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Method of working based on the principle of Appreciative Inquiry

We would really like to involve our readers/ colleagues to be involved in working with us to create the Southwark/Peckham we would most like to have. 

If you would like to, take a few minutes to answer these questions about Southwark/ Peckham. If it would help find someone else to ask you these questions.

Get them to really listen to what you have to say. Try asking them the same questions.

To answer on-line, please click here

  1. How long have you lived in Southwark/ Peckham ?
    Which community or communities do you belong to?
    What first brought your family to Southwark/ Peckham?
    What's it like for you to live in this community?
  2. When you think about the borough of Southwark, are there particular places or people or images that represent the borough to you?
  3. Thinking back over your Southwark/ Peckham memories, what have been high points for you as a citizen of this area?
  4. Why did these experiences mean so much to you?
  5. How would you describe the quality of life in Southwark/ Peckham today?
  6. What changes in the area would you most like to see?
    What do you imagine your own role might be in helping to make this happen?
    Who could work with you?
  7. How do you imagine Southwark/ Peckham as you would most like it to be a generation from now.
    What is it like?
    What do you see and hear?
    What are you proudest of having accomplished?
  8. As you think back over these questions, what images stand out for you as capturing your hopes for this borough's future?
  9. What do you think would be an effective process for getting people across the borough talking and working together on behalf of Southwark/ Peckham's future?
    Whom would you want to draw into a Southwark/ Peckham conversation?

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Copyright  Imagine Southwark/ Imagine Peckham 2002 updated 11 November 2002