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Three middle-aged white women in the foreground of an outdoor shot with a crowd behind. They are smiling and talking over a walk and talk plan.

9 September 2026

Sparking Community: One spark crafts kindness across a whole city
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
Advert to join Coventry and Warwickshire's first Loo Alliance. Pink, yellow and purple writing asking for local businesses, businesses, workers, planners, developers, campaigners, volunteers, event specialists, parents, carers and all local people to join. Accompanied by a group photo of supporters at our World Toilet Day event in Coventry city centre in November 2025.

21 July 2026

Community organising in action: What if finding a toilet determined whether you could leave your home?
Kaz and Tim, a white woman and a white man, wear casual outdoor clothes to pose for a photo in a city centre community garden with the brick wall of a cottage, allotment beds and a tower block in the background.

16 June 2026

Nation of Neighbours report: Coventry’s local leaders plant seeds of hope and change
A black and white blog banner with photos of Grapevine community organisers Priya and Ari welcoming them to the team.

2 March 2026

Welcoming new community organisers Ari and Priya to our team
Orange and blue text banner advertising World Toilet Day and the Need the Loo event on 19 November in Coventry. Logos for different organisations involved are also shown.

13 November 2025

Coventry celebrates community-led change on World Toilet Day
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
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

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