Update: January 2022

The results of the survey were presented to the Council's Constitution Committee in November 2021 as follows:

The majority of respondents to the survey were in favour of keeping all the existing Member Champion roles:

• Heritage Champion - 75% in favour
• Mental Health Champion - 85% in favour
• Older Persons' Champion - 85% in favour
• Refugee Champion - 60% in favour
• Children in Care Champion - 90% in favour
• Animal Rights Champion - 70% in favour
• Anti-social Behaviour Champion - 75% in favour
• Community Wealth Building Champion - 70% in favour

Following input from the survey, the Committee decided that the Member Champion roles should be allocated to the Chair or Vice Chair of the appropriate Committee, unless it is considered more appropriate for another member of that Committee to be appointed to the role.

A number of suggestions for potential new roles were received in the survey, most particularly the idea of creating an environmental or climate change champion, which was suggested several times. However, the Committee felt that this role should be across all the committees rather than falling on one individual.