3. Getting started
21st century
enlightenment
3 month scoping study of local needs:
Extensive literature review
Local strategies and public opinion data
Academic and public policy research on place-shaping
Creative public participation approaches
Deliberative research
5 x workshops
Local people, community groups and third sector organisations
In-depth interviews
35 x discussions
Senior decision-makers across public and third sectors
5. Place of potential…
21st century
enlightenment
cultural
fast growing
diversity
city
reputation for environmental
sustainability
dynamic
committed to
leadership
change
6. … but with challenges
21st century
enlightenment
attachment to where
participation in
people live community life
trust + networks
public service innovation
between people
8. What are we doing?
21st century
enlightenment
Cultivating the conditions for citizen activism and
community power to flourish in order to:
Build on the potential of the city and its people
Overcome some of the challenges they face
Main funders: Peterborough City Council and Arts Council
England
10. Citizen Power in action
21st century
enlightenment
Sustainable Citizenship
Local people developing their own solutions to environmental behaviour
change and innovation
Building Recovery Capital
Establishing a recovery community that will help to initiate, support and
sustain recovery from substance misuse
Peterborough Curriculum
Peterborough designing their own curriculum, connecting what young people
learn in school with where they live and making education a community issue
Civic Commons
New forum bringing together citizens, leading local figures and high profile
speakers to inspire local civic action
11. Citizen Power in action
21st century
enlightenment
Arts and Social Change
Exploring how creativity and arts can be used to build attachment,
participation and innovation at the community level
Making Social Media Social
Transparent, open-source policy-making, and building new social networks
Civic Health Audit
A fresh approach and tool helping communities and places assess and
improve civic health in their area
12. Success factors / Project
21st century
challenges
enlightenment
Mass collaboration
Shifting culture
Maximising local assets +
Making sure innovation is
progress made
locally embedded
Long-term funding/
Local buy-in
Commitment
Citizens, community groups
and front-line workers
Strong local leadership
People focus
Cross-organisational
Drivers not passengers
Partnerships
Aligning priorities
