Welcome to the National Empowerment Partnership in Yorkshire & the Humber

The National Partnership Empowerment (NEP) has been set up to improve the quality, co-ordination and evidence of empowerment across England. For more information about the Partnership, go to 'NEP' . Most of this work takes place at a regional level.

Upcoming Events

Communities: Recession - Resilience - Responses

A conference organised by the Community Panel aimed at active residents and community groups on June 11th in Leeds

3 FREE unmissable events - Duty to Involve: A reality check. These events have been organised by the Empowerment Partnership in conjunction with Urban Forum, and will be particularly useful for Council Members and Officers; Health, Police and other agencies working in partnerships; and voluntary and community organisations. Click on the event in your sub-region listed below for more details.

New VOICES added - 2 new voices publications have been produced

What's New

New Health and Well-being Network

A recent meeting explored the potential of proposals for a community empowerment in health and well being network in the region. Read the notes of the meeting here.

Altogether Better Newsletter - Altogether Better is a 5 year, Lottery funded programme aiming to empower communities to improve health and well-being and ultimately reduce health inequalities. Their first inter-active newsletter designed to be read on your PC can be seen here! 

Update 3 - February 2009 to is now available. Latest news plus all the events planned for February and March. Down load your copy here. (Update 3 Pdf 164 Kb)

MENTORING - The mentoring scheme is now getting going and there are opportunities for community mentors and for mentors at strategic management level. We are now looking to identify people who would like support in both community and strategic management roles. If you are interested, or can pass this information to colleagues, please dowload the forms from this link. Mentoring Scheme Page

Recent documents added to the website include;

Full report of the Champions of Participation event held last year

Update 3 - Regional Empowerment Partnership newsletter Feb 09

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