The Council is here for every resident in the city, throughout their lives. A lot of what we do goes unseen until you need us – but we’re here to help from the moment you’re born, through your life in the city, and when you need us in later life.
Every day, your Council Tax helps to pay for more than 700 different services which supports everyone from children and young people to families and vulnerable older people – making sure nobody is left behind in Coventry.
Did you know we deliver more than 700 services a year?
They include:
- maintaining and repairing 3,000 miles of roads.
- repairing 12,000 potholes.
- managing 17 libraries that see 750,000 visits per year.
- mand improving five award-winning Green Flag Parks.
- bringing you fantastic events such as the Godiva Festival.
- collecting 10 million bins.
- recycling 100,000 tons of household waste.
- providing free sports activities for 36,000 children across the city.
- supporting about 5,000 older people who need our help.
Find out how we’re continuing to work for you
Summer children’s programme proves as popular as ever!
Children and young people from across the city have been making the most of their summer holidays by joining in the city’s HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme.
Published: Thursday, 29 August 2024
Helping to develop better food standards at city University
The University of Warwick and Coventry City Council have joined together to enhance safer eating on the Coventry Campus.
Published: Tuesday, 27 August 2024
More Coventry young people than ever achieve 2024 exam success
Students across the city have performed incredibly well in this year’s GCSE and vocational exams.
Published: Thursday, 22 August 2024
Registrars now offering birth registration at Family Hub in Moat House
Coventry City Council’s Registrars are now offering appointments to new parents wishing to register births at the Moat House Family Hub in Wood End.
Published: Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Shocking video shows brazen attitude of fly tippers.
A video published on Coventry City Council’s social media channels today (14 August) shows the boldness of a number of fly tippers.
Published: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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