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Shifting power

A black and white blog banner with photos of Grapevine community organisers Priya and Ari welcoming them to the team.

2 March 2026

Welcoming new community organisers Ari and Priya to our team
A handmade sign on cardboard with bold painted letters saying POWER is held out by a white hand with people seen in the background.

26 February 2026

The promise of Pride in Place
Eight people (one whose face is obscured by a sun emoji) sit in a room at Grapevine with photos of the H Team on the wall. They are pausing for a photo during a meeting about health inequalities with three members of Coventry and Warwickshire's public health system.

17 December 2025

Senior health leaders meet our H Team to tackle health inequalities together
Orange and blue text banner advertising World Toilet Day and the Need the Loo event on 19 November in Coventry. Logos for different organisations involved are also shown.

13 November 2025

Coventry celebrates community-led change on World Toilet Day
An illustrated map of Coventry city centre laid out on a table with people around it adding post-its to the map. An orange one reads, "hot spots".

3 November 2025

Grapevine at 30: We need equal collaboration if we are to make a sea change with our communities
A handmade sign on cardboard with bold painted letters saying POWER is held out by a white hand with people seen in the background.

9 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: Growing power, confidence and possibility in our communities
View over a wooden slatted bridge with metal rails either side. At the end is a red lifebuoy and a path leading away into the trees.

6 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: Building solidarity across divides
A mixed race disabled man called Rishard smiles as he hold a piece of paper with the number 10 written on it on a canal towpath.

30 September 2025

Rishard’s Rugby to Coventry Walk—raising awareness of health inequalities he and other people with learning disabilities face
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.

18 September 2025

Building trust, hope and agency in a time of conflict and fearmongering

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