Category: Society

Music Cities awards celebrate the world’s most inspiring music cities projects using music to create stronger, safer and more connected cities.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is launching a new podcast series that shares the real stories and experiences behind people’s health and care journeys.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for two projects at the 2026 HSJ Patient Safety Awards.

Foxglove Supported Living is proudly celebrating 10 years of delivering specialist supported living homes to people across Hull and the East Riding.

To mark Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June 2026), Yorkshire Cancer Research celebrated the hundreds of volunteers who play a vital role in making ground-breaking discoveries and progress in cancer research in Yorkshire possible.

Hull’s Maternity Triage Unit is to undergo a £100,000 upgrade to offer advice and assessment of concerns during pregnancy and early labour.

Communities across Hull are set to benefit from a £36,750 boost through the Jane Tomlinson Appeal’s ‘Big Charity Giveaway’, bringing much-needed support to some of the city’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Emmaus Hull & East Riding is inviting local people to volunteer in its charity shops and support the organisation’s work helping individuals who have experienced homelessness rebuild their lives.

A new counselling and therapy service has launched across Hull and East Yorkshire, aiming to help people access professional mental health support quicker and avoid the long waits often associated with traditional pathways.

Queen’s Gardens will fully reopen to the public from Friday 28th May, marking the completion of a £21m investment to repair, transform and futureproof Hull city centre’s most important green space.

Caremark Hull & East Riding is rethinking the way home care is delivered locally after expanding its fleet of eBikes to help reduce emissions and make journeys between customer visits more efficient.

Charities, grassroots community groups and volunteers from across Hull and East Yorkshire were celebrated at the inaugural HEY Charity Awards, an evening dedicated to recognising the people and organisations quietly transforming local lives every day.

The Interweave Digital Platform has won in the Driving Interoperability and Standards Through Digital category at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2026.

It’s all change on the second floor of Hull Royal Infirmary to enable hospital teams to deliver a better staff and patient experience.

Grieving parents will deliver babies who have died in pregnancy in a new, tranquil setting at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital.

Interweave, part of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, have announced the outcome of their recent procurement of suppliers to deliver products and services.

Teenage electrical apprentice Ethan Daintith is celebrating a huge sporting milestone after being called up to the Senior Men’s Great Britain Ball Hockey squad.

Hull Museums and Phoenix Families CIC have been nominated for the Partnership of the Year Award at the 2026 HEY Smile Awards. The nomination comes for their partnership programme, Tree Babies and Tots.

Hull-based charity P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery is celebrating 10 years of supporting people affected by Acquired Brain Injury in the Humber region to rediscover their potential.

Dedicated volunteers who have gone above and beyond to support the armed forces community were honoured at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity’s East Yorkshire Annual General Meeting.

Clearance of the former Debenhams building has commenced and construction will soon be underway at the building in Hull, transforming the former store into 178 […]

Patients in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are to benefit from a formulation of a drug that is used in the treatment of 14 different types of cancer.

A new character appraisal has been adopted for St Andrew’s Dock Conservation Area.

Hull City Council’s Cabinet has approved a multi‑million‑pound highways capital programme designed to maintain and improve the city’s roads and footpaths over the next three years.

Hull City Council’s Cabinet has today (Monday 27th April) approved how it will spend the city’s Local Authority Bus Grant (LABG) for 2026/27, which will see Government funding of over £7.8million, allocated from the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA), spent on a variety of enhancements to make bus travel in the city more convenient and more reliable.

Caremark, one of the UK’s leading providers of home care, has opened nominations for its Community Care Fund – a new nationwide initiative designed to support local projects that make a positive difference to people’s lives.

Hull City Council’s Shared Lives scheme is supporting more people across the city following grant funding via the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF).

Aldgate Vets is urging dog owners to take extra care when walking their pets near cliffs.

Hull Red are a small charity making a big impact. They use music and arts to increase social opportunities for adults with learning disabilities.

Sailors’ Children’s Society has launched two national BookTrust programmes, Story Explorers and Letterbox Club, to support younger children on its scheme, helping to build literacy, confidence, and emotional wellbeing. 

A student from Hull has persuaded her mum to take on a daunting challenge with her next month, in honour of family members who have served in the armed forces – including her 24-year-old brother.

Potty training has become one of the most common reasons parents seek support for their children.

Plans have been submitted for phase one of East Bank Urban Village – one of Hull’s largest ever regeneration projects – which is set to breathe life back into the East Bank of the River Hull through the creation of a sustainable new neighbourhood.

HIV-related stigma remains a significant issue for people living with HIV who can face discrimination, harassment, and internalised shame. This can affect people’s mental health and acts as a barrier to accessing vital services.

On 4th April 2026, an event held at Hull History Centre brought together members of the local community to celebrate the life and legacy of Sewa Singh Gola, a key figure in the early development of Hull’s Sikh community. Approximately 60 people attended the gathering, which combined remembrance with cultural education and coincided with the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi.

A new £20,000 Hull Feral Cats Legacy Fund has been established to support organisations responding to feral and community cat welfare across Hull and the East Riding.

Work to enhance Princes Dock Street and transform it into a more welcoming space is now complete.

East Riding Council has unanimously supported a motion to review and strengthen trauma-informed practice across its services.

Thursday 2nd April marks World Autism Awareness Day 2026.

Hull City Council is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Paul Jackson, founder of The New Adelphi Club, at the age of 71.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has received funding from NHS England to introduce new features that will let patients manage their appointments and visits directly through the NHS App in future.

Members of Hull City Council have paid tribute to the late Lord Christopher Haskins, whose death was announced on Monday 30th March.

A hospital team is celebrating 10 years of protecting the independence of older people, helping them to stay out of hospital and in their own homes.