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• Consultation launched on future of city’s homelessness services

  25 July 2022

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked for their views on homelessness services in the city in a new public consultation.

• Flag-raising ceremony to mark start of Armed Forces Week

  17 June 2022

  2 minute read

  THE FLAG of the Armed Forces will be raised in Leicester’s Town Hall Square on Monday (20 June) to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

• City schools celebrate Clean Air Day

  16 June 2022

  3 minute read

  SCHOOLS in Leicester have been celebrating Clean Air Day by making the most of traffic-free local streets.

• Work coaches in libraries expands to Belgrave

  6 June 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK coaches are now available at Belgrave Library, to help people get specialist job-seeking support.

• Interest sought in running key city venue

  31 May 2022

  2 minute read

  COMMUNITY organisations are being invited to express their interest in running Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre.

• New online tool aims to help Leicester people be better off

  25 May 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW benefits calculator and budgeting tool has been launched to help Leicester people manage their finances and minimise the impact of the cost of living crisis.

• Council partners with leading homeless charity to offer learning and life skills

  20 May 2022

  3 minute read

  THE city council is celebrating the official launch of a new service that offers learning, training and employment support to people recovering from homelessness.

• City welcomes its first African Caribbean Lord Mayor

  19 May 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S new Lord Mayor has been handed the chains of office in a ceremony at the city’s Town Hall.

• £800,000 improvement programme for city’s estates

  13 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW car parking spaces, cutting back shrubs and tidying up overgrown green spaces are among the improvements that have been made to a city estate after residents told the council what they’d like to see done.

• More help with living costs available for city’s most vulnerable

  9 May 2022

  2 minute read

  EVERY pensioner in Leicester who claims pension credit is to receive a voucher for £100 to help with their costs for fuel and food, using money from the Government’s Household Support Fund.

• Street boxes containing vital aid launched as part of knife crime strategy

  3 May 2022

  2 minute read

  EMERGENCY boxes aimed at providing urgent assistance to victims of knife crime have been launched in Leicester as part of the council’s strategy on knife crime and serious violence.

• Innovative scheme to support city’s homeless launches in Leicester

  26 April 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW initiative has been set up in Leicester to help prevent homelessness.