We've all seen over the past year how brilliant the people in our local places are. We believe that working with and alongside citizens is the best way to make the places where we live, work and play better. That’s why we would love you to be part of a pair of upcoming workshops. We'll be asking: How can more people come together to make local places better?

Lots of the people who have participated in our workshops so far have been doing all sorts of great things in their community for some time. Now, we’re particularly interested in hearing from more people who have only got involved quite recently, and who have a story about this to share.

Who should take part

Did you...

• get involved in a local group or organisation for the first time during the past year or so?
• feel less confident about getting involved at first, but have become more confident over time?
• maybe not know just how much you had to offer your community until you got involved?

If any of this sounds familiar, we'd love to hear from you. You'll be helping us to understand how we can enable more people to take that first step.

These workshops for Kirklees citizens are an opportunity to meet with other local people to look to the future. It’s a bit of an experiment for us. But what we know for sure is that now, more than ever, we want to work together in our local places.

Please come and share your experiences, listen to other people's stories and make new connections. Together we’ll improve our understanding of how we can measure people’s confidence in their own ability to change things in our local places - to have influence as active citizens.

How to take part

You will take part in two workshop discussions. You can register now for the first of these sessions:

• Monday 29th March, from 2pm to 4pm

We’ll arrange the second session with you the following week.

The workshops will be online via Zoom video call. They will involve a mixture of activities and small group discussions. It’s a safe environment and everyone will have a chance to talk.

You’ll need a computer or tablet and  internet access to take part. We'll share a simple guide before the session. We can also offer technical help in advance of the workshops if you'd like.

Please let us know if you need some accessibility support (such as live captioning, audio descriptions or large text resources).

Email: info@newcitizenship.org.uk

About us

The workshops will be run by Kirklees Council’s Democracy team and an organisation called the New Citizenship Project, who are supporting this work.

We’re doing this because we want everyone to feel able to make our local places better. You’re an important part of figuring out how we do that. You’ll be making sure that the voices of citizens are clear in everything we do.

Find out more about our work