Community Cohesion Awards 2010

The Bhangra HeadsFourteen projects from across the private, public, voluntary, community and youth sectors in Coventry came together at the city's first Community Cohesion Awards on Wednesday 21 July at St. Mary's Guildhall.

Entertainment was provided by The Bhangra Heads, Sky1's "Got to Dance" semi-finalists, as well as a rap performance from Coventry's Sporting Future's Radford Crew and a short drama from The Belgrade Theatre.

You can download "Coventry Blitz" the rap performed by the Radford Crew. Just right click on the link above and click "save target as" onto your computer.

 

 

The Radford CrewSue Bent, Director of Coventry law Centre and Chair of the Equalities and Communities Theme Group said, "Everyone deserves to live in a strong community, where they feel safe, welcomed, where people get along with each other, where no-one feels excluded and where everyone has the chance to play a full part in local life. The Coventry Community Cohesion Awards have recognised the commitment made by many organisations and groups in the city to ensure that Coventry continues to be such a cohesive city.




Cohesion Awards 2010 Winners:

Private Sector - Jaguar Education Business Partnership Centre

Public Sector - Coventry Friends Programme

Voluntary Large - Willenhall Community Forum

Voluntary Small - Coundon Court Community Forum

Young People - Grapevine

Cllr Mulhall (Deputy Lord Mayor), Janet Powell , Wendy Ohandjanian, Gurpeet Heer, Kate Lee, Rishard Beckett, Rachel Perrin and  Martyn Hollingsworth