Hull in print

You can get more information about Hull City Council services online by finding the A-Z link on website www.hullcc.gov.uk, call us on 300300, or visit one of the council's Customer Service Centres (CSCs) – see page 3 for addresses.

Ranger service

The council is responsible for cleanliness, safety and a range of sporting and community activities in all 130 of Hull's parks, playing fields and playgrounds.
We inspect parks and playgrounds on a daily basis to ensure cleanliness and safety, and have staff permanently based at the larger sites such as East Park.
We also run the aviary, conservatory and animal compound sites within the city's larger parks.

Recycling

Recycling your household and garden waste is easy to do, convenient and free. By recycling you can protect the environment, reduce litter, and re-use valuable resources from materials that would otherwise have been buried in landfill sites throughout the UK.
Contact us for more information about what and how something can be recycled.

This is situated at the Municipal Offices in George Street. It is open for the registration of births, deaths and marriages, and a range of special events including citizenship ceremonies.
Certified copies of births, deaths and marriage entries can be obtained for events that occur within the city boundary.
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday 9am to 4pm
Thursday 9.30am to 4pm

Regulatory committees

Regulatory committees are those that the council is required by law to appoint to deal with specific issues.
They are the Planning Committee, Licensing Committee, Standards Committee, Appeals Committee, Civic Affairs Committee and School Governors Appointment Panel.

Restorative justice unit

This service works with young people and victims of their crimes as part of Statutory Court Orders and Final Warnings Programmes.
This is undertaken by way of a restorative conference, victim/offender mediation or referral order panel meetings.
The young people are given the opportunity to express their willingness to change, to stop offending, and to make amends towards their victims.

Right to buy council housing

For information on how to buy your council home or on how your application is progressing, contact Hull Connect on 300300.

Road safety

The council operates a school crossing patrol service. We also organise road safety education and publicity to keep Hull roads as free from accidents as possible.

Roads and streets

The council is responsible for a variety of functions relating to roads and highways, including:

Cleaning
Maintenance
Improvement schemes
Removing obstructions on highways
Temporary road closures
Gritting and snow clearance
Repairing faulty streetlights
Street nameplates, street seating and numbering of properties

Rodent control

The council offers free advice on all aspects of pest control prevention and will carry out treatments for rats and mice as well as contract work and permanent baiting.

Rubbish

The council has a duty to investigate complaints about rubbish under the following categories:

Rubbish left within the boundary of premises - this can be domestic, industrial and commercial premises.
Rubbish left in open spaces – such as grassed areas, at the rear of commercial premises, industrial premises, and in tenfoots.

School Preparation Unit

This provides support for pre-school children (aged 3-5 years) with behavioural difficulties.

School transport

The council provides a wide range of services in connection with home to school transport.

Schools and colleges

There are 71 primary schools in Hull with almost 25,000 pupils aged between 3 and 11, and 14 secondary schools with 16,000 pupils aged between 11 and 16.

Schools' achievement and standards service

The dates for assessments in Hull schools this year are as follows:
Key Stage 1 - (teacher assessments) anytime from January to June 2008
Key Stage 2 - Monday May 12 to Friday May 16
Key Stage 3 - Tuesday May 6 to Friday May 9

Schools' admissions

The council deals with matters relating to admissions to primary and secondary schools.

School governors

The governors' team provides a range of coordinated support services to school governing bodies, as well as to individual school governors.

Schools - welfare benefits

We provide assistance to families in receipt of income support by way of clothing allowances and free school meals.

Social security benefits

The council can carry out a benefit check to see if you are receiving all your entitlement to social security benefits.

Social services

We provide and arrange community care services for people over 18, usually those who need a high level of support. This includes short breaks, home care, residential care, home adaptations and meals on wheels.

Special educational needs (SEN)

This service assesses children who have greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children the same age, or have a disability which prevents them from making use of the schools provided for children the same age within the city.

See more of the letter 'S' next month


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