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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
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
CYA, a group of young disabled people, are superimposed in front of Coventry council house which is set up for the day as a polling station with signs outside.

30 April 2025

Let’s Get Voting! Young disabled activists want voting to be more accessible

1 October 2024

Organising Change blog series: The power of facilitative leadership
A Save The Date invitation to Organising Change with Grapevine on 26 June 2024 in bold purple and pink letters. Images of people community organising, meeting, litter picking and creating campaign placards and the Grapevine logo are also seen.

17 July 2024

Event news – Grapevine’s UK gathering to talk relationships, power and organising change
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
Two people on a Zoom screen, both white and in their twenties. The man, James, has Down Syndrome and wears a dark collared T-shirt. The woman, Suzie, wears her blonde hair loose with a white sleeveless top.

6 July 2023

Meet James, co-chair of Coventry and Warwickshire’s Learning Disability Partnership Board #CoProWeek
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
Hands upright in unity artwork by Melissa Smith

12 November 2020

Where is the love? Summit 2.0
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