Mersey Views

Liverpool City Council

Mersey Views is Liverpool City Council's monthly podcast: an honest, plainspoken conversation between the city and the people who run it. Each episode, council leader Liam Robinson and Dylan Evans take one subject that matters to Liverpool and really get into it, alongside the people living and leading the work. Expect a straight-talking briefing from the leader, a deep dive with guests who know their subject inside out, and Your City, Your Questions, where residents put their questions directly to the leader with no script and no dodging. This isn't a council broadcast. It's warm, accountable, and confident enough to name what isn't working. From becoming an anti-racist city to backing the next generation, Mersey Views is where Liverpool's real conversations happen.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    Safer Nights Out: Making Liverpool Safer for Women & Girls

    How do you make a night out in Liverpool safer for women and girls? And what should you actually do when you see harassment happening? In this episode, Dylan Evans and Liverpool City Council leader Liam Robinson are joined by two women working on safety in the city. Steph is CEO and co-founder of Girls on the Go, a social enterprise that creates safe spaces for women to make friends. Amanda runs volunteers and training at RASA Merseyside, the sexual violence support charity. With the Christmas party season starting, they talk about: Liverpool’s Night-Time Safety Charter, and the 76 venues that have already signed up 16 days of action across the night-time economy, starting 25 November Why bystanders freeze, and the 5 Ds of active bystander intervention: Direct, Delegate, Delay, Distract, Document Free active bystander training sessions, funded by the council and open to everyone Girls on the Go’s bingo nights, where women say it’s the first time they’ve felt safe leaving a drink unattended Steph’s idea from Geneva, women-only areas in car parks, and whether Liverpool could do the same In Your City, Your Questions, Liam answers listeners on accessible housing in the new Local Plan, cycle infrastructure and pavement parking, and dangerous driving. Plus: Christmas markets, the new ice rink on St George’s Plateau, and the Birds of America exhibition at Central Library. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:48 Liverpool’s Night-Time Safety Charter 06:36 Meet Steph (Girls on the Go) and Amanda (RASA Merseyside) 12:08 Why bystanders freeze 13:13 The 5 Ds of bystander intervention 16:36 If you ran the council for a day… 22:43 Inside the active bystander training 26:51 How to get involved with Girls on the Go 28:19 Your City, Your Questions: accessible housing 30:39 Cycling and pavement parking 33:01 Poor driving and parking enforcement 35:35 What’s happening in Liverpool 38:31 Wrap-up Links RASA Merseyside support: https://rasamerseyside.org/ Girls on the Go: https://girlsonthego.uk/ Sign your business up to the Night-Time Safety Charter: https://liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/liverpool-s-night-time-safety-charter/ Send Liam your question: liverpoolexpress.co.uk/leadershipquestions This episode discusses sexual harassment and sexual violence. If you’ve been affected, RASA Merseyside can help. https://rasamerseyside.org/ #Liverpool #WomensSafety #ActiveBystander #LiverpoolCityCouncil #NightTimeEconomy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  2. Oct 15

    The people making a difference in Liverpool

    Liverpool is fortunate to be blessed with many organisations dedicated to making a positive difference to residents’ lives. In this episode we speak to a family-run waste firm whose clean-ups have been a social media sensation, and a Kirkdale charity that has been transforming lives through education, employment and community-based projects for 40 years. We learn more about why they are so passionate about the city. Join Councillor Liam Robinson, the Leader of Liverpool City Council, and co-host Dylan Evans as they discuss stories close to the city’s heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  3. Aug 30

    What an anti-racist Liverpool actually looks like

    "Never when I became a teacher did I think we'd have police outside our gates protecting our young people." October Wright is Deputy Head of King David High School, Liverpool's only Jewish secondary. Dr Dominique Walker chairs the Anthony Walker Foundation, set up after her brother Anthony was murdered in a racist attack in 2005. Both join host Dylan Evans and council leader Cllr Liam Robinson in the Cunard Building for the most serious conversation this show has had yet. On the table: what separates free speech from organised intimidation, why hate crime goes unreported and what would fix that, how social media rewards the worst of us, and the question everyone dodges. Every council says it's anti-racist, so what should a resident actually be able to see change in twelve months? Also in this episode: your questions put to the Leader with no script, on Speke traffic, city boundaries, and out-of-town private hire drivers, plus what's on across Liverpool in September and October. Got a question for the Leader? liverpoolexpress.co.uk/leadership-questions New episode every month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  4. Jul 30

    Becoming a Child Friendly City

    Liverpool has just been recognised by UNICEF as a Child Friendly City. But what does that actually mean for a young person growing up here, and how do you prove a city is listening rather than just collecting accolades? In the very first episode of Mersey Views, council leader Liam Robinson and Dylan Evans sit down with two guests who put young people first every day. Ismaeel Hayter is fifteen. He runs his own window and car washing business, is taking on young "trailblazers" this summer, and works with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to break the stigma around diabetes across the city. Sue Gregory is chief executive of Everton in the Community, the charity reaching young people from a 13 million pound campus in the shadows of Goodison Park and 167 locations across the region, including its People's Place mental health hub. Along the way: how Liverpool turned its children's services from inadequate to good, why trust matters more than any badge, the case for "one front door" to youth support, and a bit of Everton banter at Andy Burnham's expense. Plus Your City, Your Questions, where residents put questions the leader hasn't seen, live and unscripted. Got a question for the leader? Submit it at liverpoolexpress.co.uk/leadership-questions. New episodes monthly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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About

Mersey Views is Liverpool City Council's monthly podcast: an honest, plainspoken conversation between the city and the people who run it. Each episode, council leader Liam Robinson and Dylan Evans take one subject that matters to Liverpool and really get into it, alongside the people living and leading the work. Expect a straight-talking briefing from the leader, a deep dive with guests who know their subject inside out, and Your City, Your Questions, where residents put their questions directly to the leader with no script and no dodging. This isn't a council broadcast. It's warm, accountable, and confident enough to name what isn't working. From becoming an anti-racist city to backing the next generation, Mersey Views is where Liverpool's real conversations happen.

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  • Creator
    Liverpool City Council
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Mersey Views