Working Together for a Stronger Coventry
Last week, we hosted VAC’s 69th AGM alongside the VCSE Alliance Sector Connects Networking Event. At a time when the voluntary sector continues to face significant challenges, the value of partnership and collaboration has never been greater.
Our AGM provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on the achievements, impact, and learning of the past year, while also looking ahead to our 70th year in 2027.
💪 Voluntary Action Coventry remains committed to championing equality, embracing diversity, and safeguarding the services that enable people and communities to flourish. Together, we are helping to create a more resilient, empowered, and independent Coventry for all.
✨ Take a look at some of the highlights from the event and explore this visual snapshot of our Annual Report to see how we’re making a difference across the city.
✅ Community Engagement and Volunteer Centre Impact
Making it easier for Coventry residents to engage in community action
- Grew engagement on our Get Involved Coventry community engagement platform
- 266 VCSE organisations registered
- 333 different voluntary roles advertised
- 2,661 volunteer registrations (up from 1,222 last year)
- 160 accessed volunteer support via drop-ins
✅ Empowering Lives
- Chat Central registered 177 participants and facilitated 95 activities
- 67% took up a voluntary role
- 72% expressed an increase in confidence
- The Improving Lives team delivered a series of courses across the year with 92% developing new or existing transferable skills
- 12 progressed into employment and 25 progressed into training
- Our UKSPF programme supported economically inactive people to engage with services
- We’re proud to report that we exceeded targets to increase participants employability skills, access support skills, voluntary roles and securing employment
✅ Collaborative Projects
- Continued to strengthen partnerships via VCFSE collaborative with WCAVA to deliver the priorities of the Integrated Care System, to address reductions of health inequalities
- Facilitating services and growing the membership of the Coventry VCSE Alliance strengthening our shared commitment to reduce inequalities, improve wellbeing, and build a fairer, more resilient city.
- 101 applications to join the Volunteer Coordinator Support Network (VCSN) meetings
Together, we’re building stronger communities and creating opportunities for everyone to thrive. 💪