Council role as a partner, enabler and leader

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We will enable the delivery of our priorities by being a council that plays a key role as a civic leader, working in genuine partnership with local residents, communities, and partners.  

We have amended the One Coventry Plan following your feedback on this priority by:

  • Stressed the importance of engaging and listening to residents, communities, businesses and partners to ensure a One Coventry approach and demonstrating our values in all our interactions.

  • Being clearer about our commitment to enable local people to determine solutions that best meet their needs.

  • Added a commitment to work with partners to increase access to activities for children and young people within the city. 

The majority of proposed delivery requirements in the draft One Coventry Plan were supported by engagement. However, to reflect the extent of feedback we received about the importance of communication, engagement and collaboration we have been more specific on the importance of this in the One Coventry Plan. This includes our commitment that communities will have the opportunity to influence and be part of what we do. We have also strengthened our commitment Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.


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We will enable the delivery of our priorities by being a council that plays a key role as a civic leader, working in genuine partnership with local residents, communities, and partners.  

We have amended the One Coventry Plan following your feedback on this priority by:

  • Stressed the importance of engaging and listening to residents, communities, businesses and partners to ensure a One Coventry approach and demonstrating our values in all our interactions.

  • Being clearer about our commitment to enable local people to determine solutions that best meet their needs.

  • Added a commitment to work with partners to increase access to activities for children and young people within the city. 

The majority of proposed delivery requirements in the draft One Coventry Plan were supported by engagement. However, to reflect the extent of feedback we received about the importance of communication, engagement and collaboration we have been more specific on the importance of this in the One Coventry Plan. This includes our commitment that communities will have the opportunity to influence and be part of what we do. We have also strengthened our commitment Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.


Please view the tabs below to read our recent articles and get involved in our ideas tool.

  • Have your say on a new political map for Coventry City Council

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    The Local Government Boundary Commission is developing a new pattern of wards for Coventry City Council.

    As part of this work, they want to hear what people think about their local area. The Commission will then use these views to help it draw up proposals for new ward boundaries.

    For more on this story and to give your views, click here.

  • Cllr Mal Mutton named new Deputy Lord Mayor

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    Cllr Mutton has represented the residents of Radford Ward since she was first elected to the Council in 2008.

    She has held a number of positions at the Council, the most recent being Cabinet Member for Adult Services. Cllr Mutton previously held the role of Lady Mayoress in 1997/98 when her late husband, John was Lord Mayor. She has two sons, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

  • Jaswant takes Chains of Office as new Lord Mayor

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    Cllr Jaswant Singh Birdi today became the new Lord Mayor of the City of Coventry.

    Cllr Birdi, who has served as Deputy Lord Mayor for the past 12 months, was presented with the Chains of Office at the Annual General Meeting at Coventry Cathedral. He succeeds Cllr Kevin Maton in the role.

    For more on this story, click here.

  • Coventry City Council’s Adult Education Service celebrates retaining its Ofsted ‘Good’

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    Staff and learners at Coventry City Council’s Adult Education Service are celebrating following their recent successful Ofsted inspection.

    Click here for the full story.

  • Earlsdon Primary School shortlisted as a finalist in National Teaching Awards

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    Earlsdon Primary School has been selected as a finalist for the Making a Difference - Primary School of the Year category of the Pearson National Teaching Awards 2023.

    This good news comes after the school's success last year with taking home the gold prize for Impact Through Partnership category.

    For more information about this story, visit our website.

  • Norman Hendry named as Coventry Good Citizen

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    Key community figure in the city’s advice service receives the Council’s latest Good Citizen Award.

    Norman Hendry has been delivering advice services in Coventry since the mid 1990s both in a paid capacity and then as a volunteer. On Tuesday 21 March he received the Good Citizen Award from Lord Mayor Cllr Kevin Maton at the start of a full meeting of Coventry City Council.

  • Children’s Services’ work earns national recognition

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    Coventry’s work to protect children and families has been recognised in a national awards scheme.

    The Council’s Children’s Services has been shortlisted in the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards 2023 in the Children’s Services category

    For more information on this story, click here.

  • Youth Justice Service is ‘outstanding’!

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    The Council’s Youth Justice Service has been awarded an ‘outstanding’ grade after an inspection by HMI Probation.

    The detailed inspection saw six inspectors visit the service for a week to talk to officers, children and families and look at how the team works.

    The YJS aims to prevent offending and reduce the number of children entering the justice system, working with families, victims and partner organisations to keep children and young people away from crime and create safer communities.

    The ‘outstanding’ award comes just months after the city’s Children’s Services was rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted. It is the highest rating that can be awarded.

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  • New role for chief executive

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    Coventry City Council’s Chief Executive Martin Reeves is set to take up a new role at another local authority.

    Martin has agreed to become the Chief Executive at Oxfordshire County Council. During the 14 years in his role at Coventry, Martin has overseen considerable changes and improvements in the city; the national accolade of Coventry being named as UK City of Culture 2021 and its regeneration legacy and host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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  • Celebrating the achievements of Adult Social Care staff

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    Our Adult Social Care service has been recognising the efforts and hard work of their staff, from across all services and roles, at an awards ceremony held in Friargate last week.

    Read more about the awards on our website.

Page last updated: 05 Jun 2023, 12:55 PM