Putting residents and communities at the heart of the conversation
Open for comments from 14 February to 26 March 2023.
We have launched the Our Cambridge programme which aims to build a better, more efficient and sustainable council for the future.
As part of this we want to think about how we work together with partners, our residents and communities to help everyone in the city live safe, happy and healthy lives.
To make sure we can achieve this, we’re putting residents and communities at the heart of the conversation and asking you to tell us about the things that are really important to you.
This will help to build that picture for the future and help define our future role in ensuring Cambridge continues to be a great place to live and work.
The initial phase of engaging with residents to shape that picture for the future will finish at the end of March 2023.
We will use all of the information to help us understand what’s important to our residents and communities.
Have your say
We want to know your thoughts on the things that will make your daily life safe, happy and healthy.
Thinking about how you live, work, and spend your leisure time in the city, what do you like and dislike about where you live and what you would do to change it.
Your feedback will help build that picture for the future.
We are talking to lots of people in Cambridge and this survey forms part of those conversations. Please take a few minutes to give us your thoughts, your views are very important.
The link to the survey is located under the "About" section.
You will also be entered into a draw to receive a £100 Love Cambridge Gift Card as a ‘thank you’ for taking part.
To find out about other ways that we are talking to residents as part of Our Cambridge programme, please visit the Council's website.
Next steps
We will collate the findings from the survey, focus groups and other conversations with the Community and publish the report on here at the end of May.
The purpose of all the conversations is to help build a shared picture for Cambridge and this will help to define our future role in ensuring Cambridge continues to be a great place to live and work.
Will be talking to our residents and communities on a range of subjects over the coming months and years as part of the Our Cambridge programme.
Phases
Findings shared and report published
Survey Outcomes Report
We would like to thank everyone who spared their time and attended the pop-up events and completed the survey. A link to the report can be found below.
The £100 Love Cambridge Gift card winner was a resident from Trumpington.
A big thank you also to council staff, community groups and partners who collaborated with Linda Thomas to support and deliver the community conversations.
Next Steps
- We will be sharing the findings with councillors and teams across the council so this can be used to inform future day-to-day operations.
- The findings will also be shared with a wide range of partner organisations so they can also consider this as part of their day-to-day operations and future work
- The insight will also feed into other projects within the Our Cambridge programme, including the projects that are considering what services we deliver and how.
- Alongside its companion piece the "State of the City" Report, the Cambridge rich picture will inform council and partner priorities. The State of the City report and dashboard is a data led research tool which will provide a picture of what Cambridge is actually like (through economic, social and environmental lenses), and how that changes over time. Together with our communities we will be able to see how close or how far Cambridge is to the ambitions captured through this engagement project and help us identify how we work together to make a difference.
- The final “State of the City” report and dashboard are due to be published in July 2023 and in the future should be updated as new data is released each year. We will be tracking the impact of the collective work that we and our partners are doing to help everyone in the city live safe, happy and healthy lives, knowing whether we're making a difference. We said at the outset that this engagement work was the starting point of the council working more collaboratively with residents and communities across Cambridge.
- The learnings from the project will help to build relationships for continued conversations that will help shape future priorities and outcomes for residents and communities.
Upcoming and ongoing events
Past events
Event date: March 25th, 2023 from 10:30 to 12:00.
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Event date: March 22nd, 2023 from 12:00 to 13:30.
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Event date: March 21st, 2023 at 18:00 to March 22nd, 2023 at 19:30.
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Event date: March 15th, 2023 from 18:00 to 19:30.
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