diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index efa1a6697..d79cb6bde 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 
 from app.celery.celery import NotifyCelery
 from app.clients import Clients
+from app.clients.cbc_proxy import CBCProxyClient, CBCProxyNoopClient
 from app.clients.document_download import DocumentDownloadClient
 from app.clients.email.aws_ses import AwsSesClient
 from app.clients.email.aws_ses_stub import AwsSesStubClient
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ zendesk_client = ZendeskClient()
 statsd_client = StatsdClient()
 redis_store = RedisClient()
 performance_platform_client = PerformancePlatformClient()
+cbc_proxy_client = CBCProxyNoopClient()
 document_download_client = DocumentDownloadClient()
 metrics = GDSMetrics()
 
@@ -112,6 +114,10 @@ def create_app(application):
     performance_platform_client.init_app(application)
     document_download_client.init_app(application)
 
+    if application.config['CBC_PROXY_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']:
+        cbc_proxy_client = CBCProxyClient()
+    cbc_proxy_client.init_app(application)
+
     register_blueprint(application)
     register_v2_blueprints(application)
 
diff --git a/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py b/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b8fe436c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Noop = no operation
+class CBCProxyNoopClient:
+
+    def init_app(self, app):
+        pass
+
+    def create_and_send_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, headline, description,
+    ):
+        # identifier=broadcast_message.identifier,
+        # headline="GOV.UK Notify Broadcast",
+        # description=broadcast_message.description,
+        pass
+
+    # We have not implementated updating a broadcast
+    def update_and_send_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, references, headline, description,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    # We have not implemented cancelling a broadcast
+    def cancel_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, references, headline, description,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+
+class CBCProxyClient:
+
+    def init_app(self, app):
+        self.aws_access_key_id = app.config['CBC_PROXY_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
+        self.aws_secret_access_key = app.config['CBC_PROXY_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
+        self.aws_region = 'eu-west-2'
+
+    def create_and_send_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, headline, description,
+    ):
+        # identifier=broadcast_message.identifier,
+        # headline="GOV.UK Notify Broadcast",
+        # description=broadcast_message.description,
+        pass
+
+    # We have not implementated updating a broadcast
+    def update_and_send_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, references, headline, description,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    # We have not implemented cancelling a broadcast
+    def cancel_broadcast(
+        self,
+        identifier, references, headline, description,
+    ):
+        pass
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 7b9981e52..91667bf0f 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ class Config(object):
 
     AWS_REGION = 'eu-west-1'
 
+    # CBC Proxy
+    # if the access keys are empty then noop client is used
+    CBC_PROXY_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', '')
+    CBC_PROXY_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', '')
+
 
 ######################
 # Config overrides ###