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A handmade sign on cardboard with bold painted letters saying POWER is held out by a white hand with people seen in the background.

8 September 2026

Grapevine strategy 2026-31
A young women with long hair wears a hat and sunglasses and holds a board covered in post-it note ideas from the community.

3 September 2026

New podcast: Building community power and community leaders who challenge the status quo
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
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
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 HCT sign in A board format stands in the sunshine outside a community centre in Willenhall, directing visitors inside for the event with an illustrated pointing finger.

30 June 2025

Grapevine at 30: ‘The how’ of public service reform and the power in place
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
A group of people and professional gather to chat around a table in Willenhall

10 November 2022

Empowerment of people in communities is the only way to shift inequalities
Looking up from the bottom of a brick walled well with a circle of sunlight at the top.

15 March 2022

We need to talk about Poverty

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