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The programme was devised following a research project undertaken by Wirral Council’s Public Health team.

Wirral Council’s P&R Committee met at Wallasey Town Hall on November 6.

The project is based around the support and relationships gained from an extended family.

National Care Leavers’ Week, which runs from Monday 28 October – Sunday 3 November is an opportunity to amplify care leavers’ voices, and shine a light on their achievements.

Birkenhead Park's World Heritage bid and its inspirational role in the creation of Central Park were the subject of talks between Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and senior officials in New York.

Birkenhead’s power supply is set to be guaranteed with a major new £7 million substation in what is described as “one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by Wirral Council in many years”.

Dramatic new proposals for Birkenhead’s waterfront area are designed to meet the unique opportunities presented by the location.

Attracting more people into Birkenhead town centre with improved leisure and residential opportunities alongside promoting new business uses and bringing in more shoppers are key elements of the plans for improving Birkenhead’s town centre.

As well as helping attract more visitors to the town centre the ambitious plans being put forward for St Werbugh’s in Birkenhead aim to significantly increase leisure and residential opportunities.

The striking Copper Mill and Steam Yard apartment blocks at waterside residential development, Millers Quay, have reached 80% capacity just ten weeks after completion.

The £9m plus revamp of Woodside ferry terminal is underway as part of a major regeneration project to turn the area into a ‘vibrant and unique waterfront destination’.

Plans to kick-start the regeneration of a former gasworks in Birkenhead and create an urban village adjacent to the town centre have moved a step closer thanks to a massive new funding approval from Homes England.

Since reopening in Autumn 2023 following a £2.7m revamp, Bidston Sports and Activity Centre has welcomed residents in their thousands to stay active in state-of-the-art facilities - with a brand-new high specification gym and free weights area, immersive cycling studio and two cafes on offer.

The masterplans form key planning documents for the future development of large swathes of Birkenhead town centre and underpin the council’s Local Plan that focuses on a ‘brownfield first’ approach.

We are proposing changes to parking charges, in line with the approved Parking Strategy, that will affect car parking across the borough.