Creative Optimistic Visions

We believe we all have the right to feel safe all the time and we can talk with someone about anything even if it is awful or small. What we do is practical.

We provide education, training, mentoring, youth & community services to connect, enable, make memories and change lives. Creative Optimistic Visions (COV) is a community interest company (CIC) working within the third sector to promote protective behaviours to all within the communities and education facilities. C.O.V has been a Three times UnLtd award winner. Also winning the UnLtd award for ou

tstanding personal achievement and growth, and Protective Behaviours trainer of the year 2015. Getting policies and procedures in place so you can protect people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect is fundamental to the care of others. But those things in themselves can’t help you and those in your care to cope with victimisation and abuse. Coping with these often unseen, unexpressed experiences is difficult and challenging, both for staff and, especially, children and young people. The Protective Behaviours Process is a recognised, effective practice to educate and empower individuals to realise their right to feel safe and feel confident to be able talk with someone about anything, even it is awful or small. Yet, not all practitioners are the same. Our practitioners have real-life experience ensuring greater empathy. These insights allow us to work around the needs of those we train and support. Our programmes are imaginative and down to earth, and feedback is always positive. Creative Optimistic Visions was awarded trainer of the year in 2015 by our national body, the Protective Behaviours Consortium with whom we are the only endorsed protective behaviours practitioner in Coventry and Warwickshire. We know this stuff is tricky and hard. We give staff and children and young people the confidence to cope so that, until victimisation and abuse ends, they have the means to speak out. What we stand for...

We are well grounded and hands-on. The difference we make is in real life. We know people we work with see us as down-to-earth and approachable. After all, our credibility is in helping people cope with things, however small, or awful. Because of this we must speak out and share our stories so that we’re heard and inspire confidence. We want our confidence to be infectious, helping others speak out, too. And just like our name, we believe we can only change things if we’re imaginative and positive, working for brighter futures, adapting what we do to help us reach as many people as possible. Until victimisation and abuse ends, we’ll give staff, and children and young people the confidence to cope. The dream is big, and with determination and hard work, COV will strive promote personal safety with a practical down to earth approach. Our projects incorporate a simple, flexible and effective approach, which is inclusive and accessible to everyone. As a result, our learners empower themselves in making safe and positive life choices, and will also have the knowledge to locate and use appropriate further knowledge during their life journeys. We also offer the Protective Behaviours Foundation Level training course for people who work with vulnerable adults, young people and children so they can practice Protective behaviours within their work. After completing this course, professionals will walk away with strategies they can apply to make their own lives and relationships safer and happier. For more information on anything to do with COV, whether it be course information, working with us perhaps, please do not hesitate to look at the website or contact us at [email protected]

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at our page, it is very much appreciated.

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06/08/2026

🌻 A moment for the allotment aesthetics please 👏

Our young people have been enjoying the sun, caring for our crops and snapping some shots with our polaroid camera for the allotment scrapbook 📔 📸

There’s still time to join us for the next session... free, welcoming, and open to ages 10–16. Sign up using the link in our bio!

05/08/2026

🌻 A moment for the allotment aesthetics please 👏

Our young people have been enjoying the sun, caring for our crops and snapping some shots with our polaroid camera for the allotment scrapbook 📔 📸

There's still time to join us for the next session... free, welcoming, and open to ages 10–16. Sign up using the link in our bio!

03/08/2026

🍓 Halfway through summer, and the allotment's coming along nicely.

If your child hasn't joined us yet, there's still plenty of summer left. This week's session is a great time to start. No experience needed, just curiosity and some good footwear!

📍 Lakeview Allotments, Coventry
🕒 3pm–5pm
👥 Ages 10–16

Sessions continue every Monday to 24th August. Sign up here:
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxlf6sjn-Z8aeC8mRAMNY1XDyPq0r32DKPl1KmaAP4Gv2_7A/viewform?usp=header

31/07/2026

Summer HAF ☀️ Completed it ✅

Through out Holiday Activities and Food programme our young people have been to the seaside, hit the amusement parks, stayed active, eaten well and made friendships 💜 We had fun too 🤪

31/07/2026

One week to go until Fire in the Youth Open Jams and we cannot wait to see who walks through that door 🎙️🔥

If you know a young person who has been thinking about it, now is the time to make it happen. Come along, take the mic and sign up on the night. It really is that simple!

7th August | The Tin, Coventry | 5–9pm

Share this with a parent or young person who needs to see it and drop us a message with any questions 💜

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30/07/2026

Eyes. Last year's Fire in the Youth King. One piece of advice for any artist sitting on the fence right now. Just do it.

If the last few weeks of content hasn't convinced you, let him.

He's been where you are and he knows what's on the other side.
This is your last chance. One open jam left. 👑

7th August | The Tin, Coventry | 5–9pm

We'll see you there 🎙️💜

28/07/2026

A music video. A budget. A professional shoot. All because he showed up 🎬👑

Eyes talks about what it was like to win the chance to film his own music video through Fire in the Youth and what that opportunity meant for him as an artist.

This is what's waiting at the end of this journey. A real prize, a real production and something you can take with you long after the finals are done.

One open jam left. One chance to get in the room 🔥

7th August | The Tin, Coventry | 5–9pm

Come down, take the mic and make it count 🎙️

27/07/2026

🌱 Week two at the allotment!

Last Monday, young people got stuck into life at Lakeview Allotments and we'd love to see even more faces this week.

Every session is a fresh chance to try something new: planting, weeding, exploring the wildlife that calls the allotment home, and spending time outdoors with friends.

Free and open to ages 10–16, every Monday, 3pm–5pm, until 24th August.

Sign up here: 🔗
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxlf6sjn-Z8aeC8mRAMNY1XDyPq0r32DKPl1KmaAP4Gv2_7A/viewform?usp=header
(Parental consent required to join.)

25/07/2026

📅 Save the dates! Our free summer allotment sessions for young people aged 10–16 run every Monday at Lakeview Allotments, Coventry, from 3pm–5pm.

🗓️ Monday 27th July
🗓️ Monday 3rd August
🗓️ Monday 10th August
🗓️ Monday 24th August

Come along to as many sessions as you like! Sign up using the link in our bio! 🔗

Please note, young people require parental consent to take part due to elements of risk.

24/07/2026

Want to know how to get your young person into Fire in the Youth? It starts here 👇

The next Open Jam is on 7th August at The Tin, Coventry, 5–9pm and it's the gateway into this year's programme.

They come along, take the mic, show us what they've got and if they want in, they sign up on the night. Simple as that.

No auditions, no pressure, just a chance to perform, meet other young creatives and take the first step toward something really exciting 🎙️🔥

If you know a young person aged 14–24 with a passion for music or performing, this is the one to share. Tag a parent or friend who needs to see this 💜

Drop us a message with any questions, we're always happy to chat.

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Telephone

+442476445439

Website

http://www.creativeoptimisticvisions.co.uk/

Address

213 Walsgrave Road
Coventry
CV24HH