Become a participant | British Council

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Helen Clifton

With the help of local delivery partners, we recruit and support Active Citizens from the UK and around the world to take social action for the benefit of the communities they live in. These people are our participants.

In this section

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What our participants do

Find out more about how we train our participants and what they do during their time on the programme.

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Get in touch

Would you like to become an Active Citizen? Take a look at the skills and qualities we're looking for and find out more.