Conferences and schools
A series of large scale events open to managers and leaders across all Welsh public services. These events provide the opportunity to access some of the world's most high profile speakers, thought leaders and leadership theorists.
Upcoming events
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Summer School 2026: Spirit of Leadership - Reflect, Reconnect, Reimagine
This year’s flagship programme Spirit of Leadership is an immersive, residential experience set out over 4 days in the beautiful location of Lampeter, West Wales. Summer School brings leaders together to learn, network, and address key challenges in the public, third and voluntary sectors in Wales.
Previous events
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Winter School 2026: 'Landscapes of Leadership: Reflect - Reconnect – Reimagine'
This year’s flagship programme, Landscapes of Leadership is designed to strengthen, inspire, and connect senior leaders across Wales’ public services. The programme explores what it means to lead collaboratively, ethically, and imaginatively in a time of complexity, constraint, and change. It supports senior executives to strengthen their leadership resilience, broaden their perspective, and re-energise their commitment to public value.
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Summer School 2025: 'Connected, Collaborative, Courageous: Transforming Public Services Together'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public service and voluntary sector in Wales; Residential
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One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2025: 'Leading for Cohesion''
Winter School provides public service leaders with new, innovative approaches and the space for them to solve complex real-world challenges; Residential.
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One Welsh Public Service Coaching Conference 2024: 'Coaching in a Digital Age'
Coaching and mentoring practitioners from the public and third sector in Wales
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One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2024: 'Beyond the horizon: Leading with clarity and confidence in changing times'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales; Dates: 25 to 28 June 2024 Residential
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One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2024: 'Forward Looking Leadership in a Complex World'
Audience: Top 2 levels of senior leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales; Dates: 27 February to 1 March 2024 Residential
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One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2023: ‘Supporting leaders today to create a brighter tomorrow for Welsh Public Services - a celebration of 10 years'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales; Dates: 26 to 30 June 2023 Residential
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One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2023: 'Supporting leaders today to create a brighter tomorrow for Welsh Public Services - a celebration of 10 years'
Audience: Top 3 levels of senior leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales; Dates: 7 to 10 February 2023 Residential
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One Welsh Public Service Coaching Conference 2022: 'Imposter Syndrome - The Secret Feeling of Being a Fraud'
Audience: Coaching and mentoring practitioners from the public and third sector in Wales
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One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2022: 'Creative Futures - priorities, practice and possibilities maintaining momentum in times of change, making the most of people and places'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales, Dates: 28 to 30 June 2022
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One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2022: 'Leading for All – Renew, Recover, Regenerate - a path towards the emergent future'
Audience: Top 3 levels of leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales, Dates: 1 to 4 February 2022
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All Wales Public Service Virtual Coaching Conference 2021: 'Coaching for the new normal – present and post-pandemic challenges'
Audience: Coaching and mentoring practitioners from the public and third sector in Wales
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One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2021: 'Leading for All – Recover, Renew, Regenerate - a path towards the emergent future'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales Dates: 22 to 24 June 2021
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One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2021: 'Leading for All – Leading in times of Complexity and Uncertainty'
Audience: Top 3 levels of leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales Dates: 3 to 4 February 2021
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All Wales Public Service Virtual Coaching Conference 2020: 'Coaching for the new normal – helping individuals flourish'
Audience: Public and third sector staff in Wales with an interest in coaching
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All Wales Public Service Leadership Virtual Summer School 2020: 'Shining a Light on Uncertainty – New Challenges, New Opportunities'
Audience: Public and third sector staff in Wales Dates: 22 to 26 June 2020, Online
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CANCELLED - All Wales Public Service Leadership Summer School 2020: 'Leading for All – Creating Cultures and Climates'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders in the public and third sector in Wales Dates: 22 to 26 June 2020, Residential
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All Wales Public Service Leadership Winter School 2020: 'Leading for All - Creating Cultures and Climates'
Audience: Top levels of leadership in the public and third sector in Wales Dates: 4 to 7 February 2020, Residential
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All Wales Public Service North Wales Coaching Conference 2019: 'Human Dimensions'
Audience: Coaching and mentoring practitioners in the public and third sector
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All Wales Public Service Leaders' Summit
Audience: Top levels of leadership in the public and third sector in Wales, by invitation Dates: 10 to 11 October 2019
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All Wales Public Service Leadership Summer School 2019: 'The Leadership Challenge – from efficient to exemplary'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders in the public and third sector in Wales Dates: 24 to 28 June 2019, Residential
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Coaching Conference 2019 - Bursary Applications
Audience: Welsh Public Service coaching community
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All Wales Public Service Leadership Winter School 2019: 'The Leadership Challenge - from efficient to exemplary'
Audience: Top levels of leadership in the public and third sector in Wales Dates: 5 to 8 February 2019, Residential