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As you may be aware, Hull City Council is offering access to Lateral Flow Testing at the following sites –

– Endeavour Learning and Skills Centre, Beverley Road, Hull

– Ennerdale Leisure, Sutton Road, Hull.

– Woodford Leisure Centre, Holderness Road, Hull

These sites are supported by both staff (from both Hull City Council and Hull Culture and Leisure) and a team of trained volunteers recruited and supported by the Smile Foundation.

Access to twice-weekly Lateral Flow Testing is an important part of tackling the COVID 19 pandemic and in supporting vulnerable local communities. The opportunity to access Lateral Flow Tests at these sites is being offered to voluntary and community sector groups and organisations who are providing frontline support within communities.

Access to Lateral Flow Testing is via pre-booked appointments following registration on the Hull City Council portal

The portal will also help determine your eligibility to access Lateral Flow Testing at this time.

Lateral Flow Testing is relatively quick and easy and help and guidance is available at all three Testing sites for those people who need it.

We are also aware that some voluntary and community sector groups and organisations may already have staff who have received the first COVID 19 vaccination. Please note that a vaccination does not mean that Lateral Flow Tests do not need to be carried out, and that you should consider registering all staff, including those who have been vaccinated.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Hull City Council via the Lateral Flow Testing portal.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Safer Hull Partnership have launched a new film to raise the awareness in the dangers faced by young people when they go missing. 

‘Missed Me?’ is the latest film developed as part of the Not In Our Community (NIOC) anti-grooming campaign, funded by the PCC, that helps young people protect themselves and friends against grooming that can lead to sexual and criminal exploitation. 

The film tells the intertwining stories of four young people through which the viewer learns about the push and pull factors leading to the dangerous situations Billy, Tabby, Rosie and Lisa find themselves in. It is hoped that the film will raise awareness of the reasons behind young people going missing and present them as victims rather than perpetrators of crime or the cause of situations including poor mental health, sexual and criminal exploitation. 

Using money from the Early Intervention Youth Fund, the Safer Hull Partnership commissioned the short film in response to the number of young people going missing in Hull and the risk this poses to those young people. It focuses on why children and young people in Hull might go missing and is based on real cases locally. 

The film aims to help young people and communities understand that there is often more to the story and how each of us can have a role to play in being the ears and eyes of the community. 

Whilst the film was funded by the Safer Hull Partnership and is shot on location in areas within the city (Pearson Park, West Park and also Orchard Park estate), the issues highlighted within the film are national issues and like all NIOC resource, the film is relevant and is encouraged to be used across the Humber area.

You can watch the film on YouTube here