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An illustration by artist and community organiser Melissa Smith shows all different kinds of people across the top holding aloft placards and megaphones against a sunrise with the words 'systemic change' in orange and brown. Below, "the collective power of a thriving ecosystem united across Coventry" is depicted as interlocking pentagons of a bee hive. Pentagons include purpose, connected, inclusive and self organised.

15 April 2025

New staff blog: Community organising to nurture an ecosystem in Coventry

1 October 2024

Organising Change blog series: The power of facilitative leadership
A man wearing a green parker coat with his whole face covered by a giant nose mask, spreads his arms wide as crowds behind him look on and smile.

24 September 2024

Organising Change blog series: The glitter and the glue
A colourful handmade placard on cardboard reading 'Power to the People' is held high in front of some trees and a grey sky.

17 September 2024

Organising Change blog series: How we organise change in this place at this time
A sketch outlines a brain in black pen that is splattered with multi-coloured paint. The bold white text on black says 'Celebrating different minds'.

21 March 2024

“Our reasonable adjustments framework has been endorsed and I’m delighted!”
Bold yellow and black stripes across the top of blog post title that says Road Safety Campaign in Stoke Aldermoor, Coventry.

15 February 2024

Stoke Aldermoor road safety campaign gathers speed
Lego figures using various tools on a table in a conference room.

28 February 2023

In community organising, money is not our language of resource… people power is

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