Public health and social care

• New walk-up covid testing site opens on Upper Brown Street

  24 November 2020

  1 minute read

  A NEW coronavirus testing site opens in Leicester city centre today.

• Coronavirus: important new information for you

  4 November 2020

  4 minute read

  STAY at home. That’s the message from the government and public health experts, as a second national lockdown gets under way.

• Young people win national award for Quaranteens campaign

  3 November 2020

  2 minute read

  YOUNG people from Leicester with experience of being in care have won a national award for supporting each other during the lockdown.

• Council contacts businesses to ensure they are covid-safe

  16 October 2020

  2 minute read

  PUBLIC safety officers from Leicester City Council are working with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to contact businesses in Leicester and make sure they are covid-secure.

• Gym at Aylestone Leisure Centre reopens after £440k revamp

  14 October 2020

  1 minute read

  GYM facilities at a popular Leicester leisure centre have been transformed, following a £440,000 revamp.

• Leicester in Tier 2 of Government’s new Covid alert levels

  14 October 2020

  3 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS on household mixing in Leicester will largely continue unchanged, following the introduction of the Government’s new three-tier Local Covid Alert Level system.

• Claims open for Covid support payments for those at risk of financial hardship

  9 October 2020

  1 minute read

  EMPLOYED or self-employed people who are told to self-isolate but whose income would be hit by staying at home can now claim a £500 support payment.

• Government pauses shielding programme in Leicester

  5 October 2020

  2 minute read

  ARRANGEMENTS that have helped some of the city’s most vulnerable residents to shield from the coronavirus will be paused in Leicester today (5 October).

• Leicester film about children’s rights reaches global audience

  16 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A FILM about children’s rights made by young people in Leicester is reaching a global audience after being picked up by UNICEF.

• City council praised for response to Leicester outbreak

  14 September 2020

  4 minute read

  A GOVERNMENT commissioned review that aimed to identify lessons learned from the first local outbreak in the country, has resulted in praise for Leicester City Council’s response to the situation.

• First council gyms to reopen on Monday

  11 September 2020

  1 minute read

  FOUR city council leisure centres in Leicester will reopen to the public on Monday (14 September).

• Diwali and Christmas to be marked with lights but no crowds this year

  11 September 2020

  2 minute read

  TWO of the biggest events in Leicester’s festival calendar will not take place this year, as coronavirus restrictions continue to prevent people from gathering in large groups.