Solicitor at Bhatia Best Solicitors, Nottingham
"At Bhatia Best I come into daily contact with interesting people experiencing a range of difficulties. My resolution is to each day help at least one person to realise their own blessings, gifts or strengths. If that works just once it will be better than joining a gym and failing by January 8. I also resolve to learn to put up shelves and eat more fruit."
Communications and marketing manager, Notts Wildlife Trust
"Having spent the best part of 20 years promoting the trust's wonderful nature reserves, my aim in 2013, the trust's 50th anniversary year, is to visit as many of the reserves as possible. There are some I've not been to in years, and a number of relatively new sites I've not yet visited. I really must get out more and spend less time at my PC!"
President of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce
"In 2013, the Chamber will ensure that all local businesses get the support they need to create jobs, innovate, export, grow, prosper and stay ahead of the national curve. It will also keep pressure on the policy-makers to ensure they deliver on their promises to provide real help to business."
The sports coach, from West Bridgford, ran from Nottingham to London in four days last year and played tennis for 36 hours continuously in 2011
"My resolution would be to find a new challenge to raise money for charity. I'm looking at doing a couple of half iron-man triathlons, including one up Scafell Pike, but I'm looking for something which will capture the imagination."
Founder of charity When you Wish Upon A Star, which grants the wishes of seriously-ill children
"In the new year I want to continue the valuable work that we do at the charity and to keep fulfilling the wishes and dreams of sick children from Nottingham and other parts of the country."
Coordinator of the Clifton food bank, which is based at Hope Church, in Farnborough Road
"I don't really do new year's resolutions because I never seem to stick to them. But if I were to make one it would probably be to give up chocolate."
A pupil at West Bridgford School. The 17-year-old is a regular contributor to the Post's youth page
"The tried, the tested, the recurring and the failed... Is there really any point vowing a resolution that will most likely last a few days? My resolution this year is not to make one and see what 2013 has to offer. In my opinion, life is too short to scrap the things you like."
Secretary of the Bulwell Forest Action Group
"My own personal resolution is to do more good things and carry out one act of kindness every day. I'd also like to ask everyone in Bulwell to resolve that they actively involve themselves in their community and make a real difference to their own and other people's quality of life."
Runs Kimberley's community café Rumbletums, which gives job opportunities to young people with learning difficulties
"To be honest, I don't set new year's resolutions for myself. But I would like to see Rumbletums continue to grow and help more young people get confidence through work. We have had a great year this year, and we hope to expand into 2013."
Project manager at Bulwell Community Toy Library
"My resolution for 2013 is to be more creative, to take time out from working with words and make things with my hands. My father taught me woodwork and I have always loved it, but have neglected it. When you spend hours experiencing the world through a screen, you can't beat the satisfaction of making something you can touch and use."
Manager of Nottingham Women's Centre, in Chaucer Street
"My resolution is to try to maintain a good work-life balance, which can be hard as I'm so passionate about what I do that work doesn't always feel like work. But keeping the balance is key so I'm going to try to get out of the office more and pursue more hobbies – like photography."
Policy and campaigns officer for Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service
"My new year's resolution is to stay where I am. Since 2005 I've moved house nine times (living in two countries) because of jobs, landlords and new opportunities and I'm sick of it. I'd like to stay where I am. I'd also like a holiday; all the moving means I haven't been able to afford one."
Chairman of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership
"In 2013, D2N2 will place great focus on ensuring it is fully engaged with businesses; schools, colleges and universities; public sector bodies and voluntary organisations to drive job creation, skills development, economic growth, opportunity and prosperity across all of our communities."
Community champion at Tesco in Jennison Street, Bulwell
"I'm happy, I have a lovely wife and wonderful child. I couldn't ask for better friends or a better job. So what should I do for 2013? In 2012 I decided to jump out of a plane for charity. So for 2013 I have decided to learn something new. I have always wanted to play the guitar. So I'm going to start to learn it this year."
Head teacher at Top Valley Academy
"I'm going for the usual resolutions about eating less and exercising more – and getting less upset when my football team lose. For Top Valley Academy, 2013 will be about the pupils and staff maintaining the great progress we are making and further developing the positive culture of enjoyment and achievement that we have established."
Joint division secretary for the National Union of Teachers in Notts
"The one thing I'd like to do over anything else is take part in a huge campaign for comprehensive education. It would be against academies, free schools and attacks on the exam system. That is what this country really needs."
A street pastor at the Malt Cross Trust Company
"My new year's resolution is to serve the city more and help more people to enjoy the city safely and see it in a more positive light – it has so much to offer in terms of art and music. We are launching a street pastor project in St Ann's, Sneinton and Bulwell this month which I hope will help with that."
Head of the city's club, pub and hotel watch
"All we can do is carrying on keeping our pubs and bars as safe as we have done this year. It's continuing the hard work and striving for a trouble-free city centre in 2013. It's about everybody coming to the pub watch meetings and bringing ideas to the table. We will strive to make as many places as possible use plastic glasses and plastic bottles."
Chief executive of Notts County Council
"My hope for 2013 is for Notts to be better recognised nationally and internationally as a place to live and do business. My wish is that we generate a renewed optimism for the future and build on the tremendous success many of our businesses have generated to ensure we can create more jobs and opportunities for investment in the future."
A community garden educator at Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens
"I think we need to see more youth provision for the area. We can facilitate that by consulting with young people of The Meadows to see what they would like us to do for them. We will have a consultation on what people want. A lot of the council stuff has gone for the young people and some of us have to take that on."
Chairman of the Nottingham Green Party
"I'm going to go to the gym more and try to get fit. I also think wider society needs investment in green jobs. We are looking to build a really sustainable Great Britain for a great new year. I will personally contribute as a local councillor by putting forward the Green Party view."
Chief crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the East Midlands
"My resolution is simple – that I will never lose sight of the fact that everything we deal with has affected people's lives, and that we will keep victims and witnesses at the centre of everything we do. The resolutions I make for my home life are far too mundane to include here."
Co-founder of Real United Football Club, which helps young people avoid getting into crime
"My resolution is to help reduce crime among young people more. Based on the number of football teams we've been involved in over the last four or five years I'd say we've worked with 200 young people – but we want to work with even more."
Provincial grand charity steward for Notts Freemasons
"I plan to lose a stone in weight. I've been working for 51 years and I'm about to retire and I'd like to get fit again after not having much time to devote to my personal well-being."
Lives in Netherfield and is part of the Netherfield Eco Action Team
"I plan to go on more walks in the countryside and explore a bit more of Notts. I'd also like to try more different types of real ale."
The 68-year-old, from Gamston, is a volunteer for the Nottingham University Hospitals Charity
He said: "My new year's resolution is to be more philosophical about problems, make better connections with people and offer the olive branch."
The 46-year-old, of Sherwood is battling cancer and featured in the Post when he won his battle to get funding for treatment to shrink a tumour in his pelvis
"My new year's resolution is to never give up hope and keep fighting. Hopefully this year I will be free of cancer."
Sharon Jackson
Head teacher at Netherfield Primary School
"For the school, my new year's resolution is to take a group of kids to a school in Kenya for a week. For me personally, I want to scuba dive with manta rays."
Mick Newell
Head coach at Notts County Cricket Club
"My only resolution this year is to give up eating Liquorice Allsorts."
Cricketer at Notts County Cricket Club
"This year I want to take up goalkeeping for a local football league to help keep me fit off-season."
