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A sketch by local Coventry artist Paul Chokran of protestors with placards and megaphones. The placards say: protect the vulnerable, care not cuts, say no to cuts and take action now.

16 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: How we fought local budget cuts to voluntary sector support… and won
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
A mixed race disabled man called Rishard smiles as he hold a piece of paper with the number 10 written on it on a canal towpath.

30 September 2025

Rishard’s Rugby to Coventry Walk—raising awareness of health inequalities he and other people with learning disabilities face
Stock photo by Linus Nyland on Unsplash shows two ripples on calm water and one splash.

1 May 2025

Grapevine at 30: The Power of the Ordinary
A large group of more than 50 people inside a historic Coventry hall look up and wave at a camera above them.

24 January 2023

Collaboration Station back with a bang in January!
City of Culture hosts dressed in Coventry Blue t-shirts hold a purple Being Human banner at the front of this section in the parade

16 May 2022

People, Power, Pride – Being Human in Saturday’s This Is The City parade
Balloons

13 October 2020

Our birthday’s a bit different this year…

28 September 2018

The power of six – social action plan making headway in Stoke Aldermoor
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