Participation Works

The Change programme is an inspirational training programme for people who want to make positive change in the community around them.

Change activists build networks of people, motivating others to get involved in Oxfam’s campaigns and inspiring them to rise to the challenge of overcoming poverty and to tackle climate change.

The Change programme is aimed at young people aged 18-25, who can demonstrate a commitment to making change happen. They will attend a free, residential training event on 10-13 September 2010 in Birmingham, and then undertake a 6-month programme of campaigning in their town or university campus, on a voluntary basis. As part of their programme they will also help to organise a local one-day training event, to share their learning with others.

Former Change activists have gone on to do amazing things, from founding the UK Youth Climate Coalition and tracking climate negotiators at UN conferences, to creating local groups of people taking action against poverty.

If you are interested in becoming a Change activist, please fill out an application form and return it to active@oxfam.org.uk by 30 May 2010. Applicants will be interviewed, and successful candidates will be informed by the end of June.