Equalities & Community Cohesion Group Documents

The following documents are available as readable/downloadable files.

Community Cohesion Strategy

The Coventry Partnership has produced a Community Cohesion Strategy to support the vision on integration and cohesion which is:

  • People from all different backgrounds having similar life opportunities
  • People knowing their rights and responsibilities
  • People understanding and trusting one another and trusting local organisations to act fairly.

An executive summary of the Community Cohesion Strategy is also available.

For guidance on the Cohesion Strategy please see the accompanying Community Cohesion Guidance

See a summary of the feedback to a consultation exercise around the Community Cohesion Strategy

If you have any comments, or require a paper copy or require it another language, please use the contact details below.


Surindar Nagra
Telephone: 024 7683 1067
Email: surindar.nagra@coventry.gov.uk
Corporate Policy and Research Team
Room 66
The Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR

Coventry Community Cohesion Awards 2010


Coventry is a city proud of its heritage as a city of peace and reconciliation and the Coventry Partnership wants to continue to build upon the good community relations in our city. Coventry Community Cohesion Awards are designed to recognise what local people have done for Coventry to remain a cohesive City.

The Coventry Community Cohesion Awards celebrate activities which have contributed to building cohesive communities and recognise the significant contributions that they make towards cohesion in the city.

We have been looking for ways in which you can practically demonstrate how you have achieved community cohesion across different communities, groups, faiths, age groups, people from different backgrounds, ethnicity, disabilities, and identify what difficulties you have faced and how you have overcome the difficulties successfully.

Coventry Community Cohesion Awards – Categories

The Coventry Community Cohesion Awards will be divided and judged against the following five categories:

Voluntary – community cohesion activities run by large voluntary organisations (income above £50,000)
Community – community cohesion activities run by small voluntary or community groups (income below £50,000)
Public Sector - community cohesion activities run by the public sector
Private Sector - community cohesion activities run by the private sector
Young People – community cohesion activities run by young people aged 18 and under

The Assessment Process - Panel

An independent panel of judges will take the decision about which activity, scheme; project or individual is the overall winner for each category.

Judging will be based on the contents of the application form and the references provided.

The Assessment Process- Judging Criteria
For all categories the judges will be looking for evidence of:
• The benefit to participants engaged in the activities
• Helping people to realise the positive contribution that unity in diversity can make to their lives
• The potential of the activity as a role model for other organisations in the city
• How the project is managed to bring people from different communities together
• Future plans for the activity
• How the activity delivers cost effective services and produces results
• How your approach is unique and innovative.
• Breaking down barriers that prevent people from working and living co-operatively

 

Timescales

Launch 3 December 2009
Closing Date 30 April 2010
Award Ceremony July 2010


Download a copy of the Community Cohesion Awards Flyer