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Welcoming new connector Lucy to the team

Community connectors working on Grapevine’s Help and Connect project in Coventry spend most of their time out and about getting to know the people they’re working with and building networks of support with them in their local area. So we thought it would be good to introduce a new face to the team and community! […]

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Taking the P! Community campaign wants better public toilet provision in Coventry

A Coventry campaign group is calling for better public toilet provision in the city centre after listening to people’s less than positive experiences. People, including members of the Need The Loo group itself, shared stories of avoiding drinking too much, shortening the time they spend in shops and feeling forced to buy refreshments in order […]

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Dreaming big about community leadership and community centres of the future

A new blog from our deputy CEO Mel Smith. Mel joined the first panel of March’s Restitch 2024, the social fabric summit, to share how we know social infrastructure matters and how we might build the growth of local people’s power and agency “into the walls” of reimagined community centres of the future. Mel’s blog […]

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