LCR

  • UKSPF Community-Led Employment Support - Call For Projects

    16 November 2023

    LCR Combined Authority are looking for projects that can deliver community-led employment support for the Liverpool City Region, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

    Minimum Award: £0.5m

    Maximum award: £1m

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  • Moving Buses Forward – Make Your Voice Heard On The Future Of Our Region’s Bus Services

    26 July 2023

     

    Buses are the backbone of our local transport network – half a million people across the Liverpool City Region, which includes Halton and St Helens, use the bus every day to travel to work, to school, to the doctors, to visit friends and family, or to have a day out.

    The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, which covers the six local authority areas of the city region, including Halton and St Helens, has new powers to improve bus services by taking greater public control of the network.

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  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority- Procurement Events

    13 February 2023

    YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS

    Our vision is for a fairer, stronger, cleaner city region where no one is left behind.  To support the vision, we are taking active steps to harness the power of our communities and diversify our network.

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  • Collaboration for Change: Transforming the City Region’s Mental Health Support

    12 January 2023

     

    The Liverpool City Region is world-renowned for delivering cutting-edge approaches to complex challenges, particularly in health and wellbeing. 

    At present, our region has a few big problems at hand – challenges that cannot be solved by one sector alone. The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (CDC) want to work with a range of people and organisations to lift the lid on these challenges, listen to different perspectives and find new ways to address them.

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  • LCR Photography Awards 2023 – Enter Now!

    22 December 2022

     

    Launched by Open Eye Gallery with the support of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the competition celebrates the talent and creativity of photography enthusiasts from across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

     Residents have until 9 January 2023 to enter any of the eight categories in the competition:

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  • Eurovision Cultural Commissions

    25 November 2022

     

    In 2023, Liverpool will host the Eurovision Song Contest. The event should be taking place in Ukraine, but the ongoing full-scale invasion of the country means the UK will host the competition instead. As such, this will bring together three distinct cultures - Ukraine, UK and Eurovision - and present them on an extraordinary stage - the city of Liverpool.

    This provides a unique creative opportunity.

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  • Multiply Community Grants Programme

    1 November 2022

     

    WEA is launching its Multiply Community Grants programme for 2022/23 through a contract with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for organisations with residents of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

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  • LCR Culture & Creativity Awards - Final Week To Nominate

    1 November 2022

     

    The Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards recognise and celebrate the incredible contribution that culture and creativity make to our city region. Established in 2019 as part of the Metro Mayor’s commitment to culture, the awards are now in their fourth year.

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  • Liverpool City Region Equality Panels

    13 October 2022

     

    The LCR Equality Panels have been established to advise, support and challenge Liverpool City Region’s political leaders and policymakers to tackle the discrimination and disadvantage that cause injustice and inequality in society. The Equality Panel offers an opportunity to join with others to be a strong voice to influence decision making on key issues.

    They are recruiting members for each of the following Equality Panels:

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  • £2 bus fares across Liverpool City Region

    5 September 2022

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    Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that bus passengers will soon be able to travel across the Liverpool City Region for no more than £2 per journey in a bid to help residents save money during the cost of living crisis.

    By 18th September adult single fares on all services will cost a maximum of £2, making it cheaper for passengers to travel across the region.

    The cost of a MyTicket, which allows young people under the age of 19 to benefit from all day unlimited travel on the region’s bus network, will also remain frozen at £2.20 until 2025.

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