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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
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
A colourful front cover of a report about 30 years of Grapevine featuring yellow, pink and purple pathways woven with photos over the decades. The title is 'Deep Social Change: The Grapevine Story. Three decades of Grapevine'.

28 January 2025

30 years of Grapevine! Here’s our story of deep social change
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 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
A colourful handmade placard on cardboard reading 'Power to the People' is held high in front of some trees and a grey sky.

17 September 2024

Organising Change blog series: How we organise change in this place at this time
A white woman with bobbed brown hair and glasses and wearing a black dress speaks on stage at a podium into a microphone. She is Clare Wightman.

18 July 2024

Grapevine CEO awarded Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University

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