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.
- managing and 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
Knowing what services matter most to you
Whether it’s better roads, improvements to parks, support for carers or helping people who become homeless, there are services in Coventry that are more important to different people.
Published: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Speak to the teams and learn more about support through Adult Social Care
Adult Social Care are holding an event in St Peters, Hillfields where you can have a chat, a cup of tea and speak to teams that may be able to offer you or your loved one support.
Published: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
City aims to further crime prevention work and help more young people stay safe
The Council’s Youth Justice Service has set out its plans to help the city’s young people in the coming year and build on recent successes to steer them away from crime and keep them safe.
Published: Monday, 23 September 2024
Council’s One Coventry approach with partners and residents is reshaping the city
Councillors will meet next month to discuss the progress being made to reshape the way it delivers services and helps residents through its One Coventry approach.
Published: Monday, 23 September 2024
Coventry Job Shop to host ‘New Beginnings’ Jobs Fair
The ‘New Beginnings’ jobs fair will celebrate the work of the Job Shop and introduce Coventry employers to how they can benefit from working together.
Published: Monday, 16 September 2024
Wall of Shame - September 2024
The latest episode of the Wall of Shame is out now.
Published: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
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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