About CEN

Coventry Community Empowerment Network (CEN) is a network of about 200 community and user-led groups from across the city.

The network is community led and brings together groups and people who are interested in making a difference in their neighbourhood and community.

CEN provides a mechanism to enable community voices to be heard by the people and organisations who make the decisions that affect everyone's life so that we can all contribute to making Coventry a better place to live.

Join us

CEN welcomes new groups, so if you want to find out what's happening and have a voice in your community and your city, you can find out more about joining here.

What CEN does

Sharing and Learning

Members come together throughout the year to find out what's going on, support each other and take action on common issues. We hold Saturday conferences and workshops on specific issues.

Representation and Influence

Our CEN representatives ensure community views are heard by the Coventry Partnership, the body responsible for delivering the Community Plan. This plan aims to improve the quality of life for everyone in the city, and especially those living in priority neighbourhoods.

Keeping informed

Our Speakeasy newsletter, bulletins and website will update you on community issues, useful resources and news from other groups, the Council and funders.

CEN's Aims

CEN Aims and Objectives.pdf (149.7kB)

History of CEN

history_of_CEN[1].ppt (269.5kB)