Serving up a Godiva Festival Treat INSIDE: Thrill-Ride Slides Make a Splash How Healthy Is Your Heart? New Look for Former Co-Op
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Coventry News...features...plus more about your city...your neighbourhood...your services issue 62 I summer I 2018 Serving up a Godiva Festival treat INSIDE: Thrill-ride slides make a splash How healthy is your heart? New look for former Co-op COVENTRY CITIVISION Partnership proud to support UK City of Culture 2021 FOR COVENTRY Inspiring conversations for over 670 years Enjoy delicious food in the heart of Coventry’s medieval quarter Open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and cakes, plus daily specials! FAIRFAX STREET PRIORY P VISITOR CENTRE PRIORY ROW SPORT AND LEISURE CENTRE PRIORY STREET NEW CATHEDRAL GODIVA CATHEDRAL RUINS ST MARY’S CUCKOO LANE STATUE GUILDHALL PER LN BAYLEY LANE EP P ST MARY’S ST HIGH STREET B A HERBERT ART GALLERY YL COUNCIL E AND MUSEUM Y HOUSE L A N E EARL STREET JORDAN WELL GREYFRIARSP LANE St Mary’s Guildhall, Bayley Lane, Coventry CV1 5RN Telephone: 024 7683 3315 | www.stmarysguildhall.co.uk/cafe | The Undercroft 2 I citivision I summer 2018 news From the top contents welcome to the summer 2018 issue of citivision • A personal message from Cllr George p6 Duggins, Leader, Coventry City Council. All eyes on us Being UK City of Culture in 2021 means Coventry will have to get used to taking centre stage – and we are certainly getting good practice! Over the last few weeks you may well have been one of the 150,000 people who came into the city centre for the Motofest weekend; amongst the 35,000 to enjoy the BBC Biggest Weekend of music; a part of the 15,000 celebrating the Pride Festival; or one of the 34,000 who rocked the Ricoh with the Rolling Stones. news There is more to come, with the Godiva Festival taking place 6 Be a Coventry Big news health focus from 31 August to 2 September. Fun Runner at the Coventry is set to A new healthy lifestyle The Festival seems to attract 4 14 War Memorial Park on become a leader in service is encouraging Sunday 9 September more people every year and last digital transformation. people to find out how 11am. year, we had a record 179,000 young their heart visits, with people enjoying a 7 A teenage motocross really is. range of family fun and music. competitor from Coventry’s new £36.7m The spotlight will continue Coventry is looking to 15 Coventry agencies have 19 city centre waterpark next year, with Coventry recently build on her success - launched the Coventry has taken delivery of securing European City of Sport with a little help from Domestic Abuse Strategy 2018-2023 to a series of thrill-ride status in 2019 and next year we her employer. tackle domestic abuse slides. will also be joining forces with in the city. partners across the city and in 9 Bus lanes that were suspended as part of a what’s on Warwickshire for a Year of Health trial in Coventry will be news and Wellbeing for residents. A round-up of some of removed permanently. 20 More good news is also 18 A new scheme to tidy the attractions on offer up neighbourhoods and in and around Coventry highlighted in this issue of Coventry is hosting a 11 help residents be proud for the next few months. Citivision, with work progressing free street festival with a of their street has been well on the city centre Waterpark, difference where people launched in the city. while building is about to begin on can see the city from councillors the 50m pool at the Alan Higgs the saddle. 18 A £3.8m scheme to 22 Need to contact your Centre. transform one of the councillors? Check out But the improvements, titles most historic areas of our comprehensive and events are only made possible the city centre is set to directory. through working closely with move a step closer. partners across the city, as it is only by acting together that we can continue to create a city we are all proud of. contact us Call the Citivision newsdesk per copy to write, print and in the next issue of Citivision, If you need this information on 024 7683 1075 or write distribute to homes in Coventry. contact Darren O’Shaughnessy in another format or language to Newsdesk, Room 73, You can also pick up a copy at on 024 7683 1075. Coventry please contact us: Council House, Earl Street, libraries and Council buildings. City Council is grateful for the Coventry, CV1 5RR, or Citivision is produced on paper support from advertisers in this Tel: 024 7683 1081 e-mail communications@ from sustainable woodland and issue of Citivision, but accepts no e-mail: communications@ coventry.gov.uk is chlorine free. The milling responsibility for the accuracy coventry.gov.uk Written and produced by process also has Environmental of adverts. Cover story: the Communications Team, Management Systems in place. All details are correct