Culture Liverpool has announced a new round of recruitment across Sport Liverpool, offering five roles focused on accessibility, creativity and social impact linked to major sports events across the city and wider region. The vacancies support the delivery of inclusive, community‑focused programmes connected to Liverpool City Region’s growing calendar of major sports and cultural events. The roles now open for applications are: Liverpool City Council Jobs – Accessibility Project Manager (Culture and Sports Events) Liverpool City Council Jobs – Social […]
Liverpool’s historic waterfront will host a groundbreaking inclusive sport and culture event in May 2027, bringing together international athletes and artists in a new festival of unity, sport and creativity. Delivered by UKEL, a new, independent company established to host and deliver major international sporting events in the UK, the original para sport event concept was a commitment made in UK Sport’s major events strategy Making Live Sport Matter to showcase elite sport competition, drive performance benefits and deliver lasting social […]
Fiji Rugby has today announced that Fiji will take on England at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday 11 July. The Fiji Water Flying Fijians will be taking on England as part of their Nations Championship campaign and while many of the nations will travel south for their fixtures, Fiji Rugby are hosting their home games in the Northern Hemisphere. The inaugural Nations Championship matches are scheduled to kick off in July 2026. Fiji will take on England after taking […]
The World Boxing Championships in Liverpool in September 2025 boosted the local economy by more than four million pounds and reinforced the global standing of the city according to a new evaluation report by Quantum Consultancy, which reveals that hosting the event delivered multiple economic, social and reputational benefits. The Report calculated that the Championships delivered an overall economic impact of £4.03 million with many of the prime beneficiaries being local hotels shops and businesses in the hospitality sector, with […]
Liverpool City Region is on a mission to attract more major events under a new strategy agreed at today’s Combined Authority meeting. The City Region enjoys a global reputation for delivering high-quality, high-profile cultural, sporting and business events such as Eurovision, the Open Championship and the Labour Party Conference. The sector generates an estimated £900m a year for the City Region, creating jobs, raising the area’s profile and fostering civic pride and wellbeing. But the global market for attracting major events is becoming increasingly competitive leading to today’s approval of a more unified, proactive approach. Aligning major cultural, sporting and business events and recognising their role in tourism and investment, […]
Start and finish locations announced for 2027 Grand Départs in the UK Full route revealed for the men’s race through Scotland, England, and Wales Liverpool City Region to host finale of Day 2 next July Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens will welcome the finish of stage two of the men’s Tour De France on Saturday, 3 July 2027 in a historic announcement by the race organisers. Competitors will race from the Cumbrian town of Keswick through Lancashire eventually travelling through the boroughs of Knowsley and […]
The City of Liverpool and Everton Stadium have been formally announced as part of the UK’s bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035™. The bid features 16 host cities across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, with the four member organisations aiming to collaborate on the biggest single-sport event in UK history. Everton Stadium is among 22 proposed grounds throughout 16 UK cities, each offering passionate fan bases, cultural richness, and strong infrastructure which will provide an unrivalled […]
Liverpool city region has proudly taken part in the official launch of UEFA EURO 2028, joining cities across the UK and Ireland in celebrating the beginning of the countdown to the biggest UEFA European Championship ever staged. Leader of Liverpool City Council, Councillor Liam Robinson and Councillor Mike Wharton, as Deputy Mayor of the Combined Authority, represented the city and region at the official UEFA launch event at 20.28 in London. Colin Chong, Everton FC’s Chief Real Estate and Regeneration […]
Liverpool is gearing up for a ‘Super Saturday’ of events and people are being urged to plan their journey with care and allow more time to get in and out of the city. On Saturday, 1 November, a series of events will be taking place throughout the day and into the evening, each bringing large numbers of people into Liverpool City Centre. They are: The Rugby League Ashes series game at Hill Dickinson stadium at 2:30pm Gladiators Live at the […]
With the 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships underway in Jakarta this week, British Gymnastics has announced its ambition to bring the event back to Liverpool in 2030. Should the bid be successful, the event would be one of the biggest global sporting events to be held in the UK that year. The national governing body for gymnastics has been working with UK Sport, Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to explore and develop a strong and compelling […]