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Inside a cafe, groups of people at round tables sit clapping as several speakers stand at the front of the room talking about their ideas for community led change in Coventry. This is Collaboration Station.

26 March 2024

Dreaming big about community leadership and community centres of the future
A trolley containing rolls of faux grass and handmade placards is pulled across Coventry city centre for a Grapevine parklet.

7 August 2023

This one thing has changed my community organising practice… and other stories
Post it, pebbles and slices of natural wood spread out on a floor with messages and ideas written on them from Feburary 2023's Collaboration Station.

19 April 2023

Community organising: Balancing the big hairy goal with small smooth steps
A young women with long hair wears a hat and sunglasses and holds a board covered in post-it note ideas from the community.

21 March 2023

Community organising: theory in practice in Coventry’s Ball Hill
Lego figures using various tools on a table in a conference room.

28 February 2023

In community organising, money is not our language of resource… people power is
Two women greet each other warmly inside a coffee shop hosting Collaboration Station. The woman on the left with short blonde hair and a peach coloured shirt is Gemma from Connecting For Good Cov. The text on the image reads: "We are open as a team that we don’t have the answers, we don't always get it right and we can’t do it alone."

13 February 2023

Grapevine community organisers sharing their insights with over 100 million people
A quote in white text on a purple background from the Relationships Collective reads: A belief in the importance of relationships is the ideas that connects us. A determination to make relationships better is the commitment that drives us. In all that we do, we value collaboration, kindness and constructive challenge."

8 February 2023

“It all starts with being more human.” Mel Smith joins national Relationships Collective
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