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Citizen Power Peterborough People. Create. Change. Jocelyn Cunningham Director of Arts and Social Change 21st century enlightenment

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21st century enlightenment “ We’re all in it together, whether we like it or not” Peterborough resident

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21st century enlightenment Before Citizen Power 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

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<ul><li>S </li></ul>Starting from where you are at

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Citizen Power Peterborough Building the conditions for action in partnership with the citizens of Peterborough Peterborough City Council Arts Council, East RSA

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Citizen Power in action Arts and Social Change <ul><li>Arts and Social Change </li></ul><ul><li>Exploring how creativity and arts can be used to build attachment, participation and innovation </li></ul><ul><li>at the community level </li></ul><ul><li>Three examples of cross sector working: </li></ul><ul><li>Dialogue in Action </li></ul><ul><li>Context Matters </li></ul><ul><li>Take Me To </li></ul>

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<ul><li>‘ We believe that a stronger civil society lies in the experiences shared by a community and the opportunity for everyone to get involved, and that participating in the arts, crafts or cultural activities is often a first step towards greater civic engagement.’ </li></ul><ul><li>Manifesto for the Arts </li></ul>arts, crafts or cultural activities is often a first step towards greater civic engagemen Manifesto for the Arts

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<ul><li>Principles of engagement </li></ul><ul><li>Avoiding ‘projectism’ </li></ul><ul><li>Promoting conversations of possibility </li></ul><ul><li>Bringing together unlikely partners </li></ul><ul><li>developing the ‘we’ not the ‘I’ </li></ul>

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“ The shift we seek in the public conversation is from speaking about what others should do, to speaking into the possibilities that we as citizens have the capacity to create .” Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community; Peter Block

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<ul><li>www.citizenpower.co.uk </li></ul><ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul>