Category: Society

Hull Fostering has joined forces with more than 90 local authorities for the simultaneous release of a new short film that highlights an urgent need for more foster carers.

More than 100 people gathered at York Art Gallery on 1st October for an evening filled with heart, hope and inspiration – a celebration of 25 years of Two Ridings Community Foundation standing alongside local people to create lasting change across North and East Yorkshire.

Hull City Council is urging eligible families to apply for funding to access free childcare for their two-year-old children.

Hospice Care Week (6–12 October 2025) is a time to celebrate and champion hospice care across the UK, and at Dove House Hospice, the team are highlighting the unseen yet deeply impactful roles that make hospice care so special.

The knowledge of Hull-based epilepsy specialists has been used to create a special animation to help young people manage their condition.

Yorkshire Cricket, the Rugby Football League (RFL) and the three Football Associations representing North Riding, East Riding and Lincolnshire, have formally joined the Humber and North Yorkshire UNITED collective, a pioneering initiative launched in April 2025 to unite sport in Humber and North Yorkshire around mental health, suicide prevention, and self-harm awareness.

Hull City Council is investing more than £900,000 to improve around 100 bus stops across the city – making them safer, more accessible and more convenient for passengers while they wait for their bus.

Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance is using 80s nostalgia to encourage people aged 50 to 71, who are reluctant or first-time breast screening invitees, to make or attend breast screening appointments.

Hull Women’s Aid is marking its 50th anniversary with a special fundraising campaign where every donation will be doubled at no extra cost through the Big Give, between 8th and 15th October.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust held their Annual Members Meeting and AGM on 25 September 2025. As part of the event, they welcomed local sports personality Dean Windass to the stage to take part in a question and answer session with Trust Chair Caroline Flint.

Nominations are still open for this year’s CHAMPS Awards. CHAMPS (Caring, Helpful and Amazing People) celebrates unpaid carers in Hull who give their time and energy to look after family members, friends and neighbours.

Hull City Council has welcomed the news that Hull Paragon Interchange has been crowned Large Station of the Year at the National Rail Awards.

The proportion of women smoking during pregnancy across Yorkshire and the Humber has fallen significantly according to data published by NHS England.

Every year in the UK, thousands of motorists and passengers find themselves involved in road traffic accidents. Knowing what to do in such a situation can often be crucial – so let’s run through the best way to react.

A new 20mph zone has come into force in Hull’s Old Town area as part of a safety improvement scheme for Lowgate being delivered by Hull City Council.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust recently launched their Connect website made specifically for children, young people, adults with learning disabilities and their families. Last night the team brought home the Highly Commended award in the category of Learning Disability Initiative of the Year at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards for the project.

A pair of kind-hearted cyclists from Hull and Hessle have completed a 320-mile challenge, raising £1,500 for two local charities.

The NHS Oversight Framework, which reviews performance across all NHS organisations, has been published to show how acute, non-acute and ambulance Trusts are performing against a range of criteria.

This weekend, a determined team of eight hospital staff and friends will be taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge for WISHH.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Humber Rescue volunteers were tasked by Humber Coastguard at 07:03 to respond to a PAN-PAN alert issued by a vessel that had lost engine power and was drifting outside the navigational channel near Winteringham Haven.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust have announced the launch of an innovative new service to improve care received by autistic patients accessing mental health services.

The much-loved Pub to Pub Walk, hosted by Dove House Hospice, has once again proved to be a success, with this year’s iteration raising an outstanding £15,058 for the hospice and other local charities across Hull and East Yorkshire.

Having come from a cycling family, Ella Shepherd has decided to cycle the length of the UK from Land’s End to John O-Groats, with a brief stopover in Glasgow, to take part in Sir Chris Hoy’s Tour De 4. Ella’s inspiration is her Dad John, who is living with stage 4 stomach cancer.

Magician to King Charles III, Scott Perry recently relocated, choosing Hull as his new home.

The new school term might just be starting, but Hull’s Santa Squad are already stepping up their work to ensure that no child goes without a Christmas present.

The 15th September marks Battle of Britain Day, a pivotal moment in our nation’s history when ‘The Few’ displayed extraordinary courage to defend our skies, 85 years ago.

At 09:04, Humber Rescue received a heartfelt message from the owner of Red, a black Labrador who had gone missing near Faxfleet a couple of hours earlier.

Humber Rescue volunteers faced one of their busiest mornings of the year, rescuing four people in two separate incidents within a 12-hour period on the River Humber.

