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Richard Wilson, Good Help founder
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“My involvement made me feel encouraged, connected and empowered to be an initiator in our city.”
“I am in awe of their collective minds and hopeful hearts. Grapevine is a power house.”
“I feel more connected to Ball Hill. I feel part of a community that is taking action. I feel a greater sense of pride.”
Respiratory disease – particularly pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia – is one of the biggest causes of death among autistic people and people with a learning disability living in Coventry and Warwickshire. LeDeR (learning from lives and deaths report) is an NHS England service improvement programme for people with a learning disability and autistic people that […]
Read MoreThis week, Alex Hilton from Coventry sees all their hard work come to fruition with the launch of a sensory library for Coventry – primarily aimed at fellow autistic people, but open to all – inside the city’s Central Library. Items including noise cancelling headphones, weighted lap pads, fidget toys and sensory lights can now […]
Read MoreGrapevine has received confirmation from Coventry City Council that the proposed 45 per cent budget cut to our Help and Connect service for people with learning disabilities in the city will now not go ahead. News of the budget cut proposal came at the end of 2024 as the council began its public consultation process […]
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