Our friends at The Wigley Group have done us proud once again with a temporary loan of a rotavator, through Coventry 4 Good, to the Old City Farm in Hillfields. Coventry 4 Good was approached by the project, which is run by Motorvate UK and Vanishing Barriers, who needed help to prepare the ground in order to grow food with local residents. Alan Greenway and Lee Hopkins from The Wigley Group not only delivered a rotavator to site, and demonstrated its use, but also contributed a can of petrol to help the work get underway.
Gardening Volunteer at the Old City Farm Niall O’Donnell said “this will make a huge difference to us during the summer – it means we can get on with our planting and be able to engage the local community. Thanks very much to Coventry 4 Good for your help.” And in return, Coventry 4 Good would like to thank The Wigley Group for their time and generosity...more
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Coventry 4 Good Champion Rachael Mackintosh has raised an amazing £232.87 for Coventry 4 Good by organising recent music night Skank Out at The Golden Cross. Rachael persuaded a number of Coventry’s dj’s and hip-hop artists to give their time for free, to help raise money for local good causes. VAC’s Volunteering Service Supervisor Lucy Bergonzi caught up with Rachael to ask her about Skank Out, and about her first few months as Coventry 4 Good Champion.
Rachael said “I organised Skank Out as part of my assessed work for my Business & Event Management course at Warwickshire College. I had to plan an event and I decided to do it as a fundraiser for Coventry 4 Good. It was tiring to organise, but it was really good – I think the best part about it was being there on the night; the doormen collected the money and the artists did their thing, and I got to enjoy it as I’d done all the hard work already...more
Coventry 4 Good and Coventry University are collaborating on a pilot grant scheme that opens Tuesday 5th May 2015. The Coventry University Community Grant is a new fund that focuses on supporting the following activities:
a) Activities that promote a sense of wellbeing within communities and that enhance existing relationships and/or create new opportunities to respond to needs in a collaborative way.
b) Activities that are based near to Coventry University in areas with a high student population.
c) Activities that promote and encourage volunteer involvement.
d) Activities that are able to demonstrate a significant and measurable impact.
e) Activities that tackle social inequalities.
The Fund aims to support voluntary and community organisations to develop projects and activities that encourage and improve social relations, involve volunteers and take place in areas near to Coventry University where there is a high student population. The Fund offers the opportunity for organisations to test out new and innovative ideas whilst being...more
The Coventry 4 Good Grant is a new fund that will distribute money raised to local good causes within Coventry. This is the first round of the Coventry 4 Good Grant which is funded entirely from donations raised by our fantastic volunteers and supporters at events, activities and through on-line giving since Coventry 4 Good was launched in July 2014.
The grant programme aims to support small voluntary and community organisations with an income of less than £30,000 p.a. to buy resources or to deliver activities that benefit communities in need in the city.
For further information and to download an application form go to the Grants Scheme pagemore
The shoppers of Coventry showed their generosity at two recent Bag Packs run by Coventry 4 Good to raise money for organisations in the city.
In March, busy afternoon shoppers at Sainsburys in Trinity Street donated £46.32, encouraged by students from Sidney Stringer Academy’s community volunteering group.
And during the Easter holidays in April, shoppers at Morrison’s on Holyhead Road dug deep and donated £180.57 in return for help with their packing. Big thanks to our volunteers Justin Hoskins from Pure Gym, and Coventry 4 Good Champion Rachael Mackintosh for giving up their time to help us out.
It was great to meet and chat with so many of Coventry’s residents, and we would like to give a huge thankyou to staff and shoppers at both stores, and of course to all of our volunteers.more
