Category: Society

Dove House Hospice are moving premises and will be at the front of the North Point shopping centre.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has named Hull City Council as a Gold Award winner in its Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

A local artist whose work rocketed to fame during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations has donated one of her works to hospital staff.

Patients from Hull who are waiting to be treated for heart problems are being offered access to a unique service to support their wellbeing while they wait.

Hull-based NLG Health has donated two Labrador puppies and £16,000 to Support Dogs, the Sheffield charity which helps people with autism, epilepsy and disabilities. Harriett, […]

Seventy-seven leaders from the Hull and East Yorkshire voluntary, community and social enterprise sector came together last week at Hull Truck Theatre for a jam-packed day celebrating a new cohort of twelve emerging leaders from the HEY Confident Futures leadership network, and a vibrant year of connecting and collaboration.

Hull City Council has been successful in a bid for over half a million pounds of Government funding to help make sure that looked after children get the best possible start when they leave care.

It seems like summer is finally here; temperatures have soared in the last few days and forecasts suggest they could reach the 30s again in parts of our region by the weekend.

Charitable causes across Hull and East Yorkshire are being reminded to apply for special Centenary Grants launched by the historic Sir James Reckitt Charity to celebrate its 100-year legacy.

Local mental health charities, Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind, are reminding people about their Together Service, which supports local people who have been bereaved or affected by a suspected suicide.

Blood donors are urgently needed to fill two upcoming sessions in Hull.

With one in three adults experiencing loneliness during the pandemic, are Brits now making the most of seeing their nearest and dearest?

The new WISHH Health and Wellbeing Suite has been opened officially at Castle Hill Hospital.

Whatever your background, if you’re enthusiastic and open-minded, have good people skills and sound judgement, you could be exactly what IMB at HMP Hull is looking for to expand the team.

Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull wants to hear about your experiences of the menopause.

Nick, whose dad sadly was too unwell to make it to the hospice, has set a target of raising £10,000 for the charity his dad chose before dying. Fundraising like this is what the hospice relies on to be able to provide much-needed end of life care for families in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Nurses, midwives, doctors, vaccination teams and domestic staff are among those celebrated in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 74th birthday, as the NHS Parliamentary Awards shortlist is revealed.    

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive Michele Moran is set to cycle an 84-mile virtual route to raise funds for Trust charity, Health Stars.

A team specialising in the care of seriously injured patients has received international accreditation for its work.

Patients being cared for in East Yorkshire hospitals are set to benefit from extended visiting arrangements from today. 

A not-for-profit organisation, National Initiative for Creative Education in Hull, has been awarded £45,000 to provide mental health support to children and young people in Hull and East Riding.

A new health centre in East Yorkshire has opened its doors to a warm welcome by  clinicians and patients of the surgeries it has replaced.

The historic Sir James Reckitt Charity has celebrated 100 years of supporting local good causes and Quaker charities with a significant fund to make a difference in Hull and East Yorkshire.

The Carers Information & Support Service (CISS) believes that unpaid carers and the challenges of caring should be recognised in all areas of life and caring should be valued by everyone. 

Across Britain, DOPE Magazine is distributed for homeless people to sell on the streets. People ranging from rough sleepers to asylum seekers can pick up the newspaper for free, collect donations and keep the proceeds.

Hull Hospital’s doctors, nurses, other NHS staff and friends are swapping scrubs for trainers to support the ‘By Your Side’ Appeal, as they take part in the Hull 10k and Half Marathon on Sunday 12 June.

There’s no doubt that Hull’s new multi-million pound Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a huge leap forward in the provision of quality care to critically ill patients.

On Tuesday 5th July, Hull Hospital’s WISHH Charity is inviting people across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire to join the biggest NHS tea party yet by hosting their own NHS Big Tea on the health service’s 74th birthday.

The extremely popular Wine Dash, which explores the Yorkshire Wolds with a walk through the picturesque Little Wold Vineyard, tasting wines from different regions along the route is back again.

Public Health officials have said social isolation is now a bigger threat than Covid. A North Hull community centre aims to tackle this locally.

Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity (YBTC) is pleased to be expanding its support to offer a brand new drop-in group in Hull.

Local Community Interest Company (CIC) The Peel Project has received almost £60,000 to continue their work in supporting adults and young people in Hull. The funding strengthens an existing partnership with mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind.

The creative sparks were flying at the Humber Bridge on Saturday 7 May as a group of students from Dyslexia Sparks – Hull and East Yorkshire’s only registered charity – stretched their creative muscles in preparation for a writing competition.

