Category: Society

Meet just some of the people we’re supporting into fulfilling and rewarding careers with Hull’s hospitals.

As part of the East Yorkshire Breastfeeding Promotion Initiative, a new breastfeeding support webpage, breastfeeding logo and a scheme to promote positive messages about breastfeeding in public are to be launched.

Hull Food Bank is hoping for support from other businesses after receiving a £250 cash boost from the Skipton Building Society in Hull city centre.

Hull and East Yorkshire’s only hospice is bringing back the region’s muddiest event!  Dove House Hospice is looking for hundreds of people to get caked in mud on Sunday 13th March at their five-mile muddy obstacle course  – and you can sign up now for just £25.

A team of health scientists at Castle Hill Hospital is showing that better care for cancer patients doesn’t have to cost the earth.

HEY! Volunteering is on the lookout for new volunteers to help support expansion into the wider region.

The Help Us, Help You campaign encourages anyone experiencing feelings of anxiety, depression or other mental health concerns to seek support through NHS Talking Therapies services, also known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).

The Hull & East Riding Social Mediation And Self Help (SMASH) team at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust work in local schools to help support young people with their mental health and wellbeing.

Chaplains will continue delivering messages and get well wishes to patients in hospital.

The new year brings new opportunities and the chance to join a fantastic team at Little Owls Day Nursery, a unique Hull-based nursery owned and run by well-loved local charity Dove House Hospice.

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2022 for their work with the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership in supporting local people bereaved or affected by suicide.

During the full month of January, Dove House are running a sale with up to 30% off the registration price for multiple events.

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is working with Hull City Council on a new project to support individuals and employers in Hull. The new Work Well project, which officially launched last month, will help individuals to improve their mental health, raise aspirations and achieve personal goals.

Thinking of starting to save up to buy your first home? Put off by rising house prices and daunted by how much you need to save? You’re not alone.

Citycare was recently joined by Environmental & Management Solutions Yorkshire (EMS) to create a memorial garden in memory of Hull’s iconic Bee Lady at the Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre (ICC).

Hospital chaplains will be taking Christmas messages out to patients over the next few weeks as visiting restrictions continue.

Hull New Theatre is the latest venue in the City to benefit from the donation of life saving equipment in memory of a father of four who tragically died.

Lotus Sanctuary CIC, the community interest company specialising in housing and empowering those who are facing homelessness, is looking for gift donations in Hull for their Giving Back at Christmas campaign.

A former drug user recognises her troubled past, but now says she’s in a good place and wants others to benefit from what’s on offer at an Orchard Park community hub.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Humberside has launched a media campaign, running across Christmas and New Year, aimed at preventing domestic abuse.

December is a particularly hectic month for all kinds of businesses. Whilst retailers work around the clock to keep on top of consumer demand, most offices are filling their sales funnels so that they can hit the ground running when the new year arrives.

Hull Mental Health Support Teams has been recognised at the Hull Live Golden Apple awards for its work to provide mental health and wellbeing support to children, young people, parents and education staff in schools and colleges across Hull.

A hospital-based security team from Hull has received one of the profession’s highest accolades.

Hull Libraries is using a fines amnesty to support local food banks and charities this Christmas.

People in residential homes and supporting housing facilities across Hull have been treated to a gift of some handcrafted Christmas cards and decorations this festive season.

Light up a Life is a wonderful opportunity for hospice supporters and the wider community to remember a loved one this Christmas. Dove House Hospice welcomes everyone, regardless of how long ago your loved one died and whether or not they received hospice care, to take part in this unique appeal.

A campaign has been created with health professionals and former smokers in Hull living with long term health conditions to emphasise the positives of quitting smoking and how it can help you enjoy the things that are most important to you.

Local mental health charities Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind have re-launched a campaign to encourage people across Hull, East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire to run, walk or move every day in January 2022, in a bid to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

A charity playing a major role in the Covid-19 volunteer effort across Hull and the East Riding has issued a critical call for more support as restrictions tighten during the winter months.

A new health centre which waited 15 years to secure funding has now hosted a visit by local councillors as it enters the final stage of construction.

Trustees behind a drive to bring the world’s oldest remaining steam trawler back to its home in Hull are commemorating another episode in the city’s proud nautical heritage as part of their campaign.

Athletics club and charity, Fitmums & Friends is proud to announce that its founder and chief officer, Sam Barlow BEM, is a regional winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year’s Unsung Hero 2021 Award.

