This summer, Engage Britain’s Reconnection Tour travelled the UK showcasing the power of community connection. Grapevine’s Connecting for Good movement against isolation welcomed the tour to Coventry on 2 July. More than 90 people showed up in the rain (of course, it’s summer!) to celebrate incredible local stories of connection, mutual support and people power. […]
For the first time since Connecting for Good began in Coventry in 2018, we are welcoming a team leader to work alongside our community organisers and further progress the movement’s aims of ending isolation and marginalisation in the city, reforming the system that allows it. Introducing Laura Fisher to Grapevine! Listen to or read her […]
The Connecting for Good Cov team, sparking community action and working for system change to combat isolation in Coventry, issued its latest newsletter this week. The bumper issue arrives just over three weeks ahead of Connecting for Good Cov’s city centre gathering to celebrate its achievements in the first three years of the National Lottery […]
When deputy head Jane Heavey of Riverbank Academy, Coventry approached our Connecting for Good team to work on loneliness and isolation with their young people, we jumped at the chance. Jane had attended our online summit to harness community spirit and turn it into community power during lockdown in 2020. Young people with learning […]
In the sixth, and penultimate, ‘How do we connect each other for good?’ blog series by Act Build Change and Connecting for Good Cov, Steph and Mel introduce a lesson on how we reflect as the movement moves and also the issue of boundaries. If we imagined community organising as a three-legged stool, reflection would […]
Last week marked the start of our Connecting for Good movement against isolation in Coventry. It’s been a busy few days since then so we’re taking a moment to reflect on the day and capture some of the great feedback, news coverage and photos. Click here to view the story so far on Wakelet. Read […]
Since late summer 2018, Grapevine has been growing a movement of 3,000 Coventry people connected by one powerful, shared purpose – to fight loneliness and isolation. Back at the start of our journey, we came together with an organisation called Act Build Change to develop a community organising methodology that would be the key to […]
Our CEO, Clare Wightman, will be a keynote speaker on Tuesday 6 February when national innovation foundation Nesta and social impact lab OSCA bring together practitioners, policy makers, thinkers and funders in London to launch the Good Help report. Major public service challenges – such as in social care, youth unemployment and long-term health conditions […]
Do you live, work or play in Ball Hill and the surrounding area? Are you concerned about poor air quality and the effects on your health and the environment? If so, you can get your voice heard at the Ball Hill Citizens Assembly or join our citizens jury and shape our recommendations! This post is […]