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You are invited to join in at a briefing for local organisations to find out more about the ‘Healthy Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2021’ which is being funded by the Department for Education via Hull City Council. Come along and find out how your organisation can get involved in the provision of holiday activities and healthy food for children and young people across the City.

You will find out about how the programme will work in Hull, what funding is available and be able to link into local coordination groups to support activity delivery. There will be a short presentation followed by an opportunity for any questions and to share your ideas on how we can deliver the programme effectively in Hull.

There are two sessions available:

Tuesday 2nd February 2021, 12.00 noon – 12.45 p.m.

Tuesday 2nd February 2021, 6.30 p.m. – 7.15 p.m.

To book a place at one of the above briefings,  email with your preferred choice to  earlyhelp.communications@hullcc.gov.uk

This confirms your place at your chosen session; a link to join in via Microsoft Teams will be sent to you.

The new site will be in the recently revamped, Victorian-era Canham Turner building. It will provide an extra courtroom that will hear civil and family cases – providing additional capacity at Hull Crown Court.

Temporary ‘Nightingale’ courts, have been set up across the country to enable more socially distanced trials to take place, ensuring justice continues to be served.

This is because more space is required than was previously the case due to the need to keep everyone distanced in the buildings – such as jurors, witnesses, court staff, legal professionals and judges.

For more information go to the Government website

Period Dignity Hull is a collective working to challenge stigma around periods and also to ensure that everyone who needs access to period products can readily get them.  A lot of organisations in the city are already supporting people with access to products, in order to help Period Dignity map the provision already out there and assess the appetite for rolling this out further.

Please could you (particularly organisations with premises) have a look at the questions below and then contact  Perioddignityhull@gmail.com if you can help

Do you currently have a supply of period products?

If Yes – can they be accessed/ requested by the general public?

If No – would you be prepared to

1. Offer products to service users and/ general public?
2. Act as a donation point?

Do you currently receive any produce from Fareshare?

Hull City Council is hosting a series of virtual listening events for members of the public to take part in. The focus of the events will be the impact of the lockdown, COVID-19 and the wider impact of the pandemic.

These events will be an opportunity to put forward your views on how to help the Council respond.

Places are limited.

The dates for the events are:

• Friday January 29th 12pm—2pm
• Wednesday February 10th 11am—1pm
• Friday February 19th 10am—12pm
• Wednesday February 24th 6pm—8pm

Email Matthew Fawcett matthew.fawcett@hullcc.gov.uk to register a place, stating which date you want

Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society

Households across the East Riding of Yorkshire will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021.

The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941.

It will be the first run predominantly online, with households receiving a letter with a unique access code, allowing them to complete the questionnaire on their computers, phones or tablets.

“A successful census will ensure everyone from local government to charities can put services and funding in the places where they are most needed,” Iain Bell, deputy national statistician at the Office for National Statistics, said.

“This could mean things like doctors’ surgeries, schools and new transport routes. That’s why it is so important everyone takes part and we have made it easier for people to do so online on any device, with help and paper questionnaires for those that need them.”

Census day will be on March 21, but households across the country will receive letters with online codes allowing them to take part from early March.

The census will include questions about your sex, age, work, health, education, household size and ethnicity. And, for the first time, there will be a question asking people whether they have served in the armed forces, as well as voluntary questions for those aged 16 and over on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Results will be available within 12 months, although personal records will be locked away for 100 years, kept safe for future generations.

For more information, visit www.census.gov.uk

Or contact your local Census Engagement Manager: harry.crompton50@field.census.gov.uk ; 017452 943159

Harry will be holding an open drop-in meeting from 3-4pm on Thursdays until the end of March.

Everyone is welcome to pass-by with any questions or offers of support they may have.

The invitation link is here