The West Midlands Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Waheed Saleem, has led a successful bid to secure £549,040 from the Safer Streets Fund.
The voluntary and community sector has been integral to the City’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the city now needs to begin planning its recovery.
Councillors are likely to support the renewal of a public space protection order (PSPO) to help improve the quality of life in the city centre.
Home Office support services and application routes have now all fully reopened in line with public health guidance.
Coventry has been named the fifth kindest city in the UK.
The Pod Café team – based in Far Gosford Street – have been busy preparing and distributing healthy meals to people affected by COVID-19 by donating them free of charge to Feeding Coventry.
In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, recently established youth work project ‘Places of Peace’ (POP) has gone online as a virtual youth club to help support young people who are self-isolating during this difficult time.
A break-in at a community food hub has resulted in even more of a drive to support communities.
Although Coventry people identified on the Government’s national shielding programme are being contacted to offer help with food, medicine and social contact - there are other residents who may need help but, as yet, may not been in contact with support agencies/community groups since the lockdown has been in place.
Severn Trent has generously made a financial donation to help support the network of food hubs set up across the city which are offering vital support to residents during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Volunteers in Coventry are making an extraordinary effort, in exceptional circumstances, to support hundreds of residents in Coventry who are most in need.
During this difficult time, Coventry Foodbank are continuing to support people in financial hardship by providing emergency food parcels and toiletries across the city.
A network of 10 Emergency Food Hubs has been set up across the city to offer vital support to residents during the COVID-19 outbreak.
We would urge members of the public to be considerate neighbours and think twice before lighting bonfires in their gardens.
The Passport to Leisure and Learning scheme could merge with Coventry’s successful Go CV card if Councillors give their approval next week (7 April).
Neighbourhood officers in the Hillfields area of Coventry have worked with a local food wholesaler to donate a bumper crop of fruit and veg to a care home.
A stunning new ceremony space has been officially opened today (Friday 14 February) at the historic Cheylesmore Manor House.
The latest Go CV newsletter is out now - with the last chance to snap up a cut-price Bears' season ticket, comedy club discounts and more.
Councillor Abdul Salam Khan, Deputy Leader of the Council, welcomed over 80 representatives of Coventry’s diverse religious, cultural and interested communities and groups at the Welcome Centre last week
A Coventry Police officer has been commended for her determined management of one of the city’s biggest domestic violence threats and securing an order against him to help protect vulnerable women.
Coventry Citizens Advice has won a prestigious national award for their work in Coventry food banks.
An inspirational Coventry University student has been commended for her passion for policing in the city − after volunteering around 1,500 hours as a Special Constable.
A burglar with a string of convictions to his name has turned his back on crime thanks to support from a specialist West Midlands Police team tasked with rehabilitating prolific offenders.
The ground-breaking MiFriendly Cities project celebrated reaching its halfway point as a key part of this year’s RISING Global Peace Forum, which ran over three days at Coventry Cathedral.
The ground-breaking and innovative MiFriendly Cities project will celebrate reaching its halfway point as a key part of this year’s RISING Global Peace Forum.
With Office for National Statistics population projections consistently identifying Coventry as the fastest growing city outside of greater London, Cllrs say that it is also good news for the economic growth of the city.
The ground-breaking and innovative MiFriendly Cities project will celebrate reaching its halfway point as a key part of this year’s RISING Global Peace Forum.
Coventry’s Building Bridges project within the Migration Team has developed ‘Welcome to Coventry’, a new web app aimed at making the city more accessible to new arrivals.
Local developer, RG Group, have transformed a Longford-based community centre after volunteering their time, skills and materials to the site.
Three city community libraries have been awarded a total of £1,000 to support their work by a local developer.
