Services / Hull's Past, Present and Future

IMMINGHAM PORT’S NEW SHIP TO BE NAMED AFTER 6-YEAR-OLD HULL GIRL

Towage operator Svitzer Europe has announced that one of the tugs servicing the busy Port of Immingham will be renamed Svitzer Eleanor, following the suggestion from Eleanor Wright, daughter of local Hull man Sam Wright, who is a crew member and Trainee Master on board the small ship.Eleanor’s involvement in the naming of the ship came about when Svitzer’s Immingham Port Manager Phil Bailey realised that Sam Wright’s children might like the opportunity to choose…

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November 10, 2021

Community and Services / Our Kids Making It Happen / Schools and Education

Packed programme to celebrate young local entrepreneurs for Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Youth Enterprise and Micro Business Team at Hull City Council are delighted to again be offering a packed programme to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021, supported by Hull Culture and Leisure, John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and Engaging Education. Global Entrepreneurship Week was founded 13 years ago to celebrate and empower entrepreneurs in every country and community around the world – especially those individuals who face barriers or may have never considered the idea…

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November 10, 2021

Community and Services

# WMT CHRISTMAS WISHES PROJECT 2021

There are fewer than 80 days to Christmas! Does that thought fill you to the brim with excitement, or panic or dread? We all feel differently about it - and what is important about it is different for us all too. For some it’s about traditions – religious - not, making those traditional family recipes, decorating the tree in a particular way or with items made by children who now have children of their own.…

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October 12, 2021

Community and Services / Hull's Past, Present and Future

The sights, smells and sounds of Hull’s most historic event Hull Fair returns this Friday (8 October), now in its 728th year

Officially opened at 5pm by Lord Mayor, Councillor Lynn Petrini, the Walton Street site will be filled with white knuckle rides, tasty treats, traditional fairground stalls, bright lights and music. The largest travelling fair in Europe always offers something for everyone from the young to the old, whether you love the fast and furious or the traditional fairground offer. Lord Mayor of Hull, Councillor Lynn Petrini said: “Hull Fair is ingrained in the people of…

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October 6, 2021

Community and Services

PCC working with leading organisation on study of violence against women and girls

Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Humberside Jonathan Evison has commissioned astudy into the local reality of violence and abuse against women and girls. For some time, theOffice of the PCC has been looking at this specific issue and employs a dedicated manager, MarieMorgan, and a data analyst who are building a local picture of serious violence including domesticabuse with a specific focus on male violence against women and girls. The PCC’s office has recently…

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October 6, 2021

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing / Schools and Education

Back to school wellbeing boost for pupils and teachers

Pupils and teachers in Hull have returned to full-time education better equipped to deal with the impacts of Covid thanks to a programme which has been designed to boost emotional wellbeing and mental health support in schools and colleges. Working in partnership with Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and voluntary and community sector partners, HeadStart Hull developed a Covid Recovery and Restoration Plan for Children and Young People’s mental health.  The…

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September 23, 2021

Dr-Vishal Metha and Team of runners

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Fifty hospital staff support WISHH ‘By Your Side’ Appeal

Hull Hospital’s doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are going to be part of history in the making, whilst supporting our new ‘By Your Side’ Appeal, as they take part in the World’s Largest Marathon, involving 100,000 people globally.  An incredible team of 50 staff working in departments such as neurosurgery, cardiology, ophthalmology, physiotherapy, security, administration, paediatrics, and theatres at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, have dedicated months of training to for the…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services / Schools and Education

University of Hull ranked fourth in the North in The Times Good University Guide 2022

The University of Hull is one of the top universities in the North according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022. Once again named in the top 5 universities in the North, the University has climbed 8 places in the prestigious Good University Guide, up from 60th to 52nd in the table. This year the University of Hull moves up to number 4 in the North, with the universities of Leeds, York and…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services / Dr Alec Gill MBE / Hull's Past, Present and Future

Celebrated Hull historian and photographer Dr Alec Gill MBE gifts his life’s work to city

Hull historian, author and photographer Dr Alec Gill MBE has gifted his extensive research – representing 50-years of documenting the city’s Hessle Road Fishing culture – to Hull History Centre. Almost one hundred large box files, containing tens of thousands of pages, have been deposited at the archive in Hull. The collection of work includes information on hundreds of trawlers that were based and set sail from Hull’s once thriving fishing community. Dr Gill said:…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services

East Yorkshire families give the gift of life to others

Twenty-one husbands, wives, sons and daughters in East Yorkshire have been given a second chance of life thanks to the courage of bereaved families. Between April 2020 and March this year, 14 families agreed to donate the organs of their loved ones when they discovered there was no hope of them surviving illness or injury. Thanks to those people who had shared their wishes with their families for what should happen in the event of…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services

