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Thanks to all of those ChangeMakers who made it to the first meet-up earlier this week.

Among other things, we used the ‘open space’ discussion to talk about:

• The CSR Forum developing in the city and how this could link in with the existing efforts of businesses and volunteer groups, for instance the Rotary Club and Churches Together.

• Peterborough in Transition, a new project being spearheaded by The Green Backyard and…

Hello all,

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…

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…

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…