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  • Children and families
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    Bookings now open from Active Wirral’s HAF programme!

    07 July 2025
    07/07/2025
    Calling parents: The school summer holidays will be here before you know it. Why not get ahead of the game and register your child for a free place at Active Wirral’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme? 
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  • Children and families
    A group students wearing purple Premier Inn polo shirts and black trousers.

    Wirral Council, Whitbread and Wirral Met launch Inclusive Mini-Hotel to support Young People with SEND into Employment

    04 July 2025
    04/07/2025
    This training facility, which includes a reception area, bedrooms, laundry and staff facilities, will help students with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) at the college gain valuable work experience, confidence and training to help them prepare for the world of work.
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  • Communities
    Summer Reading Challenge graphic

    Annual reading challenge for young people launches this weekend

    04 July 2025
    04/07/2025
    The Summer Reading Challenge invites children aged four to 11 to visit their local library, discover new books and enjoy a summer filled with fun, imagination, and outdoor inspiration.
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  • Council updates
    Graphic saying Look out for an email checking who's registered to vote at your address

    Annual Canvass Underway

    04 July 2025
    04/07/2025
    Wirral Council’s annual canvass of voters is underway, so please look out for an email and reply by the deadline.
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  • Children and families
    Images of children swimming and bowling

    Active Allsports Disability Programme returns this summer

    03 July 2025
    03/07/2025
    Children and young people with a disability and/or additional needs and their families are invited to take part in a huge range of activities as part of a summer holiday programme.
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  • Regeneration
    Leader of Wirral Council, pictured, with News Update

    Regeneration Review Update

    03 July 2025
    03/07/2025
    Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr Paula Basnett, said: "It is important for residents, businesses and our partners to know that we are a strongly led organisation and I can assure them that Wirral’s regeneration programme continues to move forward."
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  • Communities
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    Summer series of events celebrate Wirral's diverse natural environment

    03 July 2025
    03/07/2025
    The “Stories of Nature” project promises to take young people on a wild journey covering much of what Wirral’s diverse environments have to offer, whether that be the area’s extensive coastline, award-winning parks, leafy woodlands or urban expanses.
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  • Graphic showcasing 3 people with text reading Meet the Parent Advocates

    Parent Advocates: supporting families through child protection

    03 July 2025
    03/07/2025
    Families in Wirral navigating the Child Protection process now have access to a new kind of support. Parent Advocates offer free, independent support to families whose children are under a Child Protection Plan. With training and first-hand experience, they provide guidance, reassurance and someone to stand alongside families when it matters most.
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  • Events
    Photo of a market stall displaying crafts

    Birkenhead Market to host its biggest-ever Craft Fair this weekend

    02 July 2025
    02/07/2025
    Art and craft lovers will have another opportunity to enjoy browsing thousands of unique hand-made items this weekend as Birkenhead Market is set to host its biggest-ever Craft Fair.
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  • Children and families
    News Update - white text on blue background

    Home to school transport policy review and consultation

    02 July 2025
    02/07/2025
    We wanted to let you know that, following a recent Committee meeting, approval has been given to start work on two new travel policies for children and young people.
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  • Environment
    Close up of one of the traffic signs installed - it is a black sign with LED lights that will shine if cars are going too quickly to illuminate the 20mph speed limit and the words 'slow down' and a solar panel at the top which powers the sign

    Fewer casualties on roads where 20mph speed limits are in place

    01 July 2025
    01/07/2025
    The report shows an overall reduction in the number of reported collisions in which someone was injured and the number of collisions where someone was killed or seriously injured in the areas covered under phase one of the 20mph programme.
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  • Regeneration
    view of Birkenhead Park with pond

    Give your views on plans to preserve one of Wirral’s most historic sites

    01 July 2025
    01/07/2025
    Do you know where the Balaclava Field is in Wirral? Or Cannon Hill Meadows? Maybe the Night Pasture or the Boothby Ground? These are just a few of the key sites in one of the Borough’s most historic locations.
    Read more
  • Children and families
    pic of asda colleague with basket of food

    Wirral Families missing out on almost £350,000 of healthy food support

    30 June 2025
    01/07/2025
    The Healthy Start Scheme helps eligible pregnant women and parents of young children buy milk, fruit, vegetables, pulses, and first infant formula, and also provides free vitamins.
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  • Regeneration
    cgi of new mersey ferry design

    Wirral Council leader welcomes key step in new Mersey ferry build

    30 June 2025
    30/06/2025
    Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard lowered the funnel of the new Mersey Ferry into place marking completion of the high-tech vessel’s steel superstructure.
    Today Wirral Council’s Leader Cllr Paula Basnett paid tribute to the workers and the world-famous shipyard where the new first Mersey ferry in 60 years is currently being built.
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  • Communities
    Graphic promoting Liscard PSPO consultation

    Consultation begins on proposed community safety order for Liscard

    30 June 2025
    30/06/2025
    This consultation is to seek people’s views on a proposed PSPO to deter individuals and groups from engaging in the kind of crime and anti-social behaviour that has been blighting the shopping areas around Liscard in recent months.
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  1. HAF Wirral graphic

    Bookings now open from Active Wirral’s HAF programme!

    07 July 2025
  2. A group students wearing purple Premier Inn polo shirts and black trousers.

    Wirral Council, Whitbread and Wirral Met launch Inclusive Mini-Hotel to support Young People with SEND into Employment

    04 July 2025
  3. Summer Reading Challenge graphic

    Annual reading challenge for young people launches this weekend

    04 July 2025
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