Category: Case Studies

Case Studies

City Hosts support Harry Styles at the CBS Arena

Our City Host volunteers were on a 'watermelon sugar high' welcoming visitors to the Coventry Building Society Arena on the 22nd & 23rd May when the Grammy Award winner Harry Styles performed his Love on Tour show.

Our volunteers were welcoming fans onsite from 11am to queue for the evening and the energy was electric.

A big thank you to Claire Collins and all the CBS staff who made both days a success and providing our volunteers with a detailed brief, free sh...

The Story of Dean – A Coventry Ambassador

The following case study deals with the experience of Dean as a volunteer of the Coventry Ambassador programme. His feedback and views were collected during an interview and are transposed below. Contrary to some volunteers who decided to volunteer when they retired to keep being active, Dean is volunteering besides is daily job. “It is different from my day job!” Dean decided to volunteer to experience something different from his day job but also to meet different types of people and to give bac...

The Story of Dennis – A Coventry Ambassador Volunteer

“A great opportunity to give something back” Dennis started volunteering back in 2005, particularly in sport events which are hisarea of preference. For him, volunteering is “a great opportunity to give something back”. Thisis also an occasion to meet a wide range of people, whether they are other volunteers or part of the public, and more importantly to achieve that through something you like, such as sport for Dennis. Volunteering enables him to try something different and still be participat...

The Story of Diane – A Coventry Ambassador Volunteer

“You do it because you help people to enjoy what the city can give” Diane has been volunteering for about 25 years. She started at a roller skating club she used to go to and then moved on to volunteering within a gymnastics club where she spent 20 years. For her, it was giving children and young people the opportunity to participate in sport and social activities to the best of their abilities. She truly believes that young people who are doing sports or activities involving team work has a positive ef...

The Story of Fiona – A Coventry Ambassador Volunteer

“You give the time that you can, it’s not compulsory! And whatyou get back enriches your life!” The following case study deals with the experience of Fiona as a volunteer of the Coventry Ambassador programme. Her feedback and views were collected during an interview and are transposed below. Fiona already had some volunteering experience before joining the Coventry Ambassador programme. Indeed, she used to volunteer in other local programmes such as the Church because she enjoys it and finds it int...

The Story of Diane – A Coventry Ambassador Volunteer

The following case study deals with the experience of Diane as a volunteer of the Coventry Ambassador programme. Her feedback and views were collected during an interview and are transposed below.
“Awesome and Family-oriented experience” Diane decided to volunteer to make a difference to peoples’ lives.She feels that there are hundreds of people who need help. She became a Coventry Ambassador during Olympic games in 2012 where she di...

The Story of Babu – A Coventry Ambassador

The following case study deals with the experience of Babu as a volunteer of the Coventry Ambassador programme. His feedback and views were collected during an interview and are transposed below. Babu has expressed his view on volunteering over the years because he thought it is the best way he could contribute to society. He joined the Coventry Ambassador programme during the Olympic Games in 2012 and is still an active member with full contribution. “Opportunity to visitvarious places” When he w...

Ascention Dance Sports Fest 2019

Ascension Dance is the creation of Ashley Jordan and Ben Morley, two Coventry born and raised dancers with a passion for getting young people moving and engaged in activities. As young people, both Ashley and Ben were very active, taking part in dance classes as well as other activities such as physical theatre, trampolining, gymnastics and parkour.  Now older and feeling privileged to have such unique opportunities throughout their teenage years, Ascension Dance are now committed to providing the same high quality sports/movement opportunities for the next generation of young peopl...