Our people

Grapevine’s power comes from the skilled and passionate people who live and breathe our mission everyday. They bring brilliance to our work.

Two women, one white and one mixed race, sit side by side in a cafe setting smiling for a photo and wearing slogan t-shirts. One says "Make it happen" and the other reads "I got this". They are Lynn and Naomi from Grapevine.
Lynn and Naomi from Grapevine.

We have a strong culture of helping people uncover their potential. This supports our team team to perform at its best by:

  • Being accountable to the people we serve
  • Having freedom and trust to do what is right
  • Support to stay true to people’s dreams
  • Trust and encouragement to make decisions autonomously
  • Support to be curious, exploratory and playful
  • Modelling and transmitting our key skills and beliefs
  • Comfort with uncertainty when necessary.
Members of our #WeAreGrapevine team
  1. Andrew Wood, Project Worker (Experts By Experience)
  2. Beverley Foster, Project Worker (Help and Connect)
  3. Cathy Allen, Finance Director
  4. Chloe Andrew, Community Organiser (Coventry Youth Activists)
  5. Claire Harvey, Communications Manager
  6. Clare Wightman, CEO
  7. Edwin Lukong, Community Organiser (Healthy Communities Together)
  8. Emma O’Brien, Project Worker (Health Team)
  9. Gemma Musgreaves, Community Organiser (Connecting for Good)
  10. Herbie Cullip, Project Worker (Health Team)
  11. Ian Webb, Sessional Worker (Teenvine Plus)
  12. Janet Doran, Programme Manager (Healthy Communities Together)
  13. Katie Baker, Office Manager
  14. Kirsty Baxter, Sessional Worker (Coventry Youth Activists)
  15. Kitty Wright, Project Worker (Help and Connect)
  16. Laura Fisher, Team Leader: Shifting Power
  17. Leonie Schmid, Community Organiser (Connecting for Good)
  18. Lynn Donovan, Advocacy Officer
  19. Mel Smith, Deputy CEO
  20. Melissa Smith, Community Organiser (Connecting for Good and Coventry Youth Activists)
  21. Michael Orji, Project Worker (Settle and Thrive)
  22. Michelle Lewis, Community Organiser in Warwickshire
  23. Michelle Reid, Project Worker (Help and Connect)
  24. Molly Gillespie, Team Leader: Strengthening People and Community Organiser (Coventry Youth Activists)
  25. Naomi Madden, Director of Projects
  26. Paul Kedwards, Project Worker (Teenvine Plus Next Steps)
  27. Rose Gicovi, Project Worker (Help and Connect)
  28. Sarah Grove, Project Worker (Teenvine Plus)
  29. Sophie Stone, Project Worker (Experts by Experience)
  30. Suzie Crowter, Senior Project Worker (Experts by Experience)
  31. Thomas Baker, Sessional Worker (Teenvine Plus)