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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 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 colourful front cover of a report about 30 years of Grapevine featuring yellow, pink and purple pathways woven with photos over the decades. The title is 'Deep Social Change: The Grapevine Story. Three decades of Grapevine'.

28 January 2025

30 years of Grapevine! Here’s our story of deep social change
A blog cover shows a photo of a collection of people's concerns about air quality in their neighbourhood displayed on a wall.

9 October 2024

New Connecting for Good report reveals impact and learning from shifting power to communities

1 October 2024

Organising Change blog series: The power of facilitative leadership
A man wearing a green parker coat with his whole face covered by a giant nose mask, spreads his arms wide as crowds behind him look on and smile.

24 September 2024

Organising Change blog series: The glitter and the glue
A colourful handmade placard on cardboard reading 'Power to the People' is held high in front of some trees and a grey sky.

17 September 2024

Organising Change blog series: How we organise change in this place at this time
A white woman with bobbed brown hair and glasses and wearing a black dress speaks on stage at a podium into a microphone. She is Clare Wightman.

18 July 2024

Grapevine CEO awarded Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University

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