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An illustrated map of Coventry city centre laid out on a table with people around it adding post-its to the map. An orange one reads, "hot spots".

3 November 2025

Grapevine at 30: We need equal collaboration if we are to make a sea change with our communities
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
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.

18 September 2025

Building trust, hope and agency in a time of conflict and fearmongering
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 group of six, smiling young disabled people - two of them, wheelchair users - pose for a team photo outdoors in front of a multi-coloured mural of a face on a brick wall. They are members of Coventry Youth Activists.

7 July 2025

CYA Playbook launch event: Creating bold, joyful change with young disabled people
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
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
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

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