January's Community Stories

Oasis Community Hub & Café

Oasis Community hub & café have worked with the Community Resilience Team to secure a £1000 donation from Coventry's General Charities. This has gone towards refurbishing their new community café location.

The Oasis Community Hub & Café has been a focal point of the Spon End and wider community for the last 5 years. They have provided a safe, warm and inclusive space by offering good and inexpensive food & drinks, friendly conversation, and activities to help increase confidence & make friends.

The café has moved to the front of Bethel Church in Spon End and will act as a warm bank during the colder months, offering hot food and craft activities. The space is open to everyone so do head down and enjoy!

Get Courageous

Get Courageous is tackling the city’s textile waste in 3 different ways: COV CLOTH, REVIVE and Young Creators. Their REVIVE sessions are a creative wellbeing programme designed to improve women’s wellbeing through creativity and peer support, empowering them to live well. The Community Resilience team have helped secure nearly £2000 of funding to run 25 sessions.

Women are invited to attend our weekly two-hour workshops in an inclusive space, for meaningful social connections, where over a cuppa and a chat, we take part in ‘no skills required’ clothes up-cycling workshops. Activities are designed to boost moods, induce calmness, and develop confidence and skills. 

Cov Cloth

The COV CLOTH aspect of Get Courageous is also working alongside Hope Community Projects to run the Cosy Homes Project over the winter: a warm bank with food and activities to keep people warm and happy during the cost-of-living crisis. This is financed by the National Grid, a fund sourced by the Community Resilience Team.

Cosy Homes
The Cosy Homes team are at Bill’s Place every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 – 2pm with COV CLOTH joining them every Monday for Cosy Makes. You can also get access to Cosy Packs at home and find their Cosy Toolkit online for home makes and information.