Continental Star F.C. and Coen Quality Building Interiors are delighted to announce sponsorship support for Continental Star FC for the 2010/2011 season.

The sponsorship arrangement is being largely funded via the community enterprise support service, Leaps and Bounds.

The tie-up comes at a crucial time for both organisations. Continental Star F.C.are pressing forward on all fronts in 2011, with notably projects including the ‘Second Strike’ work experience/employment project in Lozells/Newtown and the Holfrod Drive Community Sports Hub in Perry Barr.

Likewise, Coen, under new management are growing again into new areas of business such as External Building Facades, Render systems, Screeding, Insulation and so on. Coen are rapidly developing a focus on Social Housing construction projects in the City.

CSFC
Continental Star is a unique Sport and Community Club located in the West Midlands. The club has its roots in central Birmingham and has branched out hugely in recent years from its original focus on football. Today, Continental Star is a Social Enterprise and a registered charity that seeks to help those within the community that are often marginalised and considered by others as hard to reach. The Club now offers a range of community services in addition to a growing portfolio of sports activities.

Coen Quality Building Interiors

J Coen Ltd are a reputable plastering, dry-lining and building interiors Contractor formed in 1968. With a new management team in place in 2010, we are taking a fresh and vibrant approach to our construction activities. We are building on our excellent reputation for quality & service, focusing now on key areas such as lean construction, health and safety and low carbon technologies.

Coen specialise in Plastering and Dry-Lining Partitioning, Metal Stud Partitioning / Framing, Wet Plastering / Float and skim, Insulation installation, Render application, Screed application, Coving, Specialist Cornice Coving, Suspended Ceiling installation, Lining of Timber Frame dwellings

Leaps and Bounds

Leaps and Bounds is an organisation which backs Community Enterprise ideas to deliver sustainable community regeneration. Communities in Britain are alive with great ideas and vision, whether in education, sport, the arts or environmental projects. Sometimes though, it can be difficult to get ideas off the ground. As an individual or small organisation, funding can be difficult to find, time is short and administration requires a lot of skill and expertise.

Weblinks

www.continentalstarfc.co.uk             lincoln.moses@continentalstarfc.co.uk
www.jcoen.co.uk                                 paul.little@jcoen.co.uk
www.leapsandbounds.info                               info@leapsandbounds.info

Quotes:
Lincoln Moses MBE, General Manager, CSFC “We are delighted to be linked to an established midlands business such as Coen, particularly when we are getting involved in regeneration work such as at Holford Drive Perry Barr and in the Newtown area.”

Paul Little, Managing Director, Coen “We are excited to be supporting such an innovative charity like CSFC and are looking forward to teaming up with CSFC on the Second Strike Work Experience/Apprenticeship programme. We are also looking forward to seeing how we can help achieve the Community Sports Hub regeneration project in Perry Barr”

Henry Woodlock, Founder, Leaps and Bounds " Leaps and Bounds is all about match-making; linking community entrepreneurs with business entrepreneurs. In this case we have a great match and i’m sure both organisations will benefit hugely. That’s why we are part funding the sponsorship arrangement.

Coen are working together with a Wolverhampton based Judo club to give their community centre a new lease of life.  EWI provides excellent thermal performance for facades and provides a robust render finish ensuring this building is in use for future generations and also provides a much needed environmental upgrade to the facility.

Coen brings quality interiors to famous pub landmark

Coen is currently working with Bullock Construction and Optima Housing Association, to provide 30 new housing units at the well known Firebird site on Pershore Road in Birmingham. This represents our first project with Optima and we look forward to providing the trademark Coen quality. The homes achieve Level 3 Code for Sustainable Homes compliance and are provided with Solar Panels linked to fee-in tariffs.
The site – The development is being built on a brownfield site on the Benmore estate between Bristol Road and Pershore Road near a major gateway into Birmingham city centre. It was the location of the Firebird Pub, which had remained empty and derelict for a number of years. The site will be developed for affordable housing.

The scheme – A mix of two bedroom apartments, two, three, four and five bedroom family houses. The overall design aims to create a mixture of housing options for social rent, whilst maintaining an attractive outlook for existing residents in the area.

Credits:

• Housing Association – Optima Community Association
• Architect – Walker Troup Architects
• Main Contractor – Bullock Construction

Coen have achieved accreditation for the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS). This is a health and safety pre-qualification assessment to a nationally recognised and accepted threshold standard and demonstrates another milestone in the progress of the Coen business.
 
For details of the scheme please refer to www.chas.gov.uk