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Welcome to community stories, a place to share news and celebrate what is happening in your community. If you have any stories you would like to feature on our page or in next months newsletter please get in touch at communityresilience@coventry.gov.uk or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.
Malaysian Ladies Community Group
Champion Inclusivity CIC, with support from the Community Resilience team, successfully secured grant funding from St Mary’s Guildhall, provided by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This funding facilitated community workshops for the Malaysian Ladies Community Group, aiming to engage diverse audiences with Coventry’s cultural heritage and build connections with underrepresented groups.
The workshops, led by a local artist Daya Bhatti, offered participants the chance to learn new skills through creative textile sessions inspired by the stories of St Mary’s Guildhall. These hands-on experiences also helped foster a lasting relationship between the participants and the historic site.
Participants are now encouraged to become advocates for St Mary’s Guildhall, helping to introduce more people from diverse backgrounds to Coventry’s cultural heritage sites.
Nor Aziz, founder of Champion Inclusivity CIC, said, “The ladies uncovered many fascinating aspects of Coventry’s history that were previously unknown to them. Their favourite part was learning about the tapestry’s history, as shared by the St Mary’s Guildhall staff. Many were surprised to discover this hidden gem right on their doorstep, and they are grateful for the opportunity provided by the Community Grant to explore and connect with St Mary’s Guildhall.”
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Welcome to community stories, a place to share news and celebrate what is happening in your community. If you have any stories you would like to feature on our page or in next months newsletter please get in touch at communityresilience@coventry.gov.uk or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.
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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... Continue reading
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December's Community Stories
This month was International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The UN has marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December since 1992, to spread the word on disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities.
The Grangers club is a social club for young people with learning disabilities to meet up with their peers and have fun.
The group provides a safe space for members to make friends and have fun in an all-inclusive environment. The group enables its members to make individual choices and develop independent confidence in their... Continue reading
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This month we celebrated International Men's Day
The Willenhall Men's Support Group have been providing a safe space for men who are isolated or struggle with their mental or physical health for the last 12 months.
The group meets once a week, to chat and support each other alongside tea and biscuits, with a pizza evening once a month. Each month members take turns creating a quiz, allowing them to focus on their passions and interests. The group works on a principle of simplicity; there are no professionals there, just men sharing their lived experiences to help one another.With... Continue reading
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St Francis of Assisi’s food hub has welcomed much needed support from Local Construction Company GF Tomlinson!
St Francis of Assisi runs in the heart of the community in Radford offering a wide range of services and support to the local community such as employment support, volunteering, ESOL and one of their most successful offers of support in their weekly food hub.
The food hub supports 60 registered families in the area providing a bag of essential food supplies each week. The hub relies on donations from local residents or businesses and on it making successful applications for funding grants... Continue reading
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September's Community Stories
Local Developer Support Food Hub in need!
Local developers Bowmer and Kirkland and their contractors MFP Linings Ltd have kindly donated bags of dried food and goods to the Tile Hill Food Hub run by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church after an urgent call for donations.
The food hub was in need of donations due to an increase in families needing to access the food hub. To help them out, the Community Resilience Team reached out to their contacts at Bowmer and Kirkland’s to see if they could help as part of their social value commitment to the city.
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August's Community Stories
The Indian Community Centre receiving funding from the Community Recovery and Support Grant
The Indian Community Centre based in Foleshill, received £1,590 of funding from the from the Community Resilience Team's Community Recovery and Support Grant.
The centre was in need of support post lock down for one of the daytime activities that uses the space several days a week. Since lockdown they had struggled getting some service users to come back to their pre-lockdown activities, this had impacted their finances to run the group with fewer members attending and paying a small fee. For the short term the grant... Continue reading
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Lenton’s Lane Baptist Church receives funding from the Recovery and Support Grant and Severn Trent!
Lenton’s Lane Baptist Church is situated in the Northeast of the city and lies within the Longford Ward. The Community Resilience Team (CRT) initially contacted the church during the Covid19 lockdown period but were told it was closed until things returned to normal, but they would appreciate support once normality returned as they had ideas for projects they would like to run.
Once the lockdown periods ended the team engaged with the church to discuss their ideas. The church leader Barry Keegan said they wanted... Continue reading
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June's Community Stories
Local charity Baby Godiva's growing success after successful funding opportunities and support from the team!
Over the last 18 months the Community Resilience Team have been supporting a local charity called Baby Godiva. The charity provides free of charge, pre-loved and new nursery items and consumables to families living in poverty.
Since the charity’s formation in 2019 it has helped 1,834 families with over 6,000 items, and the CRT has supported them in applying to a variety of funders. Since receiving support from the CRT they have been successful in bringing in around £40,000 worth of external funding so that... Continue reading
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April/May Community Stories
Godiva Sisters membership thriving after being awarded the Community Recovery and Support Grant
The Community Resilience team have recently helped the Godiva Sisters apply to the Community Recovery and Support Grant so they could get some support for their group following the pandemic. The Godiva Sisters were formed twenty years ago and is made up of local women from all faiths and cultures who meet to portray characters both ancient and modern. They also raise the profile of minority groups and engendering community cohesion.
The sessions the Sisters run are mostly self-funded, and because of the pandemic they could not... Continue reading
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March Community Stories
Confidence Through Photography Group is welcoming new members
A night time shot of Coventry Cathedral taken by Neil
The group was set up in 2017 by Neil Catley who felt there was not much for people with mental health and anxiety issues to do at the weekend. Prior to setting up the group Neil who had agoraphobia did not leave the house for 5 years, this all changed when his mum bought him a camera which he would take to his local park and capture pictures.
Neil set up Confidence through photography a group that meets for coffee and photo... Continue reading