at time Emma Lewis with mum Sharon from Coventry City Council. Each Once read, please recycle. of going to print (25 June 2018). The Little Vintage Cake Company - edition of Citivision costs 9p If you would like to advertise see them at Godiva Festival. summer 2018 I citivision I 3 18-0299-HG news City in full fibre super league Coventry is set to become a leader in digital transformation following news that it has been selected as one of the first communities in the UK to benefit from Gigabit-capable full fibre broadband. Having enjoyed Gigabit City “An investment of status since 2014, Coventry this size shows great already boasts 180km gold confidence in the city standard full fibre infrastructure, and having a reliable, which now connects more than gigabit broadband 300 public sector sites and brings service will be another next-generation connectivity way for Coventry to within reach of 5,600+ local attract and retain businesses. This latest project, businesses. With the under the new Vodafone and growing importance CityFibre Fibre-to-the-Premises and reliance on (FTTP) programme, will see a further £60 million private digital technology, investment from CityFibre in the opportunity of extending this network city-wide having the benefits of to reach nearly every home and full fibre will soon be business. available to everyone Councillor Jim O’Boyle, who lives and works in Coventry City Council’s our city.” Cabinet Member for Jobs To find out more visit: and Regeneration, said: cityfibre.com/coventry or follow @GigabitCov. To register your interest in services from Vodafone, visit Pictured: City Fibre workers vodafone.co.uk/broadband/gigafast. Boost for new communities A project that will enable the EU’s Urban Innovative a proud history of recognising challenge division and help build refugees, migrants and other Actions fund. and celebrating cultural diversity. a united and prosperous region. citizens to create new work The aim is to achieve the He added: “I am excited that Plans include a £70,000 fund to opportunities and support maximum benefit from migration this funding will enhance support new social enterprises communities across the and improve migrants’ and opportunities to strengthen the which will create jobs for the region has been unveiled. refugees’ sense of belonging. economic and social fabric of whole community; and a pop-up The West Midlands Combined In the West Midlands, more than the entire region.’’ furniture factory in Coventry to Authority-backed project 100 languages are spoken daily. Cllr Ed Ruane, Cabinet Member train people to upcycle 500 pieces MiFriendly Cities has been Cllr Abdul Khan, Deputy for Housing and Communities, of furniture to go into 100 homes awarded more than €4m from Council Leader, said the city has said the initiative aimed to actively for people in need. Finham Park Academy Trust Top marks for university to help train teachers Coventry University has retained its title of top modern university and seen even more of its courses rated as some Finham Park Multi Academy Trust, which includes: Finham of the best in the country in the Guardian University Guide. Park School, Lyng Hall, Finham Primary and Finham Park 2, is now part of a successful Teaching School Alliance with The university has an overall Coventry University is this year Warwick University, West Coventry Academy, Coundon ranking of 13th in the national celebrating 175 years of providing Court and Rugby Free School. tables published recently, education in the city, from its securing its place as the highest beginnings as Coventry School of Teaching schools are centres of successful headteachers. ranked modern university in the Design in 1843 to ongoing success excellence that work with partner The alliance highlights how UK for the seventh year running. in teaching and learning today. schools. Coventry schools are working They raise standards through together to improve access to supporting other schools, good quality local teacher training Keeping in touch especially those in challenging opportunities. For more details, and the latest news about circumstances, and ensure that the There are now 800 teaching Coventry City Council visit www.coventry.gov.uk most talented school leaders are schools across England. If you have an article or advert that you think we could include in Citivision spotted and supported to become call 024 7683 1081 or e-mail [email protected] 4 I citivision I summer 2018 news Keeping the old with the new The early success at the Co-operative development in Corporation Street was highlighted by Councillor O’Boyle said: Councillor Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration. “The Co-Op closed in A topping out ceremony at development with an internal already sold, the first company 2015 and everyone had EDG Property’s development park area.