COVO offers a range of projects and services that can be tailored to the needs of young people, families, schools and organisations. These are funded programmes and/or commissioning services for the local community, local authorities, statutory and third sector organisations.
COMMUNITY CONNECT
Community Connect is a project designed to provide a safe, inclusive, and engaging space for members of our local community. The goal is to foster connection, reduce social isolation, and enhance physical and mental health.
The project targets young families, the elderly, and young people, offering weekly encounters with a variety of activities tailored to their interests and needs. These activities include gardening, cooking, parents and toddler groups, fitness sessions, a film club, and spoken word workshops for young people.
By cultivating a sense of camaraderie and solidarity, Community Connect aims to significantly enhance the overall well-being of its participants. These activities not only offer opportunities for social interaction and physical exercise but also equip participants with practical skills and knowledge that can alleviate everyday pressures.
- Community Gardening (Saturdays 10:30 – 12:30)
- Healthy Cooking on a Budget (Wednesdays 10:30 – 12:30)
- Parents & Toddlers (Thursdays 10 – 12)
- Spoken Word Workshop (Thursdays 16:30-18:30)
- Film Club (once a month)
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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
- Improving discipline and learning
- Relationship and communication
- Special need creative support
- Race and identity
- Children’s learning
- Parent engagement
- Transition to secondary school
- Play and Behaviour
The programmes cover difficulties accessing the curriculum, inclusion and bullying.
An intensive training programme specifically tailored to Pupil Referral Units. The aim is to provide teaching staff and young people with practical reflective tools to address daily difficulties and issues and self-manage behaviour.
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
COVO provides one-to-one support in our training space for children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems who are struggling to engage with school, their family and/or their peer group.
BESPOKE PROGRAMMES
We offer highly bespoked programmes for higher education settings, covering student and tutor support in inclusion and understanding diversity and impact on learning.
LIVING WITH DEMENTIA
COVO offers state of the art music and movement workshops, in which participants are involved in improvising and experimenting using an array of music apps on iPads.
PARENTS
These workshops are intended for parents/carers of children in early years to increase understanding of children’s needs and learn how self-reflection improves parenting practices. The programme provides opportunities for parents to try out engaging activities at home through weekly tasks and to feed back their experiences and learning in the subsequent group sessions.
PROFESSIONALS
Our programmes cover specifically INSET and CPD, with training tailored to the needs of those working with children and young people in educational settings and out of school provision. We support organisations to become ‘learning organisations’ by developing models of good practice based on emotional literacy and reflection.
