Community
All members of the community are welcome!
Our business is primarily about people and we invest a lot of time building up personal relationships with our customers and clients.
Our core products and services include three rooms to hire, offices to rent, and supporting the local community although our business is much broader than that.
The centre is a champion of social justice and we seek to exemplify good practice within the organisation, not only to responding to what the law demands, but setting standards over and above this.
Our commitment to seeking justice is evident in our use of our end of year profits, our promotion of fairly traded goods, and in the platform we provide for the vulnerable and marginalised.
The aim of the centre is to help relieve poverty of all kinds, we are about breaking down barriers and creating pathways and bridges for vulnerable people. We believe that integration is a two-way process in which society at large and specific communities adapt, understand and benefit.
Our niche in the marketplace is providing a first base for local people and community groups, the nurturing of those groups from diverse communities can contributes to community cohesion.
Groups
All community groups are welcome!
St Peter’s Centre is the hub of Hillfields where groups meet to share and celebrate their cultural values. Like minded people meet, on a regular basis, to discuss and contribute to the changing landscape of this vibrant neighbouthood.
Hillfields is a dynamic and changing neighbourhood, in the St Michael’s Ward of Coventry. It has a strong community spirit and a culturally diverse population of around 10,000 people.
In addition to this the The Swanswell Initiative programme is transforming the high rise, public housing landscape of the 1960′s and replacing it with new multi-tenure apartments and housing, a relocated City College, a new school and a new healthcare centre.
The Swanswell Initiative Community Liaison Group meet at St Peter’s Centre on a six weekly basis.
Autonomous organisations operating from St Peter’s Centre:
Community Library open five days per week including Saturday afternoon.
Kairos an organisation that supports women who express the wish to leave prostitution, to develop skills, and to start a new life.
Re-Unite Project
Re-Unite is a partnership between The Children’s Society and Coventry Connexions. We work with children or young people under the age of eighteen who spend one night or more away from the family home or care without permission, or who have been forced to leave by their parents or carers.
We aim to help young people to stay safe by empowering them to address the risk factors in their lives. The project provides them with advice, guidance and support in a manner that is respectful of their needs and their safety.
To make a referral you can phone or complete a project referral, including a brief risk assessment, and send by post or email, which will help us decide whether the young person needs general support or intensive support.
New Communities Forum have an office at St Peter’s Centre.
Facilities
We currently have 3 excellent rooms available; St Peters Centre, Pheonix room and the Ovie Williams room.
The centre host a wide range of business events and can host up to 225 people for 1 event.
The rooms can be used for day, evening and weekend functions. The rooms have the following features:
• Public Address system with lapel and wireless microphones
• Loop System
• Multimedia facilities
• Internet access in all rooms
• Catering services including refreshments and a range of hot & cold buffets.
• Large reception area for registration and welcoming service
• Onsite car park which is secure and well lit also a secure multistory car park within 3 minutes walk
• Hillfields Community Library offering ICT facilities
• Set in the peaceful ambience of the old St Peter’s Church, a grade 2 listed building
• Supporting the local economy and Fairtrade
• Experiences & qualified team of staff
St Peters Room
Phoenix Room
Ovie Willams Room
Community Library
Our friendly public library is open to all the community
Opening hours:
Monday 1.00pm to 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am to 1.00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9.00am to 1.00pm
Friday 1.00pm to 5.00pm
Saturday 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Sunday Closed
Access:
Level access, push door, lift to library floor, parking 30 meters, bus 300 metres, guide dogs allowed
Services offered:
- Books for loan free of charge
- A children’s library with a collection of books to help with homework
- Talking Books free to visually impaired people, under 16s
- DVDs and CDs for loan for a small charge
- Books in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
- Language sets for learning a second language
- Book request service
Free access to six bookable computers with Office software and internet access.
Contact Us Today!
If you are interested in using our facilities or for general enquiries please get in contact with us via one of the following methods:
Tel: 02476 632 877
Email: bookings@stpeterscentre.org.uk
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Testimonial
“Being a national charity we search for training venues on the internet and we certainly struck lucky in Coventry with St Peter’s Centre. We were provided with a modern and well equipped meeting room and a very warm welcome from all the staff. Excellent value for money and it was nice to support a centre within the heart of the community.”
Nicola Dean
Sibling Group Development Officer for Sibs, the national charity for siblings of disabled people – http://www.sibs.org.uk/