Peterborough Citizens

Yesterday and met with newly elected MPs Andrew Pakes and Sam Carling at .uk nation action for Votes for 16.

Along with other Citizens national chapters, everyone assembled at Westminster to commit to making votes a reality for 16yo.

If you're old enough to pay tax, you should be old enough to vote on how it's spent.

Yesterday over 70 Peterborough Citizens travelled to Methodist Central Hall Westminster to unite with .uk fellow chapters and meet with MP candidates for majority parties Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats.

Our leaders from spoke on stage and shared their action specific to

We heard testimony for all 8 sections of the and were wowed by performances from choirs, bands and collectives.

MP candidates and deputy leaders were asked to commit to specific tangible commitments on all 8 manifesto points such as Voter age, meeting with Citizens regularly, working to stop unfair wages, create healthy and affordable homes, etc.

It was a powerful and inspiring evening!

A reminder: Peterborough Citizens and Citizens UK are non partisan. We work with all those that have the power to make the change we wish to see.

To find a full list of candidates in your area visit gov.uk ...and don't forget to take valid ID when you in the this Thursday July 4th!

Yesterday the leadership team met with Conservative candidate Shailesh Vara to discuss our campaigns, manifestos and if elected how we can work together.

Senior leaders from our member institutions Chris Daliston Dean of , Andrew Macdermott from , Lee Mawby Principal representing Meridian Trust, Beckie McLellan co-founder , Scott Hudson CEO Thomas Deacon Education Trust, Jamie Jones Rachel Nichols from Inspire Education Group was unable to attend due to injury.

We also had Charlotte Akester, EDI lead from Inspire Education Group share stats from our It's Not Banter Campaign.

As well as Kelly Joiner Family Liason and Comminities Officer from share stats from our Housing and Homelessness Campaign with Daniella and Kason sharing testimony from their peers.

Shailesh committed to meet with us again if elected.

Yesterday the leadership team met with Labour candidates Sam Carling and Andrew Pakes to discuss our campaigns, manifestos and if elected how we can work together.

Senior leaders from our member institutions Chris Daliston Dean of , Andrew Macdermott from , Lee Mawby Principal representing Meridian Trust, Beckie McLellan co-founder , Scott Hudson CEO Thomas Deacon Education Trust, Jamie Jones Rachel Nichols from Inspire Education Group was unable to attend due to injury.

We also had Charlotte Akester, EDI lead from Inspire Education Group share stats from our It's Not Banter Campaign.

As well as Kelly Joiner Family Liason and Comminities Officer from share stats from our Housing and Homelessness Campaign with Daniella and Kason sharing testimony from their peers.

Both Sam and Andrew committed to work with us on these campaigns if elected.

Today we met with Peterboroughs Community Cultural Alliance to give leadership training in the methodology of community organising and relational leadership.

It was a really engaged day where we discussed relational power, legacy and why its so important for sustainability and to prevent burn out.

Leaders of their community left feeling "inspired", "validated", "energised" and "envigorated" and asking for more.

Did you know we do multiple trainings a year ranging from one day, to 6 day residentials? DM us to find out more.

A great day.

Yesterday we spent the day in University Cambridge for the One day Introduction to Community Organising Training.

Here members of and Cambridge citizens civic institutions are working out what the 5 Steps of Community Organising are and realising how important each step is, and how hard it is to choose an 'order'.

We do regular one day trainings in the methodology as well as 3 day and 6 day trainings for members and non‐members. Get in touch if you'd like to learn more about the methodology that is Broad Based Community Organising.

1 week today! Member institutions will be assembling to review our campaign updates and take action. Over 200 us due to attend so far... Are you coming? RSVP via link in bio!

Two weeks today member institutions






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Gather to review our progress and take action together on Homelessness and Housing, Racial Justice in Education, Celebrate Democracy and launch new events.

Will you be joining us?
Comment and RSVP in the link in bio.

Are you joining Peterboroughs people power alliance Peterborough Citizens this April 18th to review the progress have made so far?

Our 18 member institutions will assemble with local council, politicians and decision makers to review what we've achieved so far.

RSVP in link in bio.

One month today, on 18th April the citizens of Peterborough and 18 member institutions will assemble to review progress, updates and take action.

JOIN US to see what in action looks like.

LINK IN BIO or scan the QR code to RSVP

Today we were at for their celebration, hearing from inspirational women from across the workforce and local area.

We also learned that current research shows it would take 131 years to close the global gender pay gap!

There is so much more to do, we echo keynote speaker Nicky Padfield. Women supporting women is one of the many ways to move forward!

.eastern reached over 100 Peterborough Citizens at Peterborough City Hospital to Celebrate Democracy with !!

That's Day 1 of our Voter Registration Week!!

Be registered, ensure you have a valid ID for the upcoming elections. Valid ID will be required to vote when it's set.

Click the link in bio to register and find out more about ID

Next week is our Celebration of Democracy event where member institutions have pledged to enable 5000 citizens to register to vote!

Check out...



To see what they're doing throughout the week.

Did you know it takes 5mins to register to vote?

