 |  | Below is a list of some of the larger organisations that were either created in Coventry or that have a direct involvement in the area. To add an organisation, please contact us using the details on the right.
In September 1999, CARA Housing opened a sheltered housing project for elderly Irish people called Tara Court.
The building in Shakespeare Street offers six self-contained flats for single people and couples.
In August 2001 CARA continued its Coventry commitment by opening new shared accommodation for five men, called Tullamore House.
CARA plans to build more accommodation in the area and hopes to hear next month if its bid to the Housing Corporation Funding Body has been successful.
Working for the Irish community in Coventry, CIS provides an information and outreach Service on a range of welfare and benefits issues.
Formerly The Irish Community Advisory & Resource Group, CIS also undertakes research and runs a befriending scheme.
In addition it is home to the MAIR Project providing advice for survivors of institutional abuse in Ireland.
The Coventry Mayo Association | |
The Coventry Mayo Association was created in 1993 by a group of people from County Mayo, now living in Coventry.
It was set up to contribute to the welfare of elderly Irish people living in the city. Further aims were to promote Irish culture and to improve and maintain social links.
The work of the association is carried out by a committee of volunteers who meet regularly to discuss fundraising.
Funds raised pay for an annual holiday to Ireland for twenty elderly people. In addition, the association hosts a Christmas party each year for approximately 150 senior citizens and makes donations to other charities providing food, shelter, warmth and friendship to the lonely and homeless.
Coventry Rehab has opened an elders drop-in centre called Teach na hEireann, in St Columbas Close, just outside the city centre.
The organisation aims to help isolated and housebound Irish elderly people in Coventry and the surrounding area.
Teach Na hEireann also endeavours to support potentially vulnerable people.
The centre provides an ethnically sensitive social care service for Irish people, offering social activities, health care, information on benefit entitlement, housing, pensions, training and education.
The centre has established partnerships with Age Concern and Coventry Community Education, both of which run classes in the centre. It also provides a drop-in facility for people to socialise and relax reading Irish newspapers.
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