Eleven runners are representing the WISHH Charity at this year’s Great North Run on the 7th September, seeing 60,000 runners take part in what is dubbed as the “World’s Biggest and best” half marathon. The fantastic team is just one of seventeen representing NHS Charities across the United Kingdom. Over 650 runners will take part in this 13.1-mile route from Newcastle and finish in South Shields, to support their local hospitals.

Hull CVS, in partnership with The Love Button Global Movement, the charitable arm of Coldplay, celebrated with 180 local volunteers today with a special afternoon tea event at Holderness House, East Hull.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s charity, Health Stars, is inviting members of the local community to help transform lives at Malton Community Hospital through a beautiful new initiative: the ‘Seeds of Support’ Donor Wall.

The final stretch of King Charles III England Coast Path in Yorkshire and the North East has officially opened.

Two providers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support in Hull are celebrating after being presented with certificates to recognise their efforts in promoting active and sustainable travel to staff and students.

Stagecoach East Midlands has updated local people on the bus services that will be available to take them to the upcoming Coldplay concerts.

On 6th September 2025, a brave group of staff from Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust will be swapping terra firma for blue skies as they take on a daring sky dive to raise funds for Health Stars, the Trust’s official charity.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust have been shortlisted within 3 categories of the exceptionally highly regarded Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2025. Three of the Trust’s most prominent initiatives have been identified as finalists in the awards, covering a broad range of work including neurodiversity, sustainability and mental health support.

Hull has been unveiled as the country’s top location for the delivery of cycle training to children, according to new figures from The Bikeability Trust.

The Hull Bus Alliance is encouraging families and groups of friends to travel by bus this August and save money with the launch of a discounted fare.

A pair of kind-hearted cyclists from Hull and Hessle are taking on a 320-mile fundraising challenge in support of two local charities.

A committed team from the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Miranda House in Hull, part of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, have launched a series of fundraising challenges this summer.

People across the city are being urged to look out for one another over the busy summer months as part of a safety campaign to encourage motorists, people cycling, pedestrians and members of the travelling public to share the road responsibly.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, an award-winning provider of health and social care services, is inviting applications for two Non-Executive Director positions, one of which will serve as Audit Chair.

The Run With It educational charity has appointed its first ever Fundraising and Events Co-ordinator as it continues to grow and expand its services across the Humber region.

RSPCA Hull & East Riding is excited to announce that it has reached the Public Voting Stage of the Almo Nature: Companion for Life Grant – and your vote could help secure £11,000 to launch its Petwise Project.

New figures published today (24th July) have shown that the number of people trying to quit smoking with the help of Stop Smoking Services across Humber and North Yorkshire over the last year has increased by nearly a third.

The first-ever Waves of Influence event has raised an incredible £50,000 to support families from seafaring backgrounds facing crisis, thanks to the combined efforts of Sailors’ Children’s Society and The Seafarers’ Charity.

Hull City Council has launched a new way for residents to apply or renew bus passes, making the process quicker and more convenient.

Two Ridings Community Foundation is celebrating 25 years of funding local charities and community groups across North and East Yorkshire, York and Hull.

Fitmums & Friends, the Yorkshire-based charity that supports people of all abilities to be more active and connected, will be officially presented with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service at a special event next month, receiving the award crystal and certificate from Mr. James Dick, OBE Lord-Lieutenant serving the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Tracey Howe walked over the Humber Bridge this week to reach the 3,000-mile mark in her round-Britain hike.

With summer arriving, Hull City Council will be hosting a series of free training and guided ride sessions around the city to help people learn the necessary skills, boost their confidence and encourage them to cycle more.

Hull City Council’s cabinet is set to review proposals for a five-year investment programme to improve and enhance Hull’s infrastructure, preserve its history and keep the city moving.

A scheme enabling care leavers to receive free bus travel in Hull and the East Riding will continue thanks to new funding from Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Hull City Council and local charity, R-evolution, are celebrating the continued growth of the Trinity Market Cycle Hub, which saw an increase in repairs, donations, parking and public engagement in 2024/25.

Over four hundred people turned out in Hull to demand trans liberation at a protest and march on Saturday 10 May.

Local homelessness charity Emmaus Hull & East Riding is celebrating after receiving a £20k boost at the Aviva Broker Community Fund awards event.

The son of the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott raised more than £6,000 in donations running the London Marathon in his campaign to put dementia ‘at the very heart’ of the Government’s upcoming 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS after his father died from Alzheimer’s disease.