Coventry VCSE Alliance

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*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!* Betty Innis was a driving force for a lot of community change in Coventry, especially Willenhall. She worked on behalf of her community making sure all residents had what was needed, teaching people how to cook, how to grow fruit and vegetables, how to be sustainable and stretch money as far as it could possibly go. Betty worked with so many individuals trying to turn their life around and find their feet, and after her death in 2019, her family and the community continued her legacy with The Betty Innis Foundation. The Foundation has a Charity shop in the heart of Willenhall, selling donated items at low prices and also provides a food bank. The Betty Ennis Support System provides a mechanism for those with no budget to apply for goods, services or advice in times of need. Find The Betty Innis Foundation in our Community Directory for more information.

*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!!* No Panic is a charity that helps and supports anyone across the UK living with Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders. Quite often people who contact No Panic are unable to get help or have been waiting a long time for therapy. No Panic offers support that can prevent certain situations from reaching crisis point. Their helpline is available 365 days of the year 10am to 10pm. For more information, check out their profile on the Community Directory!

*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!!* Coventry-based physical theatre company Highly Sprung Performance work with children and young people through workshops and touring performances. "We know that stories can change the world, and we use stories to evoke change. To demonstrate the power of the human spirit. We inspire young people to learn through fun, motivation and engagement which feels important and relevant – especially as it is inspired and often designed by them. Spoken text is limited, to enable the body to tell the story and our audience’s to listen. We celebrate and make space for the physicality of each person, knowing they bring with them their own thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. We are not afraid to work with young people to explore important questions. Working together to make the complicated accessible, through story-telling and movement." For more information, check out their profile on the Community Directory!

*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!!* Intercultural Roots brings together practitioners, artists, scholars and teachers to create collaboratively and develop their practices for health and social change. They provide health and social wellness through a range of initiatives in cultural, artistic, educational and mental health programs. These include dance &movement, visual arts and crafts, breathing and vocal techniques, music making and listening skills. For more information, check out their profile on the Community Directory!

*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!!* Arts Uplift specialises in arts and health and heritage and works with a wide range of the community from children and young people to older people from across Worcestershire, Coventry and Warwickshire. Arts and health uses a diverse range of arts practices to improve health and well being, both physically and mentally. The art is a vehicle to producing positive health outcomes. The arts forms might be drama, dance/movement, music (singing, performances, percussion/drumming), creative writing (poetry/stories/plays), drama, film and radio drama. For more information, check out their profile on the Community Directory!

*Welcome to our new VCSE Alliance member!!* FoodCycle Coventry is a community dining charity that uses surplus food to create a FREE weekly community meal to their guests. Their aim with these meals is to provide much needed food provision to the local area, but also to tackle isolation and loneliness. By bringing people together to share a meal, they are looking to build resilient communities. For more information, check out their profile on the Community Directory!