Video: Are Cambridge people unfriendly?

Smile – there’s a £1,000 cash prize up for grabs if you can help to make people in Cambridge friendlier.
Cambridge Rotary Club Cambridge member and local vet John Grieve is leading a campaign to encourage people in the city to smile more and say hello to others.
He has invited Cambridge students and residents to design a logo for the campaign, which is called MESSHing – Make Eye contact, Smile and Say Hello.
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Mr Grieve, managing partner of Cambridge Veterinary Group, said: “As a vet I know when you walk down the road with a dog people stop and talk to you. Other people I know say it’s the same when you have a baby in a pushchair. And friends who use wheelchairs say people often stop and have a chat with them too.
“It’s not the fact that people are unfriendly but many need such a trigger to interact.”
The logo design competition, which is sponsored by Cambridge Rotary Club,  Scotsdales Garden Centre,   Cambridge Veterinary Group and the builders’ merchant Ridgeons, will run until  February 21.
The winner will be announced on March 27 at Cambridge Rotary Club’s Guest Evening when the campaign will be officially launched.
But unofficially, the club has already started the campaign with a video survey in the city’s market square.
One man who took part said: “You can’t generalise about the population of an entire city, so we get a bit of everything, but I wouldn’t say that compared with some places we’re any ruder or any friendlier.”
Another said: “I think it’s great – I use shops where the people smile. It makes you feel more at home.”
The MESSHing logo will be used on posters and as a lapel badge.
Mr Grieve said: “It needs to be distinctive, a design that anyone would wear, and be recognisable from a distance of at least five yards so people can see it and have a few seconds to smile and say hello.
“The competition is open to all ages but college students and undergraduates are particularly being encouraged to design the logo. People who take part in the competition are allowed to put forward multiple designs.”
Badges will be sold for £2 each and the money will go to charities in the Cambridge area. To get an entry form, go to www.messhing.org.uk.
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