Did you know you can't vote if you're not registered and don't have a valid ID?

Register to vote now via the link in bio

March 4th marks Voter Registration Week here 18 member institutions will be helping their communities to register to vote.

DID YOU KNOW...

Research from the Electoral Commission suggests:​

8 million eligible voters may not vote at the next General Election because they didn't register to vote in time;​

Source: Electoral Commission – 2023 Report: Electoral Registers in the UK

We're pleased to share this open invitation to the racial injustice in schools campaign meeting.

Open to students, parents, and carers in Peterborough.

20th February 2024

Event📍ARU Peterborough, room 119 4:30-5:30

Yesterday Peterborough Citizens meet with AEPG the developers of the Showground site as part of our Housing and Homelessness campaign.

AEPG have committed to 30% affordable housing on the development and showed us there plans for wellness, leisure and community initiatives such as

Tune into tomorrow at 07.45 (103.2fm or ask your smart speaker to "Play PCR fm") to hear some of what was discussed.

Today we met Ellisha Soanes from to learn about the incredible and innovative work they do sharing local black hero stories and positive Black History education in schools.

This is an exciting new relationship as we learn from one and other to help support the Racial Justice in Education campaign locally and nationally.

We loved meeting our budding sister chapter over in Cambridge for their pre-founding assembly on 8th Nov. We're so excited to have a neighbour chapter and wish them all the best in their journey to founding!

Great day yesterday delivering our 1-day Intro to Community Organising training with leaders from Nene Park Trust, Inspire Education Group, PCVS, NEU Peterborough, Khadijah Mosque and ARU-P. Including truly excellent lunch from and being hosted by 😊😊

Today a team of local leaders also met with Andrew Pakes to represent the 15000 people across our member institutions and present our local campaign priorities and the .uk national agenda. Mr Pakes agreed to attend our accountability assembly in spring & to work with us, and thanked us for our campaign winning safety improvements in Central Park

Today, a team of local leaders met with Shailish Vara MP to represent the 15000 people across our member institutions and present our local campaign priorities and the .uk national agenda.
MP Vara agreed to work with us on exploring brownfield sites as potential spaces for more affordable homes

Yesterday our Racial Justice in Education campaign gathered to choose our ask and begin planning our strategy!
We started by celebrating the complexities of our intensities (pictured) and forming agreements for our campaign space to support us to show up as our whole selves.

Dear readers,

Please let me introduce myself.

My name is Kira Balogh (KB), currently a y12 student at Nene Park Academy and I’m working as one of your media interns within the organisation.
It has been five months now since my internship had begun and I can’t wait for the remaining fun interactions that we will have in the future through posts!

Hopefully I’m able to raise your attentions to not only our significant events, campaigns, and campaign groups but also to important news and stories that is worthy to be published and to stimulate your curiosity and engagement with us.

Therefore, I decided to share my experience from our Media Training event that took place last Thursday about effective storytelling & social media tips. The session was instructed by our senior: Aanisha Khan who was extremely wonderful, guiding us all the way through her presentation and telling us about her experiences whilst allowing us to learn great tips to develop our methods of reaching out to you as the public.

The quote above written by Arianna Huffington, perfectly encapsulates what I have felt throughout the training, and it could also act as a great advice to people who are interested in the field of media and press.

Furthermore, I would like to say thank you for not only our seniors who trained us but also to our dear readers who interact with us and assures our intern team that we are doing our jobs right. We may not be perfect since we still have a journey to go through, but hopefully it is enough for us to stimulate your curiosity and attention to our works in the future.

*One Day Only*
If you have experienced feeling unsafe in Peterborough, then join our research action event on the 6th of July and share it with us so that we can make an even greater change.
You won’t want to miss it!

Look out for further information as we will post more soon!

Tuesday leaders from our A&E mental health campaign held their closing dinner. Despite not achieving the win we had hoped for, the campaign team put in a huge amount of work.

“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be.”
― Pythagoras

The first half of Pythagoras’s quote presented above, perfectly encapsulates the hard work that the team has put into their campaign. Their result justifies the reality of the road to success, that it can be rough, but even the slightest change can influence a lot and propose positive outcomes in one way or another.

Tuesday, a delegation from Peterborough Citizens joined around 400 leaders from all over the UK for a national delegates assembly to hear the testimonies & votes on priority campaigns as part of our General Election strategy.

Organised people create organised power and as a result of that we are joining together to use that power for the common good across England & Wales!

Yesterday we held our first campaign training session , with over 55 people attending from 12 institutions! We are working on 3 different campaigns : Crime and Safety , Racism in Education and Homelessness and Housing. Each organising group shared important testimonies from those struggling with each of these issues. In addition a variety of people from each institution stepped up to become co-chairs and lead their campaigns! If you’re an institution member but couldn’t attend yesterdays meeting , contact one of the organisers or your Citizens lead!

55 people from 12 institutions turned out today to kick start our campaign teams!

The teams shared testimony and planned their research actions.

If you're in a member institution and want to join a campaign, but couldn't make it today, contact your Citizens lead or one of the organisers.