New Campaign to Support Mental Health for the Armed Forces Community

A new regional campaign to support the mental health of Armed Forces personnel and their families in Hull and East Yorkshire begins today (Monday, 20 September). The campaign highlights the range of mental health services that are available across the region for any person who serves or has served in the Armed Forces, and their families. It encourages those who are concerned about or struggling with their mental health to access the support available. The…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services

Teenage Cancer Unit sets up new wig service for young people

Hospital staff caring for young people with cancer are launching a new service to help them when they lose their hair. The Teenage Cancer Unit at Castle Hill Hospital is teaming up with the Living With and Beyond Cancer team at the Queen’s Centre to set up a new wig service.  Young people who come to the unit for treatment will now be able to purchase wigs in modern styles and in vibrant colors including ombre,…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services

Families with children aged four and under can apply for the Healthy Start scheme

Parents and carers of young children may be entitled to receive help through the Healthy Start scheme. Healthy Start provides up to £24.80 a month per child under the age of one, and £12.40 per child aged between one and four years. The scheme is currently moving from voucher to a prepaid card scheme, which will be topped up every four weeks.  The money can be used for fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables, as…

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September 23, 2021

Business Vibes / Community and Services

Hull 4 Heroes able to respond quicker with new corporate card solution

Hull based financial technology firm Expensemate has given Hull 4 Heroes the ability to respond quicker to veterans’ needs with three pre-paid cards, which speed up and monitor the transactions that are essential to running the charity. Expensemate, which is part of the Rix Group, launched the only corporate expense card to offer credit in 2020. They have gifted the charity with three of their pre-paid cards - worth £252 a year in usual fees…

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September 23, 2021

Community and Services

Hull Saints Football Club

Hull Saints Football Club was formed in 2013 and has a unique background. Initially the club competed in the Yorkshire Christian League but since 2020-21 season competes in the East Riding Counties League.  From its foundation as a church connect group the club has developed into a growing community club with fa charter standard status.  The new kits for the season ahead were produced by local business Lammy Sports and their logo appropriately is a rams head…

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September 22, 2021

Community and Services / Music and The Arts

Gig Buddies Hull announce their first post-Covid gig

Gig Buddies Hull, run by the learning disability charity Mencap, have announced their first gig back since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Gig Buddies Gig’in. The project which matches people with a learning disability with a volunteer to go to gigs and enjoy nightlife activities together, aims to reduce loneliness and promote social inclusion for young people with a learning disability. On Friday 24th September 2021, Gig Buddies Hull will host an epic celebration at Wrecking Ball…

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September 22, 2021

Community and Services

Help raise invaluable funds for Dove House by making your will

Registration is now open for Dove House Hospice’s Make a Will Fortnight, which is due to run from the 11th – 22nd October 2021. Now entering its 10th year, the appeal has already raised over £68,500 for the hospice. Speaking about Make a Will Fortnight, Dove House Hospice Regional Fundraiser, Jethro Shearring said: “The aim of Make a Will Fortnight is to encourage as many people as possible to get prepared for whatever the future…

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September 14, 2021

Community and Services

Yorkshire Wolds proposed for Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Natural England is today announcing that the Yorkshire Wolds is to be considered for status as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Securing this designation would allow the area to benefit from greater protections, so that more of England's beautiful landscapes are safeguarded for future generations. The Yorkshire Wolds forms an arc of high, gently rolling hills extending from the Humber Estuary west of Hull, to the North Sea coast at Flamborough Head, north…

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July 28, 2021

Community and Services / Our Kids Making It Happen / Schools and Education

Children’s willow sculptures bring art and nature together on Bridgehead wildlife trail

Pupils at a local primary school have created charming wildlife-inspired features that have pride of place on a popular wildlife trail around the Bridgehead business park in East Yorkshire. Children from All Saints CE Junior Academy in Hessle visited the Bridgehead site close to the school to see how the art installations they created in a project funded and delivered by Wykeland Group, owner and developer of the business park, have become a landmark on…

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July 28, 2021

The Humber Estuary..sail to spurn point by photographer Colin Malin

Community and Services

Advice around staying safe in open waters

As lockdown restrictions ease and we continue to enjoy the warm summer weather, ahead of the weekend we are urging people to remain cautious when around open waters. Superintend Marc Adams said: “Within our force area we have some fantastic rivers, lakes and beaches which many families with children and young people will be visiting over the weekend and throughout the summer, however we are urging them to be aware of the dangers open waters…

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June 14, 2021