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• Report sets out financial pressure on city’s homelessness services

  3 January 2024

  3 minute read

  A HUGE rise in the number of people facing homelessness in Leicester means the city council is facing extra budgetary pressures of up to £54million.

• Council sets out new ways of working with voluntary sector

  30 November 2023

  2 minute read

  THE city council has set out how it will work with Leicester’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) to help it survive current challenges and thrive in the future, in its first VCSE engagement strategy.

• Contactless donation scheme to help homeless people in Leicester raises over £48,800

  28 November 2023

  3 minute read

  A contactless donation scheme in Leicester has raised a remarkable £48,800 to help homeless people in the city.

• Chance to have a say on free Hop! bus service as passenger trips top 1,500 a day

  21 November 2023

  2 minute read

  THE free, green bus service introduced to take passengers around Leicester city centre has topped more than 1,500 passenger journeys per day.

• Nominees for City of Leicester Awards announced

  15 November 2023

  3 minute read

  A LOCAL gospel choir, a passionate health campaigner, and the man who created Leicester’s comedy festival have all been nominated for a top civic award.

• City to fall silent for Remembrance Day commemorations this weekend

  9 November 2023

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester will remember the city’s fallen service men and women in the annual Remembrance Day service this weekend.

• Training project boosts skills of people facing homelessness

  7 November 2023

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE facing homelessness are getting the chance to equip themselves with new skills and job opportunities in a project run by the city council and a charity.

• Appeal for Bonfire Night pallets

  31 October 2023

  2 minute read

  LOCAL businesses are being called on to help Leicester’s Bonfire Night go with a bang by donating their broken or surplus wooden pallets. 

• Remembrance Day commemorations to take place

  31 October 2023

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER will come together to remember its fallen service men and women in the annual Remembrance Day service.

• City Mayor calls on Government to increase council funding to protect crucial services

  27 October 2023

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has written to the Government to warn that the city council will struggle to balance its books in the next 18 months unless there is a change to Government funding.

• Last chance for groups to apply for anti-poverty community grants

  12 October 2023

  2 minute read

  ORGANISATIONS working to address poverty in Leicester – such as schools, charities and community groups – have less than a week left to apply for a grant of up to £50,000 to support their work.

• Partnership makes life-saving equipment accessible to public

  6 October 2023

  4 minute read

  A life-saving defibrillator has been fitted to the outside of Spence Street Sports Centre thanks to the support of a local heart charity, the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT).