About WATCH

photo : meetingWorking Actively To Change Hillfields (WATCH) is a community-led organisation based in the heart of Hillfields.

We are managed by a fifteen-person committee, and we seek to secure, co-ordinate and manage resources for the social, economic and environmental improvement of the area, for the benefit of people living and working in Hillfields.

  • Our Employment project helps the long-term unemployed of the area, migrant workers from "new EU" countries, and refugees and asylum seekers.
  • Our Community Development project gives advice and support to the 70 community groups active in Hillfields.
  • Our ICT Centre runs Learndirect and Skills For Life courses, and we maintain 16 computers, with broadband Internet. 
  • Our community radio station, The Hillz FM, has had four 4-week FM licenses. Between licences, we offer radio training for both adults and youth. 
  • Our youth project has run recent courses on hairdressing and videography and offers employment advice for 14-19 year olds.
  • Our newest project will involve youth to research the history and heritage of Primrose Hill Park in Hillfields through the use of media.

Our last Annual General Meeting took place on the 16th of November, 6pm, at the Gosford Asian Group Day Centre, Vauxhall Street, Hillfields. Our guest speakers were Sector Inspector Yvonne Bruton and Sgt Gary Haywood, West Midlands Police.

We are currently looking for two new volunteer positions (to help out on our Reception and in our Learndirect centre). Click here for more information.

We are currently assisted by the following funding bodies: nextstep IAG (from the LSC), ESF (via the Hillfields Partnership Board), ERDF (via the Hillfields Partnership Board), Heart of England Community Foundation, NSF, NRF (via the Coventry Partnership), BBC Children in Need, Heritage Lottery Fund (Young Roots), and Learndirect.

If you have any questions about our projects or services, please call us on 02476 550564, or fill out the enquiry form on this website.

 

WATCH
10-12 Victoria Street
Hillfields
Coventry CV1 5LZ

T 02476 550564
F 02476 229423
E info@watch-hillfields.org