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Advert to join Coventry and Warwickshire's first Loo Alliance. Pink, yellow and purple writing asking for local businesses, businesses, workers, planners, developers, campaigners, volunteers, event specialists, parents, carers and all local people to join. Accompanied by a group photo of supporters at our World Toilet Day event in Coventry city centre in November 2025.

21 July 2026

Community organising in action: What if finding a toilet determined whether you could leave your home?
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
A report cover with pink background with white cloud smudge and bold text that reads, "Impact Showcase: Experts by Experience Co-production service 2021 to 2025' alongside Grapevine 30 years logo.

27 August 2025

The impact of our four-year Experts by Experience Co-production Service: From influencing services to unexpected superpowers
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 group of six, smiling young disabled people - two of them, wheelchair users - pose for a team photo outdoors in front of a multi-coloured mural of a face on a brick wall. They are members of Coventry Youth Activists.

7 July 2025

CYA Playbook launch event: Creating bold, joyful change with young disabled people
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
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
Grapevine's staff team as at September 2019 smile and wave for a photo on a field in Coventry in the sunshine.

29 April 2025

Grapevine at 30: A new blog series to mark our latest milestone!
A young white man with dark hair, beard and glasses wears a light blue t-shirt as he sits on his sofa under a blanket coughing into his hand and holding his chest with the other. A purple logo on the image says, "Easy read by Grapevine Experts By Experience."

20 March 2025

Grapevine experts by experience help produce new pneumonia guidance for people with learning disabilities

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