·      someone who helps individuals and groups to get involved in issues that affect their lives and gain confidence to tackle them with support from others

·      an experienced person who understands and is involved in community development, engagement, participation and empowerment

Why should you become an Empowerment Champion?

·        you will gain valuable support in coming together with others to explore the challenges and search for solutions in trying to take forward the empowerment agenda in West Midlands·        you’ll be supported by the regional empowerment partnership ·        you’ll have access to an interactive website and information materials ·        you’ll be making a difference!

 What will  an Empowerment Champion do?

·      As an empowerment Champion you will get involved in advising the regional empowerment partnership on the key challenges and search for solutions needed to embed empowerment·      To take part in a range of empowerment activities – peer to peer support, action learning, workshops, exchange visits etc.

How much time will it take?

This is entirely up to you as once we bring you together it will be up to you to decide how often you meet and where.  

What other support is available?

·        expenses for travel and other reasonable expenses·        regular newsletter

Who can be an Empowerment Champion?

·        you don’t need any formal qualifications·        you need to be interested in community empowerment issues, have a community development approach and enthusiastic about your communities·        you should enjoy talking to people and working together·        you must be over 18

What are the next steps? We will be inviting people to join the network of practitioners through a clear and transparent selection process based on first come first served. We will then bring together those selected to develop a framework of how to share learning and practice.