WISHH-Headsets

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Children given VR tour of Hull Hospitals ahead of appointments

Young people are being offered a virtual tour of Hull Royal Infirmary and Hull Women and Children’s Hospital to reduce any fears they may have about coming to hospital for treatment.  Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is using Little Journey, a smartphone app featuring games, animation and virtual reality, to tackle anxiety among young people coming to hospital for surgery or procedures. Wearing special headsets funded by WISHH, the independent charity supporting hospital staff,…

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April 22, 2021

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

Hull city centre turned purple in celebration of Census 2021

Hull city centre will join more than a hundred buildings and landmarks across England and Wales by lighting up purple to celebrate the upcoming census and its importance to communities. The event is being organised by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) to raise awareness of census day on March 21, a survey that happens every ten years and gives a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. Alongside Hull City…

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April 22, 2021

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

Historic splash boat returns to East Park

Hull’s historic splash boat has returned to East Park following a £250,000 refurbishment. The listed wicksteed splash boat is one of only three left in England and has been providing thrills to visitors for almost 100 years. Specialist amusement ride contractors John H Rundle Limited have spent time carrying out details design and restoration to the boat, chute and boathouse. Additional work has also taken place to fully automate the ride and installs pumps to…

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April 22, 2021

Hull's Past, Present and Future / Mike Covell

PETER PAN PARKS – HULL’S LOST PETER PAN PADDLING POOLS

News was recently announced at new investment at the Albert Avenue Swimming Baths, in a bid to renew the pool and add new facilities to the currently leisure facilities on offer. With this story in the news, I thought I would look back at the now lost “Peter Pan Pools,” of which the city had several. Peter Pan was a fictional character created by J. M. Barrie and first appearing in print in 1902 in…

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April 22, 2021

Business Vibes

Wescot team members secure spot on Hull’s Top 30 Under 30

Two team members from Wescot Credit Services, the largest debt provider for the UK retail market which is part of Cabot Credit Management, have secured a place on this year’s list of Hull and the Humber’s Top 30 Under 30.  Recognising rising stars in business, Emma Hardy and Jack Reger - who work at Wescot’s head office in Hull - have both earned a position on the prestigious list, which reveals the very best of young business…

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April 22, 2021

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Business Vibes

43 Clicks North set for office switch as numbers rise

A digital marketing company which lured some of the brightest brains in the business from Leeds back to Hull is bucking the trend again by expanding under lockdown with new recruits and new clients. 43 Clicks North opened its office at The Deep Business Centre in Hull in August 2019 with just five people, and as numbers grew Managing Director Mike Ellis made the decision to find the company a new home all to itself.…

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April 22, 2021

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Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

New home for Covid heroes Cutting edge rehabilitation ward is being built on Castle Hill site

They’ve played a crucial role in the recovery of patients struggling with the post-acute effects of Covid-19. Now Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s rehabilitation medicine team, which incorporates nurses, doctors, support staff and therapists, is to benefit from new purpose-built facilities to enable them to continue their life changing work. The rehabilitation team came into the public eye in the summer of 2020 as patients were seen being clapped off their ward after recovering…

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April 22, 2021

Logan Richards / Our Kids Making It Happen

I Want To Be Myself

Hello everyone and how are we all? Did anyone do anything for Autism Awareness week? I took part in the #Iwantcampaign. It’s a campaign to tell everyone what we would like to see more of as in terms of inclusion within our society. My memo was #Iwanttobemyself. I chose this as it means a lot to me to be able to express myself.  I have struggled a lot this month.  It has been hard settling…

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April 20, 2021

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Community and Services / Schools and Education

Hello World! Wheels in motion to welcome families back to The Big Malarkey Festival this summer

Preparation is underway for the return of Hull’s much loved family festival, The Big Malarkey, this summer. Hosted by Hull Libraries, the team is hoping to bring a smile to people’s faces and welcome families back with an invitation to come together to celebrate and experience the magic of The Big Malarkey Festival. After a year in which books and imagination provided escapism for all ages, The Big Malarkey Festival will bring together well-known authors…

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April 8, 2021

Community and Services

Period Poverty

I remember the day like it was yesterday.I was 12 years old, and it was the day I found out my eldest sister had had her baby. My mum woke me up, told me the news, then I went to the toilet.And there it was. My first period.I knew what was happening, because I’d found out from the other girls at school, but my mum had never spoken to me about them despite me having…

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March 31, 2021

Community and Services

Chloe’s Story: Interactive film launched to raise awareness of child exploitation

