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Photo of the bottom half of two people using wheelchairs in a street. A red and white traffic cone has tape attached either side to hold the disabled people back behind the line. Credit: Coventry Youth Activists.

24 June 2026

Social media ban for under 16s will cause more harm than good for disabled people, say Coventry Youth Activists
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
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
Close up photo of a hand holding a paper copy of the government easy read Timms Review of PIP guide.

1 June 2026

Our organisational response to the Timms Review of PIP
A photo of the view behind a TV camera as an older white woman is interviewed seated and surrounded by wooden bookshelves filled with books on either side of her. Image by Sam McGhee on Unsplash.

26 May 2026

Working with the media — our guide to getting the best out of interviews
Photo of a garden bench in the sunshine with two dinosaur patterned cushions, a silver laptop and a white mug resting on it. Image by Ryunosuke Kikuno in Unsplash.

25 March 2026

Person-centred advocacy helps Bengy navigate disability benefits changes to retain his independence
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
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

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