Wallasey town hall WIRRAL Council s controversial cuts plans were slated by all parties, as councillors feared they could do serious damage to the borough. The authority’s budget consultation, which ended at midnight on Friday, includes the options of closing the Williamson Art Gallery, Europa Pools and three of the borough s four public golf courses. Slashing support for the Hive Youth Zone in Birkenhead from £400,000 to £200,000 per year is also on the consultation paper. The cuts have been proposed as Wirral Council needs to address its budget deficit of £16.5m in the next financial year. Of all the savings options, the possible closure of Oxton’s Williamson Art Gallery has drawn the most responses from the public and drew irate reactions from councillors across the board last night.
LFC Foundation are launching four community wellbeing hubs, with one in Birkenhead LFC Foundation is teaming up with a community centre in Birkenhead to launch a wellbeing hub that will provide a range of programmes and support for young people and families in 2021. From January onwards the charity will work together with partner venues across the Merseyside region to deliver a wide range of activities designed to bring communities back together and to improve the general health and wellbeing of local people. The first four hubs, based in The Hive Youth Zone, Birkenhead, The Brunny, Bootle, Northwood Community Centre, Kirkby and The Tiber Centre, Toxteth will offer easy-to-access programmes such as sport activities, social action, volunteering, health and wellbeing, employability and more.
LFC Foundation to launch community wellbeing hubs across Merseyside LFC Foundation is teaming up with community centres across Merseyside to launch a series of community wellbeing hubs that will provide a range of programmes and support for young people and families in 2021.
From January onwards, the charity will work together with partner venues across the region to deliver a wide range of activities designed to bring communities back together and to improve the general health and wellbeing of local people.
The first four hubs – based in The Brunny, Bootle; The Hive Youth Zone, Birkenhead; Northwood Community Centre, Kirkby; and The Tiber Centre, Toxteth – will offer easy-to-access programmes such as sport activities, social action, volunteering, health and wellbeing, employability and more. They will also help to break down barriers that some members of the community experience when accessing programmes, such as proximity to home, cost and
Wirral youth centre which âchanges livesâ fears serious hit if £200,000 cut goes ahead
The centre offers a wide range of services for young people
15:34, 8 JAN 2021
The Hive Youth Zone is supporting young people through the pandemic
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A charity that helps thousands of young people in Wirral is pleading with the council to not cut its funding.