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National Empowerment Partnership
The National Empowerment Partnership (NEP) programme was established in April 2007 by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), and ran for four years, until March 2011. It worked through Regional Empowerment Partnerships (REPs) in each of the nine English regions. CDF managed the delivery of administration, support and evaluation for NEP.
Community empowerment is central to current government policy and finding effective ways of supporting government policy is thus critical. The NEP was a programme that aimed to test what could be done at national and local level to support this agenda. The programme’s overall aim wais to empower citizens and communities by: demonstrating the difference community empowerment can make to individuals, community groups, communities and public agencies, developing effective methods of quality assurance for community empowerment and promoting examples of good practice across the country.
Final evaluation reports will be available in summer 2011.