The document discusses developing empowered citizens, communities, and agencies through active citizenship learning programs and frameworks to assess and increase community influence. It focuses on whole area approaches to this in Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham in England, including programs like Voice, Echo, Women Take Part learning programs, civic roles, buddying, and structured dialogue methods. The overall strategic goal is to empower cities by increasing citizen participation and influence over local decisions.

1. Critical Citizenship and Community Influence A whole area approach

2. Model of change Jill Bedford changes

3. Model of change citizenship learning Developing empowered and empowering citizens through active and critical citizenship learning programmes

4. Model of change Voice Developing empowered and empowering communities using Voice as a framework to assess and increase community influence

5. Model of change Echo Developing empowered and empowering agencies using echo as a framework to assess and increase openess to community influence

6. Model of change Voice Echo Learning programme empowered and empowering citizens empowered and empowering agencies empowered and empowering communities

7. Challenges we face in taking forward our legacy Sal Hampson changes

8. Whole area approach: Dudley Lorna Prescott Dosti

9. Whole area approach: Dudley Voice Echo engaging together Learning programme

10. Whole area approach: Dudley Learning programme

11. Whole area approach: Dudley Voice “ Voice acknowledges positives” “ Voice is helpful because it helps you to work out where to pitch your energy” “ It provides motivation to make change and a difference”

12. Whole area approach: Dudley engaging together An empowering approach to community engagement embedded through a range of training, networking and support opportunities

14. Our Society in Dudley Borough

15. Women Take Part Learners

16. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton Sam Axtell Wolverhampton Partnership

17. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton  civic roles  buddying

18. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton  civic roles

19. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton  buddying

20. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton

22. Whole area approach: Wolverhampton

23. Whole area approach: Birmingham Karen Cheney Birmingham City Council

24. Whole area approach: Birmimgham  echo Voice   Women Take Part  structured dialogue

29. The Bigger Picture

30. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Take Part

31. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Community asset transfer

32. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Neighbourhood Management

33. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Network of empowering authorities

34. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Local democracy week

35. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Every Voice Counts

36. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Social capital & enterprise programme

37. The Bigger Picture: Birmingham Be Heard Be engaged