February's Community Stories

Spotlight on Wild Earth Group

Wild Earth is a not-for-profit social enterprise in the Coventry, committed to helping people find positive destinations by connecting people with nature. Their aim is to reduce isolation and promote development by connecting people with nature and their own local environment and communities.

Wild Earth is delighted to share the good news that they have secured £16,670 from the Severn Trent Community Fund. The grant will help with core running costs to ensure continued support to children, young people and vulnerable adults in the community through nature based therapeutic activities.

If you'd like to know more about what the Wild Earth group can offer, please email, Alex or Geeta at info@wild-earth.org.uk(External link) and take a look at the Get Involved section for Wild Earth groups happening near you.

Coventry and District Walking Football Club goes from Strength to Strength

Last year the Community Resilience Team supported the club to successfully apply for a National Lottery grant and since then the club organizers have wasted no time in raising the profile of the group which now has nearly 100 members. The club, based at the Alan Higgs Centre, recently hosted a match between Blackburn Rovers vs England Over 70s Walking Football Teams.

Alwyn Day, Club Secretary for Coventry and District Walking Football Club, said: “Our club membership continues to grow and today we are now fast approaching triple figures. Last year we applied for grants from the National Lottery Community Fund, with our members working hard to put together a compelling package based around the premise that ‘age is no barrier to health and well-being’.

The group welcomes people over the age of 50. They hold Walking Football sessions for mixed abilities 3 times a week from the Alan Higgs Centre followed by a get together in the café.

For more information or to get involved, e-mail alwyn_day@btinternet.com or take a look at their website(External link)