Public health and social care

• New film highlights vital role of fostering

  17 October 2024

  3 minute read

  A POWERFUL new film about fostering has been launched with the backing of more than 100 councils, including Leicester City Council.

• Life-saving equipment fitted to council buildings    

  2 October 2024

  3 minute read

  Life-saving defibrillators have been fitted to the outside of three more council buildings, with the support of local heart charity, the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).

• New council-run children’s home prepares to open its doors

  26 September 2024

  4 minute read

  A new children’s home in Leicester is preparing to open its doors.

• Free activity sessions mark National Fitness Day

  13 September 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to get active at their local leisure centre next week – and it won’t cost them a penny.

• Council highlights support available across the city on world suicide prevention day

  10 September 2024

  2 minute read

  People are being urged to find out more about Leicester’s network of mental health friendly places, as World Suicide Prevention Day is marked (Tuesday 10 September).

• ‘Thoughtful and kind’ social worker nominated for Apprentice of Year

  3 September 2024

  3 minute read

  A ‘THOUGHTFUL and kind’ social worker who ‘is determined to learn and grow’ has been nominated for a prestigious Apprentice of the Year award.

• Work begins on city’s new £1.8m children’s home

  22 August 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK is under way to build a new children’s home in Leicester, boosting the number of council-run placements available for children and young people in care.

• Open days at allotments to inspire more people to get growing

  7 August 2024

  2 minute read

  ALLOTMENTS across the city are opening their gates to show off their sites to the public.

• Celebrate National Playday at Town Hall Square

  2 August 2024

  1 minute read

  TOWN HALL Square will be transformed into a haven of play next Wednesday (7 August) to mark National Playday.

• Museum event will showcase pupils’ healthy mealbarrows

  24 June 2024

  2 minute read

  EVERYONE is invited to admire the efforts of schoolchildren who have been growing their own grub at an event at Abbey Pumping Station next month.

• SEND transport consultation to take place after the election

  19 June 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW consultation on proposals to end school transport funding for young people aged 16 and over who have special educational needs and disability (SEND), will now take place after the school summer holidays.

• Celebrate social connections at Let’s Get Together Week

  7 June 2024

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE are being encouraged to get together at a series of free events at venues across the city including at Leicester’s libraries and community centres next week.