The Briefcase project is a new educational tool that uses hands-on learning strategies to teach students about the important role of mineral raw materials in everyday life and how our choices concerning these materials can shape the world. Through innovative
Find out more about MyCoventry
In January 2021, Coventry City Council launched a two-year partnership called MyCoventry. The project addresses local, social and economic inequalities that hinder the way young people and adults from migrant communities interact and become part of the local area. The
Face-to-Face Teaching & Model Collection Resumes
FabLab Coventry have been given the go ahead to reopen our doors to the public after making a series of changes to our day to day operations. We have a series of either face-to-face workshops or online workshops running throughout
Celebrating the Queen’s Honour of our Mifriendly Cities colleague
Queen’s Honour for Peter Coventry City Council’s Peter Barnett has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Peter, Lead Officer, Refugee Resettlement, has been honoured for Services to Refugees in Coventry. The Queen’s Birthday Honours List rewards
Launch of New Workshops!
Whilst we are eager to get back into FabLab and our Eco Furniture Factory to start delivering our usual face-to-face workshops again, we are still in the process of getting everything sorted to be able to reopen safely and securely.
Find out more about SUCCEED
Succeed helps people aged 16+ living in Coventry who are looking for work to boost their knowledge, skills and confidence. Succeed can support you to move towards employment and reach your potential. The project can help break down barriers to work by
MiFriendly Cities, a Finalist in the Innovation in Politics Awards 2020
The MiFriendly Cities Project, delivered across Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, has been selected as an outstanding example of political innovation in Europe, and has been chosen as a finalist in the Human Rights category in the Innovation in Politics Awards
Connect2
Connect2 at FabLab Coventry We are excited to be a part of Connect2 – a new, European funded, city-wide project aimed at getting members of our community into education and employment through the delivery of training, skills development and community
Eco Furniture Factory Uses Innovative Practice to Meet Communities Changing Needs
1,000 pieces of furniture upcycled and donated to 30 local organisations and over 6,000 pieces of PPE donated to community and health care service providers. Nestled in an unassuming industrial unit at FarGO Village – Coventry’s creative quarter – is
Coventry City of Culture 2021 Programme
COVENTRY CITY OF CULTURE TO COMMENCE YEAR-LONG PROGRAMME IN MAY 2021 Announced just a few days ago, Coventry city of Culture year-long programme of events will start next May. We are excited to share that we have been added as