Public health and social care

• Plans put forward for two new children’s homes

  8 October 2026

  2 minute read

  PLANS have been put forward to create two new city council-run children’s homes.

• Lifesaving equipment installed to marks SADS Week

  28 September 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council says it is well on the way to achieving its target of fitting 30 community public access defibrillators (CPADs) community buildings across the city.

• Libraries offer free blood pressure monitor loans

  24 September 2026

  1 minute read

  BLOOD pressure monitors can be borrowed by adults for free under a new council initiative launched in libraries across Leicester.

• Film festival puts spotlight on recovery from addiction

  21 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FILMS by two Leicester filmmakers will be among 19 shown at the Recovery Street Film Festival, a free event which takes place at the Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre this Saturday (26 September).

• Leicester launches women's homelessness census

  16 September 2026

  2 minute read

  Women experiencing homelessness in Leicester are set to be counted in a new and more inclusive way as the city takes part in the National Women's Rough Sleeping Census for the first time.

• Libraries launch free blood pressure monitor loans

  16 September 2026

  1 minute read

  BLOOD pressure monitors can be borrowed by adults for free under a new council initiative launched in libraries across Leicester.

• Community event to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

  9 September 2026

  2 minute read

  People in Leicester are being invited to take part in a special community event at Leicester’s Haymarket Shopping Centre as part of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday, 10 September.

• Allotments open their gates to share the joy of growing your own grub

  17 August 2026

  1 minute read

  ALLOTMENTS in Leicester are opening their gates to anyone who would like to find out more about growing your own food.

• Leicester to create more specialist school places for children with SEND

  6 August 2026

  2 minute read

  HUNDREDS more children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) could benefit from specialist support in mainstream schools in Leicester.

• Free funday showcases support in Leicester

  30 July 2026

  2 minute read

  A FREE family funday in New Parks next week will showcase the support, activities and services that are available for people in Leicester.

• Find out about new sensory services provision at drop-in event

  24 July 2026

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE with a sight impairment or sensory loss can find out about the services that are available to support them at a free drop-in event next week.

• Grow Your Own Grub winners announced

  13 July 2026

  2 minute read

  YOUNG gardeners from across the city have been recognised for their creativity and growing skills in this year’s Grow Your Own Grub mealbarrow competition.