Benedict Dellot's Blog (7)

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As some of you may be aware, we've recently been asking people in Peterborough to name those who they would consider to be 'ChangeMakers' (key people in the city who can help to address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing Peterborough). We used what we call a 'snowball sampling method' whereby we contacted all of those of were named as ChangeMakers and asked them for their own suggestions of ChangeMakers, and so on for a number of survey…

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Hello all,

For those of you who may be unaware of the ChangMakers strand of Citizen Power, the aim of this particular project is to identify the people in Peterborough who are driving positive change and improving the city. More specifically, the idea is to help the council's new 'Single Delivery Plan' (a strategic plan to address particular challenges the city if facing) by locating the people who are already doing brilliant work in each of the areas that have been…

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For those of you who are often involved in community activities, from being a school governor to attending neighbourhood groups, have you ever considered the reasons why you got involved and what might prevent other people in similar situations from doing so? Is it all about time and willingness, or does people's ability to get stuck into improving their local area run much deeper than that?

These are some of the questions we're exploring in the civic health strand…

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I've just been forwarded this information on a project that Mass Observation are running. See below. Could be useful for anyone out there interested in sharing their memories and stories about life in Peterborough:



The MOCO project (www.mocoproject.org.uk) is inviting community groups to participate in an exciting nation-wide history-making… Continue

Hi all,

Just an update to let you know that this week we're publishing the report covering the scoping research for the Citizen Power project. It's the first report from the RSA, PCC, Arts Council partnership and begins to lay out a strong vision for Peterborough and how the Citizen Power project will work towards building upon the city's achievements.

The first chapter looks at what a future model of active citizenship might look like while Chapter 2 covers…

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Just an update of this week for everybody.

As you can see, we've added a quick video clip of the project and it's aims and aspirations. It would be great if you could comment and let us know what you think. Sam Mclean, director of the project, has also written a piece for Progress on what active citizenship might look like in light of financial pressures and likely cutbacks to public services. You can view this at the bottom of the main page.

Watch out…

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The RSA today launches Citizen Power: Peterborough, a unique and exciting partnership that aims to create active citizenship within Peterborough through the development of new pathways for people to participate in their local area and shape their communities.

Working in collaboration with Peterborough City Council and the Arts Council East, the Citizen Power project will span two years and be made up of a number of programmes based…

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