News from Peterborough City Council

Peterborough City Council is celebrating after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its recently revamped civic newspaper, Your Peterborough.

 

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the professional organisation for communications, shortlisted Your Peterborough in the publications category of the Local Government Excellence in Communications Awards 2008.

 

Councillor Matthew Dalton, the city council's cabinet member for customer focus and communications, said:  "This national recognition demonstrates the excellent work being carried out by the authority to communicate with its residents.  Your Peterborough provides people with up-to-date relevant information about the city and how the council is meeting its priorities. It also gives readers the opportunity to feed back their views and get involved."

 

Your Peterborough was recently relaunched in magazine format following consultation with local people.

 

Caroline Parsons, head of communications said: "This is a great achievement for the team and we have worked really hard to get to this position.  We received excellent feedback from our residents which confirms our decision to revamp Your Peterborough was the right approach to take."

 

The winners will be announced at the CIPR Local Government Awards in Bath on 17 October 2008.