Philip Brown is the Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch which organises Coventry Climate Action Network.
Currently Coventry City Council sends all recyclable materials – glass, plastic, metal and paper – to commercial firms in the city. In 2018/19 it cost the Council over £1.6m. The Council first discussed plans for the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) … Continue reading →
The Briefcase project is a new educational tool produced by FabLab Coventry that uses hands-on learning strategies to teach students about the important role of mineral raw materials in everyday life and how our choices concerning these materials can shape … Continue reading →
Coventry Cycling Centre The centre restores bikes from recycling projects and donations so they can be sold at affordable prices in the community to promote cycling. You can also use the bike workshop for do it yourself repairs if you … Continue reading →
Time Union is a time bank run by Coventry City Council which aims to help people use their time to build their sense of self through relating to others, connect to Coventry as a community, and enable socially positive changes … Continue reading →
This group aims to create ownership of the canal and its surroundings among the local communities, to celebrate the Coventry Canal from a multicultural perspective and to raise awareness of the environmental value of the waterway. https://www.facebook.com/reclaimingcoventrycanal/
Continue reading →The Pod provides a community space that programs creative and artistic events and is part of Coventry City Council. The Pod at 31 Far Gosford Street is the dynamic work base to a team of Mental Health Development Workers/Brokers, The … Continue reading →
Food Union was founded in 2014 and is one of The Pod’s citywide social activism programs that exists to create conversation and action around food. In Coventry alone 60,000 people live below the bread-line, while in the UK we throw … Continue reading →
FabLab Coventry is a city centre resource, accessible to everyone, created and run by Coventry University. Coventry has a large industrial heritage; FabLab Coventry builds upon this heritage through advanced manufacturing to provide people of Coventry with the opportunity to … Continue reading →
Consists of volunteers hoping to keep items out of landfill by making them useful again. They need broken electricals, toys, bikes, textiles etc & let’s see if we can help you fix them. They normally meet on the fourth Saturday … Continue reading →
CROW Recycling is a Coventry based Social Enterprise with charitable status established in 1985. They collect cans and office waste paper and deliver shredded paper animal bedding to Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Solihull, Bedworth, Hinckley, Leamington, Stratford, Warwick and their nearby … Continue reading →