About Us

Tile Hill Community Partnership was set up during 2019 with the aim of improving the lives of residents in Tile Hill, Coventry. From Spring, 2022, it became incorporated with Tile Hill North Residents’ Association which had earlier gone into voluntary dissolution.

The Partnership comprises a Core Group and Stakeholders.

The Core Group meets 6-7 times a year and discusses issues concerning the area. There are eight people in the Core Group, each with social expertise and knowledge of the problems, needs and successes in the area. It is a constituted group with a formal committee structure and financial assets.

Even though three of the Core Group members are part of the religious community in Tile Hill, their advice/decisions etc. are not influenced by their religious beliefs.  Moreover, the Core Group is balanced by members who are not members of any religious order.

Current members (February 2023) are:

• Father Ed Backhouse, Vicar of St Oswald’s Church, Jardine Crescent, Chairperson
• Pastor John Bernard, Limbrick Wood Baptist Church.
• Andy Duncan, Secretary and Fund Raiser, AJD Regeneration
• Mack Harris, Chair of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Council and Resident
• Jo Kerr, Community Cohesion, Finham Park 2 Secondary School
• Cllr Julia LePoidevin, Treasurer and City Councillor for Woodlands Ward
• Sarah Simpkins, Change Manager, Coventry City Council
• Sharon Thomas, Community Resilience Lead, Coventry City Council
• Joy Warren, Website Admin.

The Stakeholders are advisors/professionals employed by various organisations in Coventry who work to improve the lives of people in the area. They meet several times during the year and report back to the Core Group including once at the AGM. They act in an advisory capacity as well as being proactive at progressing initiatives suggested by themselves or suggested to them by the Core Group.

Organisations to which Stakeholders belong

Coventry City Council (members and officers) 

St Oswald’s Anglican Church

St James Anglican Church 

St Andrews Anglican Church 

The Seventh Day Adventist Church 

Limbrick Wood Baptist Church

Our Lady Catholic Church 

Tile Hill Library

… and more

The AGM and the Stakeholders’ meetings are open to residents.

The Partnership is funded by grants. The money from these grants is used to initiate programmes aimed at improving lives in the area. The money is not used to help individuals but to enhance the lives of groups of people.

Recent initiatives and projects have been:

* Knife Crime reduction by holding classes. Grants totalling £4,000

* Provision of laptops and connectivity for children during lock down.  Grants totalling 13,000

* Food Hubs.  Grants totalling £9,200

* Job Club.  Grant of £18,800

* Tile Hill People and Places + Street Art.  Grant of £4,800 

* Men’s Mental Health group (Men’s Space).  £10,000.

Plus:

* Party on the Green 2022.  Coventry City of Culture  with independent contractor as organiser.

* Jardine Crescent Street Art, “I am Me”.  Arts’ Council Grant with independent contractor as organiser.

* Coronation Party in the Park, Jardine Crescent Children’s Playground, 8th May, 11am – 4pm

 Planned Initiatives and Projects

Wall Art, The Ponderosa

Aims

• Identify common areas of interest and issues that unite the community.
• Produce a community magazine.
• Collaborate more closely with the University of Warwick.
• Engage more closely with community leaders in Tile Hill Village, Tanyard Farm and Banner Brook.
• Identify and create a register of local volunteers.
• Aim for team-working between Woodlands’ and Westwood Ward Councillors. 2-3 times a year (Men’s Space)5-6