Young podcasters Stanley and Shaan Singh from Hull have received funding from the Unity in Community Bursary Fund, to help produce and promote Reading with Stanley. […]

A new £8m Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been unveiled at Hull Royal Infirmary to treat critically ill and injured patients from all over Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

The Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust YOURhealth service is teaming up with partners in the East Riding to launch a shoe box appeal.

An £8 million pioneering health hub built to benefit thousands of patients in west Hull has been completed and is just weeks away from opening.

Dr Kasfiki’s contribution to medical education has earned her this prestigious Royal College award.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been selected as one of only three Trusts nationally to participate in the NHSX Digital Aspirant Plus (DA+) programme for mental health and community services.

When Lewis Foster was knocked off his motorbike two years ago he faced a massive battle for survival –one he certainly wouldn’t have won without road safety heroes in the form of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

A charity appeal to ensure hospital patients could still enjoy Christmas despite the Covid pandemic is being repeated this year after being billed a roaring success in 2020.

The support this year for Dove House Hospice’s Rudolph Run has been outstanding across nurseries and primary schools across Hull and East Yorkshire. Thousands of […]

Residents across Hull are being supported with a community Swap Shop thanks to its local Tesco Community Food Connection Scheme.

They are the heroes in hard hats, playing a vital role in improving health care for patients across East Yorkshire.

The British Science Association has announced that it will be funding 12 community projects in Hull as part of its new Ideas Fund programme.

Local charity, Fitmums & Friends, has teamed up with the Humber Forest School and the University of Hull to develop an innovative programme of support for children and young people who are experiencing bereavement.

The Re-Use Shop is located next to the Humberfield Household Waste Recycling Centre Site in Hessle and is open to the general public seven days a week. Despite permits being introduced for East Riding to be able to use local Waste Recycling Centre’s, you don’t need one to shop at Dove House’s Re-Use shop.

Light up a Life is a wonderful opportunity for hospice supporters and the wider community to gather together to share stories and fond memories.

A charity is shining a spotlight on the issue of alcohol and drug use amongst young people and/or when they are affected by others at home.

A team of doctors, nurses, therapists and social care staff has been named the UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network’s inaugural ‘winner of winners’ with the Excellence […]

Doctors, nurses, therapists and social care staff working together to help people with Parkinson’s disease in Hull have won two major prizes for outstanding excellence […]

With dyslexia in the (red) spotlight this International Dyslexia Awareness Month, local charity Dyslexia Sparks is calling on people to help make a difference to the lives of dyslexic children and adults in Hull and East Yorkshire.

A charity which is working to develop “dose-on-demand” radiotracers with improved detection and personalised treatment for patients with cancer, heart disease and dementia has taken a big step towards its goal with the delivery to Castle Hill Hospital of a consignment of UK-leading PET-CT scanning and research equipment.

Last week, business leaders and regional investors alongside an excited audience of friends and supporters of regional grant-maker Two Ridings Community Foundation, came together at Birdsall House, Malton to hear six small grassroots charities pitch at a Yorkshire version of Dragons’ Den.

The global Covid pandemic has been a frightening and uncertain time for us all. Personally and professionally, it has made us reflect and made us grateful for what we have.

Quitting success rates see increase from 14% to 23% as one million smokers #QuitForCovid.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust have welcomed their first cohort of internationally recruited Nurses, who are training locally within Hornsea Cottage Hospital for a period of 4 weeks.

Selfless volunteers across the Humber region have been recognised in a virtual awards ceremony dedicated to shining a light on their kindness.

On Saturday 16 October, abolitionists all over the world will come together to shine a spotlight on human trafficking for A21’s seventh annual Walk For […]

A series of free videos helping Hull families to cook simple, healthy recipes together is now available online, released by Hull City Council. The videos […]

KCOM is set to become part of the furniture for local charities event as it hosts an open day to give away its old office equipment.

Local heritage organisations have benefited from £18,300 in grants from the Humber Museums Partnership.

Three British Olympians will join Hull’s business community next month for a major fundraising event.

Dove House is excited to announce the launch of this year’s Rudolph Run in nursery and primary schools across Hull and East Yorkshire.

The Humberside Police Concert Band is celebrating its 160th anniversary and currently recruiting new members.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is proud to announce a successful HSJ Patient Safety Awards ceremony, which was held in Manchester on the evening of Monday 20 September.

A service that was setup during the coronavirus pandemic to offer a friendly voice to elderly and vulnerable people brought together volunteers and those they have supported for a special lunch.

NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) next week, Tuesday 28 September, with an invitation extended to patients and the public to join them online for what will be the organisations last AGM.

Hull Hospital’s doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are going to be part of history in the making, whilst supporting the new By Your Side […]