Win a £500 award to make Peterborough a greener place!

Do you or your community group have an idea that could make Peterborough a greener place? Or perhaps you’d like to do something, but aren’t sure what?

Citizen Power, Peterborough in Transition and PECT are holding a competition to help people like you develop ideas, find others to work with, get expert advice and win money to get your idea off the ground.

We’re particularly interested in ideas that fall into these themes: Energy, Food, Travel & Waste – but we’re open to other ideas too!

The competition is a two stage process, starting with a half-day workshop at The Green Backyard (see below for address) on Saturday 3rd March between 10:00am and 4:00pm. During this workshop we’ll help you meet others interested in the same idea, and match you with expert mentors who can help you refine your idea.

You’ll then have two or three weeks to develop your idea, before a second event from 6pm on Friday 23 March at the Brewery Tap (for more information, visit http://www.citizenpower.co.uk/events/project-dirt-launch). At this event you’ll have the chance to describe your project to a panel of experts who will decide which projects can receive a £500 grant.

To win money for your idea, you or a representative from your group will need to be able to come to both of these events. Because we want to give everybody a chance to win funding, we’re unable to accept people who have taken part in previous Citizen Power funding workshops – sorry!

We have limited places, so you need to register if you’re interested. To register or just find out more, email jamie.young@rsa.org.uk with a little bit of information about you or your community group, or telephone 020 7451 6935. Get in touch!

The Green Backyard is on the corner of London Road and Oundle Road, opposite the Peterborough United football ground. Further directions are on their website: http://www.thegreenbackyard.com/directions

(Image courtesy of Richard Reynolds at www.guerrillagardening.org/)