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Shifting power

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
A blog cover shows a photo of a collection of people's concerns about air quality in their neighbourhood displayed on a wall.

9 October 2024

New Connecting for Good report reveals impact and learning from shifting power to communities

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

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