Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire

Join us in making our people and communities fairer, stronger and more connected. Strengthening people, sparking community and shifting power #GrapevineAt30

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Community-led change is happening in Stockingford, Nuneaton. This Thursday (15 Jan) sees the first residents' meeting of 2026 at the Ford Community Centre 6pm. We're building community leadership, asking what change people would like to see and how they could help make it happen!

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LEADERSHIP GOALS 🙌 "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" (Eleanor Roosevelt). Young disabled campaigners from our @Covactivists have shared their proudest leadership moments and the kind of leaders they want to become 👉 https://t.co/higasV3FnD

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Thanks for reading our story in brief! Travel back to our beginnings as a drop-in centre for people with learning disabilities—learning how we've widened our net and methods—in our 30th anniversary story https://t.co/LuiKKJ2L8o And please get in touch to make change together. 7/7

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A warm welcome to 2026 from us, and a quick reintroduction to our work for followers new and old. We're a social action charity working alongside people and communities facing disadvantage in Coventry and Warwickshire—helping every life and community have the power to grow 💜 1/

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✊With systems—shifting power✊
Closing the loop, we work intensively with systems and services like the NHS and local authorities to understand issues together, shift power and solve the real problem, for good. We want to get to the root causes of our most difficult problems. 6/

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And finally our ✨DECEMBER✨ photo of people with learning disabilities hosting senior public health leaders at Grapevine, leading the meeting and sharing what they believe must change https://t.co/rLPRUektXm That's our Year in Photos done! Wishing everyone a peaceful break 🎄

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In September, health advocate Rishard walked 16 miles from Rugby to Coventry to raise awareness of barriers people with learning disabilities like him face when trying to access healthcare. This month, our H Team met with senior public health leaders to make change together. 1/

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✨NOVEMBER✨ Supported by our community organisers, Need The Loo campaigners marked #WorldToiletDay by bringing ideas for change together with local people, services and national charities to inform their next steps. Learn about the campaign here 🚽 https://t.co/2nHkMrm8N1

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✨OCTOBER✨ In Advocacy Awareness Week we shared Lilly's story, illustrating the theme of #AdvocacyWorks in a web of other Grapevine support. Lilly and her daughter were living in unsuitable temporary accommodation following a relationship breakdown. More https://t.co/7uSbsXowFC

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✨SEPTEMBER✨ The ‘Community Centre of the Future’ project, funded by @uniofwarwick, sees our community organising team reframing the conversation about Canley's shared spaces to reimagine the future use of its communal assets. Look out for news in 2026! https://t.co/p7dqw2TWXm

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We're completing our Year in Photos this Christmas Eve! Here's ✨AUGUST✨ and young people with SEND celebrating their 12 months on our Teenvine Plus intensive development programme with a summer camp out. More on how we are strengthening people 💪 https://t.co/Lki4ctpUEY

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OUR YEAR IN PHOTOS ✨ JULY ✨ Continuing our Christmas countdown! Our @Covactivists launched the CYA Playbook in July—a powerful, practical guide for anyone serious about creating bold, joyful change with young disabled people. Get your copy here ✊ https://t.co/iEidClUGLY

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@happyhealthycw @CWPT_NHS @coventrycc

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Our ✨JUNE✨ photo shows public health system leaders and workers hearing how the Healthy Communities Together partnership of NHS, local government, voluntary and community sector and residents has developed new ways of improving health together over the last four years. 1/

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What does our on-the-ground learning through HCT in Willenhall in Coventry bring to plans for a national ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’? We will find out in 2026! Read our evaluation reports and impact summaries here: https://t.co/7DzjESa0di 2/2

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Grapevine's Year in Photos ✨MAY✨ Here's our team at @BelgradeTheatre with the brilliant staff from @CE_LawCentre at the start of a day helping Coventry people affected by the government's proposed changes to disability benefits to respond to the consultation online or on paper.