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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
Hands hold a cardboard sign in the air at a protest that reads: "The climate is changing, why aren't we?"

17 March 2026

The Climate Consensus isn’t broken — but the way we’re doing it might be
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
A sketch by local Coventry artist Paul Chokran of protestors with placards and megaphones. The placards say: protect the vulnerable, care not cuts, say no to cuts and take action now.

16 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: How we fought local budget cuts to voluntary sector support… and won
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
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
Volts shown on a gauge. Image by Thomas Kelley on Unsplash.

6 November 2024

How do we shift the dial on health inequalities?

1 October 2024

Organising Change blog series: The power of facilitative leadership

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