Rural Working Group - Objectives

To develop, in co-ordination with PALC and Peterborough City Council, a long-term and sustainable framework for engaging the rural communities within the area of the Peterborough unitary authority that

• Helps parish councils and councillors understand the wider regional and national strategic agenda
• Provides a meaningful role for parish councils and councillors in taking forward Peterborough’s Community Strategy and ensures that the rural voice is heard and respected
• Provides a forum for monitoring that the rural communities benefit from that growth agenda
• Provides a cluster within which individual parishes can work together to build their parish plans
• Provides a coherent framework through which partners can engage with the rural communities
• Helps support Peterborough’s overall community cohesion strategy agenda and community engagement work
   

To support long-term capacity building within the rural communities in order that they may meaningfully play an active role in this framework

• Working with PALC and Peterborough City Council to link together other initiatives designed to engage with and build capacity in the rural communities to avoid duplication and ensure a coherent and joined up approach across all partners and partnerships (both local, regional and national)