The creative sparks will be flying at the Humber Bridge this Saturday (7 May at 2pm) as a group of students from Dyslexia Sparks – Hull and East Yorkshire’s only registered charity – stretch their creative muscles in preparation for a writing competition.

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, which will take place during 9-15 May 2022.

They were just about to board a flight to see their children for the first time in a year when The Philippines announced a national lockdown at the start of the pandemic.

A local homelessness charity has opened a new shop with big ambitions to become a community hub in Hull city centre.

SEED Eating Disorder Support Service, a charity founded by Hull actor Gemma Oaten’s parents Marg and Dennis 22 years ago as they fought for her life amidst a 13-year eating disorder battle, have been thrown a lifeline by Ellesmere Counselling and Psychotherapy Training in their quest to find a new home for their growing support service.

If you don’t work in the field, you may wonder what Hull has ever done to shape healthcare beyond the East Yorkshire boundary.

Local mental health charities Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind are relaunching their ‘Tea & Talk’ campaign – running throughout Mental Health Awareness week during 9-15 May 2022.

A charity which is working to offer UK-leading detection and personalised treatment facilities for patients with cancer, heart disease and dementia has unveiled the equipment inside the new £8.8m Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) which it will move into this summer after the disruption of Covid.

Help and advice to welcome people arriving in Hull and East Riding from war-torn Ukraine is now available via a dedicated telephone helpline and web pages.

Groups in Bransholme are being thanked for their contribution to community spirit.

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind have up to 200 FREE places available on their Mental Health Awareness workshops, in a bid to help create local Mental Health Champions within communities and businesses across the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Colleagues from Hull-based safety company, Arco, have spent a day volunteering in the community to make sure Pickering Park is ready for the spring.

A popular Hull charity transforming the lives of people with brain injuries has secured a transformative makeover thanks to vehicle branding specialists Brandfixx.

Hull’s appeal for humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine has seen such a huge response that organisers are opening new drop-off points and a […]

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Your Health Lifestyle and Prevention service is pleased to offer support and guidance for residents of the East Riding, through their Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaching sessions.

Safer Sleep Week is an annual awareness event ran by The Lullaby Trust, to raise awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and to equip parents with information on how they can reduce the risk.

KCOM volunteers have branched out from their day jobs to take part in a community project to plant more climate change combatting trees across the region.

When Sami’s mum Sheila was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma their lives were turned upside down. Walking into Dove House Hospice for the first time was like a huge weight had been lifted from their shoulders. Sheila was able to die how she wanted, surrounded by the people she loved most.

Hull’s communities are coming together to collect and deliver humanitarian aid for Ukraine under the Hull 4 Ukraine collective. This is being led by Hull’s community and voluntary organisations who have done so much through the pandemic. The Council has agreed to partner with Hull 4 Ukraine and Hull 4 Heroes to support a local coordinated aid response to the crisis.

Four serving Royal Engineers, dubbed the Salty Sappers, have just rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to raise funds for The Royal Engineers Association and the Royal British Legion Industries.

Hull Women’s Aid are taking part in the Women and Girls Match Fund 2022 to raise £25,000 in just one week. These funds will be used for supporting teenage girls experiencing domestic abuse.

A business which has worked under the radar guiding governments in the fight against corruption and terrorism is now helping to protect businesses by applying high level crime prevention techniques which have been tried and tested internationally.

Victoria Fountain, the community group and charity raising funds to replace the missing fountain in Victoria Avenue, is celebrating meeting its crowdfunding target of £150,000 and on track for installing the fountain by the summer.

The Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Patient and Carer Experience (PACE) Team is launching their first training programme today, 1 March 2022, in collaboration with the Humber Recovery and Wellbeing College.

Hull City Council has been awarded funding from the Department for Education for delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme for 2022 through to 2025.

Haxby Group GP Practice has launched a new GP Mentoring and Support Programme, offering bursaries to people wanting to become a GP.

A sustainable community farm, a primary school and a girls’ rugby team are all among the latest recipients of a KCOM Community Grant.

February is National Healthy Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about heart diseases and encourage people to look after their hearts. The information that is being shared throughout this month helps people understand how to keep healthy and stay informed about the risks of heart-related conditions.

Hull Hospital’s doctors, nurses and other NHS staff were part of history in the making, whilst supporting our ‘By Your Side’ Appeal, as they took part in the World’s Largest Marathon, involving 100,000 people globally. 

Twenty community projects offering nature and outdoor-based activities to support positive mental and physical wellbeing are benefiting from almost £150,000 of funding to continue their work and develop new projects.