Clare Wightman

Oversight board, supporting the perspectives of disabled and neurodivergent people and supporters is embedded throughout the work, through lived experience.

Clare Wightman is Chief Executive of Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire, a community organisation working to “strengthen people, spark community action and shift power” across Coventry and Warwickshire. Earlier this year she received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Coventry University in recognition of her exceptional contribution to enhancing the lives and wellbeing of people and communities in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Clare has led Grapevine since the year 2000 and under her leadership, it has evolved from a charity advocating for individuals with learning disabilities into an award-winning organisation skilled in empowering Coventry and Warwickshire communities.  The group’s work has been profiled nationally and recognised as leading a new way of improving lives.