Regional Empowerment Programme
Regional Action West Midlands awarded Lead and Accountable Body status for Regional Empowerment Programme
The National Empowerment Partnership through the Community Development Foundation (CDF) have confirmed that RAWM will be both the Lead Agency as well as the Accountable Body for the West Midlands Empowerment Programme. The programme will now be known as Every Voice Counts, and will deliver an exciting three year programme which will take forward the empowerment agenda for the region.
Network of Practitioners – Empowerment Practitioners Forum
One of the aims of the West Midlands Every Voice Counts Network (WMEVC) is to develop a forum for those interested in community empowerment practice across the West Midlands region which will be made up of individuals wanting to participate in more practical ways to share experiences and learning about the empowerment of local communities, and communities of interest.
This will be a cross sector and active forum of practitioners that will act as ‘champions’ of empowerment, and will enable people to ‘think outside of the box’- to listen to and learn from each others perspectives and initiate dialogue that would inform and inspire future strategies for empowerment across the region.
These ‘champions’ will be brought together to discuss and share learning by identifying and visiting empowerment activities through exchange visits and also action learning and workshops.
A new website Every Voice Counts West Midlands is now live and acts as a tool to support this learning and sharing. If you would like to get involved, take a look at the site and register with us now, or for more information please contact the EVC Coordinator, Denise Taylor by telephone: 024 76678949 or email denise@adept.org.uk.
The programme was launched on 30 October 2008 and not only provided the opportunity to showcase the EVC programme, but also launched four reports commissioned by the steering group in its first year of operation. These reports as well as presentations from the event are available to download from the new EVC website >>.