Public health and social care

• 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.

• 'Start a conversation' is the message for suicide prevention day

  10 September 2020

  1 minute read

  WORK being done in the city, county and Rutland to raise awareness of suicide and the support that is available to prevent it, will be highlighted on World Suicide Prevention Day today (Thursday 10 September).