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Shifting power

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
A photo shows three books piled on a table with a potted plant in the background. On their spines it spells out, "Words have power". A purple badge next to the pile explains that this work has been co-produced by Grapevine experts by experience.

2 April 2025

Improving the language we use around neurodivergence for World Autism Awareness Day
A young white man with dark hair, beard and glasses wears a light blue t-shirt as he sits on his sofa under a blanket coughing into his hand and holding his chest with the other. A purple logo on the image says, "Easy read by Grapevine Experts By Experience."

20 March 2025

Grapevine experts by experience help produce new pneumonia guidance for people with learning disabilities
A group gathers inside the library for a publicity photo holding various sensory items available to loan and smiling for the camera.

5 March 2025

Alex brings personal experience to turn idea for sensory library into a reality
A young blonde woman wears a red bow in her hair and holds a microphone as she addresses doctors and nurses on a training course.

18 December 2024

Learning disabled experts by experience train more than 2,000 NHS staff on better care for them and their peers
Two young boys wearing rucksacks use a zebra crossing to cross a residential road at sunset. The words say, Stoke Aldermoor Road Safety Campaign.

20 November 2024

Campaigners open up about dangerous driving in Stoke Aldermoor to encourage more to sign road safety petition
A section of flipchart paper covered in brightly coloured writing with ideas on the aims of the Need The Loo campaign in Coventry. Taken at a Collaboration Station monthly ideas night.

19 November 2024

Coventry’s Need The Loo campaign calls for change on World Toilet Day
Volts shown on a gauge. Image by Thomas Kelley on Unsplash.

6 November 2024

How do we shift the dial on health inequalities?
A black woman wearing a red tracksuit, bumbag and a big smile makes two peace signs with her hands on top of a hill in the Peak District on a sunny day with other walkers behind her. She is Dorothy from Waka Waka Fitness.

17 October 2024

Putting people in the lead of improving their lives and their communities – Dorothy’s Waka Waka story

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