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A white man and a white woman crouch on the floor at Collaboration Station Coventry, talking through a series of post-it ideas laid out across the floor. Others sit and listen.

“My involvement made me feel encouraged, connected and empowered to be an initiator in our city.”

Connecting for Good movement changemaker

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“I am in awe of their collective minds and hopeful hearts. Grapevine is a power house.”

Stephanie Wong, founder of Act Build Change

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“You are everyone’s favourite community organisers because you begin and end with a deep love for those around you and the community you work in.”

Mohammed Afridi, Civic Power Fund
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Welcoming Lucy and Grace to our team

We have welcomed two new members to our Grapevine team in recent weeks and we thought you’d like to meet them! First we have a new Senior Operations Officer, Lucy Gilbert, who joins us from working in the NHS and more recently as a Lived Experience Lead for a community interest company called Neurodiverse Connection. […]

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Our organisational response to the Timms Review of PIP

In early May, we hosted a joint public consultation event with Central England Law Centre at the city centre’s Belgrade Theatre to help us gather anonymous experiences from Coventry people receiving the health and disability benefit ‘PIP’ (Personal Independence Payment). The PIP benefit helps people with the additional day-to-day living costs of having a disability […]

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Working with the media — our guide to getting the best out of interviews

We are often approached by the media for interviews and comment about our work and on issues affecting people and communities. Here, we set out our guidance on facilitating positive interview opportunities for the media — sharing stories in a way that protects, rather than harms, people we are working with. We’d like accessibility to […]

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