Now in its sixth year, Child Exploitation Awareness Day is being marked by activities throughout the UK to raise awareness of the risk of exploitation to children and young people. Here in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire a new interactive film exploring the risks of online grooming has been launched. The hard-hitting film, which follows the story of Chloe, was commissioned by North East Lincolnshire Council’s Young and Safe & GRAFT teams and was delivered…

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March 31, 2021

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Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

SMART lighting for Hull’s hospitals to improve air quality

More than 20,000 light fittings are to be replaced at Hull’s hospitals as part of an environmental quest to reduce deaths caused by air pollution. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has declared a Climate Emergency, signalling its intention to become carbon neutral by 2030. Now, every light fitting at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital as well as the trust’s smaller hospital sites around the city is to be replaced with SMART LED…

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March 26, 2021

Women and Children's Hospital

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Labour Ward team thanked for supporting women giving birth in a pandemic

Staff on Hull’s Labour Ward have been thanked for their work to support women giving birth during a pandemic. Labour Ward Matron Angela Rymer is thanking midwives, midwifery assistants, medics, housekeeper, hygienist, cleaning and health care staff on the Labour Ward at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital for providing the best possible care to women and their families since the start of the pandemic. She said: “The team on Labour Ward have always been flexible,…

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March 26, 2021

Tracey Dennison

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Tracey back on frontline after Covid-19 vaccination

She spent five months inside her home, not able to even step outside, because she was so vulnerable to Covid-19. But Perioperative Support Worker Tracey Dennison was desperate to be part of her team helping patients undergoing surgery at Hull Royal Infirmary. Now, after becoming the first member of staff at Hull Royal to receive both doses of the vaccine, Tracey is back where she wants to be, helping her team and looking after her…

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March 26, 2021

Hull's last remaining Scotch Derrick crane

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

Search for contractor to restore Hull’s last remaining 20th century Scotch Derrick crane

Hull’s last remaining 20th century Scotch Derrick crane is to be restored, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council. The Hull Maritime project is looking to appoint a contractor to dismantle, restore and relocate the crane as a safe structure, retaining its historical details and significance. The 20th century Scotch Derrick crane, sometimes known as a Stiff leg derrick, is located at the North End Shipyard, reflecting 400 years of shipbuilding history. The…

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March 26, 2021

Neil McDonald

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Health Care Assistant Neil back at work after two months in Intensive Care

Video of Neil leaving hospitalhttps://vimeo.com/440939687 A health care assistant who spent almost two months fighting for life in his hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after contracting Covid-19 is returning to work. Neil McDonald will return to the Endoscopy team at Castle Hill Hospital later this month after making a full recovery from the virus. As he prepares to return to a job he loves, Neil said: “I feel brilliant now, back to my normal self. “I…

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March 23, 2021

Business Vibes

From redundant factory space to fun and functional office: new workspace unveiled at Groupe Atlantic

Work has now completed on domestic and commercial heating market leader, Groupe Atlantic’s new office space at its premises on National Avenue in Hull.  Chameleon Business Interiors provided the design, fit-out and furniture services, transforming a storage space of the factory into a fun, flexible and inspiring work environment for Groupe Atlantic’s operations team Fiona Thornham, interior designer at Chameleon, said: “We are so pleased with the result of this project! We chose a range of…

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March 23, 2021

Business Vibes / Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Therapist boosts Daisy Appeal wellbeing with long-distance campaign

A holistic therapist has boosted the wellbeing of a leading local charity by raising funds and awareness from a campaign which reached customers the length and breadth of the country. Karen Engstrom, who runs her holistic therapy business and her Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic online shop from her home in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, contributed her commission from a week’s worth of sales to support the Daisy Appeal in memory of her late uncle, who lived…

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March 23, 2021

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

Specialists appointed to pack and transport thousands of maritime treasures

50,000 maritime artefacts from the Hull Maritime Museum are to be packed and transported to secure storage. A decision record published by Hull City Council today, Tuesday 9 March confirms the appointment of the specialist company. Constantine, with a proven track record in moving museum objects and fine art throughout the world, has been selected to undertake this huge piece of work. Previously completing projects for The Science Museum, National Maritime Museum and The Courtauld Institute…

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March 23, 2021

Business Vibes

Hull father and son team launch revolutionary new vehicle decals business

Brandfixx, a new designer, manufacturer and fitter of vehicle branding kits, has launched with a bang, offering customers a unique and revolutionary vehicle branding product and service.  The business, owned by Vehicle Livery Solutions, was born out of the industry’s problems associated with the traditional method of branding a vehicle by manually ‘wrapping’ a large printed sheet of cast vinyl around the contours of a vehicle.  This is often a labourious, inefficient and time consuming…

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March 23, 2021