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Exterior photo of the Hagard Community Centre in Willenhall shows a white building against a blue sky with chalkboard signs outside offering free yoga and other activities to the community.

11 June 2026

Pride in Place: How to create the infrastructure for community-led renewal
Two women stand side by side looking towards a clear sky outside the green tiled walls of Grapevine. The brunette woman wearing glasses is Clare Wightman and the blonde woman wearing a patterned green dress is Mel Smith.

4 August 2025

Organising around hope: Grapevine’s community organising features in UCL Policy Lab summer magazine
Inside a cafe, groups of people at round tables sit clapping as several speakers stand at the front of the room talking about their ideas for community led change in Coventry. This is Collaboration Station.

26 March 2024

Dreaming big about community leadership and community centres of the future
Post it, pebbles and slices of natural wood spread out on a floor with messages and ideas written on them from Feburary 2023's Collaboration Station.

19 April 2023

Community organising: Balancing the big hairy goal with small smooth steps
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
A section of Melissa Smith's sketch notes from the Coventry Poverty Alliance with the words Time to Talk About Poverty in hand drawn speech bubbles.

12 December 2022

The cost of living and community power – Clare’s blog
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