Champions

The Cabinet has appointed County Councillors who are not a member of the Cabinet to serve as Champions for the following matters:

Champion for Older People:

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members by advising on service issues across Service Areas which support and encourage active, independent and healthy lives for older people.

The Champion for Older People is: County Councillor Joan Burrows

Hear from the Champion for Older People

Champion for Young People:

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members on efforts across Service Areas to provide high quality employment opportunities and apprenticeships for young people, and to encourage external organisations to do likewise.

The Champion for Young People is: County Councillor Ash Sutcliffe

Champion for Parishes:

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members by advising on ways to sustain and improve effective working relationships between the Council and Parish and Town Councils in Lancashire.

The Champion for Parishes is: County Councillor Paul Rigby

Hear from the Champion for Parishes

Champion for Disabled People

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members by advising on service issues which support and encourage active, independent and healthy lives for disabled people and to raise the profile of disabled people and their needs in the development of policy across the Council.

The Champion for Disabled People is: County Councillor Carole Haythornthwaite

Hear from the former Champion for Disabled People, County Councillor Rupert Swarbrick.

Champion for Armed Forces and Veterans

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members to work with the organisations that support ex-servicemen and women to work even more closely together and to ensure that veterans and their families get the support they deserve'

The Champion for Armed Forces and Veterans is: County Councillor Alf Clempson

Hear from the Champion for Armed Forces and Veterans

Champion for Mental Health

To assist the Leader and appropriate Cabinet Members to raise awareness, to reduce the associated stigma and to support officers and partners across the county to improve prevention, engagement and treatment for Mental Health.

Champion for Mental Health is: County Councillor Stuart Morris

Resources

Each Champion is allocated a sum of £10,000 per annum for use at their discretion to finance their activities including:

  • organising and attending meetings, seminars and conferences and other similar events;
  • the payment of a grant to outside bodies and organisations within the scope of their remit; and
  • other incidental costs necessary to enable them to fulfil their roles.

Any unspent balance up to a maximum of £2,500 can be carried over from one financial year to the next giving a maximum budget of £12,500.

The approval of expenditure to be incurred by a Champion has been delegated by the Leader of the Council to the Director of Corporate Services.

Accountability and Champions Annual Report

Each Champion is required to prepare an annual report to the Cabinet on their activities in the preceding financial year.

Applying

To apply for a Champions Grant, you will need to complete an application form.