Community News

Cheylesmore Community Association is taking over the management of Cheylesmore Community Library. It will be business as usual, except that the library will be run entirely by local volunteers.

The library will be closed from Friday, 11 August, for building works. It is due to reopen under new management at 1.00pm on Monday, 4 September.

As of Monday 09^th October 2017, the Coventry Credit Union will operate a collection point in the Cheylesmore Community Centre , every Monday between 11.30 AM and 1.30 PM.

The Coventry Credit Union is an organisation that offers its members low-interest loans and other financial services, such as:

·         Savings

·         Free loan protection and life insurance (subject to conditions)

·         Juniour accounts

·         Christmas saving accounts

·         Rainy day saving accounts

·         Pre-paid cards

·         Bill paying

·         Council tax payments

Committed to thrift, education and equality, the Coventry Credit Union’s mission is to make a difference to people’s lives. The team at the Cheylesmore Centre are happy to welcome them to our community, and hope local residents take advantage of this collection point.

For more information, you can contact the Coventry Credit Union at 024 76 998099, or send them an email at coveastcu@googlemail.com. You can also read more about their services, mission, and values, on their website at www.creditunioncoventry.com.

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Below is the link to the Application Form for your bid at the One Off Event to Fund Community Initiatives in Cheylesmore:

Application Form

Please check out a new course happening at Cheylesmore Community Centre.

An exciting opportunity for Cheylesmore and its residents, there is going to be a Participatory Budgeting Event held on July 18^th  at Christ Church, this will enable local groups and residents from Cheylesmore to bid for funds from the remaining 106 Section (Asda) money.

We want to make sure that the community gets the maximum benefit by getting as many representatives from the community to help in planning the process. A planning meeting is going to be held on: Thursday, May 21st from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at Cheylesmore Community Centre.

The planning session will cover areas such as agreeing the criteria for bid submissions – upper and lower limits, if groups can submit multiple bids, if there will be an age restriction on bidders, how successful projects will be monitored etc. All these details will be agreed by the Planning Group that is why we want the Planning Group to be as inclusive as possible.

There have already been a couple of meetings but it’s not too late to get involved. If you want to find out more of the background and also more information on what is Participatory Budgeting then come along to the Community Centre from 5.30pm on May 21^st and Susan Ritchie from Mutual Gain will be there to answer any questions in advance of the Planning Meeting at 6.30pm.

We want this event to be as successful as possible and this can only happen if we get as many representatives of the community involved. If you are able to attend please contact Kristi Larsen, Insight, Coventry City Council on 02476831282 or Kristi.larsen@coventry.gov.uk