Get set to use everything in your membership in 2025

Our alumni community is growing every month

633
alumni to date

In 2023 alone, we achieved ...

  • 551

    Alumni

  • 28

    training events

Our alumni comunity

Connect with like minded professionals to tap into a growing resource across the UK and beyond.

Benefts of being an alumni

Connect

Members actively contribute to the alumni network through sharing knowledge, expertise, experience and their own personal development journeys.

Contribute

Alumni members participate in learning and development opportunities and supporting other colleagues who are participating in the course. They also continue to support each other in their specific cohort and more widely via the established community after attending one of our courses or programmes.

Develop

This community supports peer–to–peer development and discussion and facilitates mentoring and coaching opportunities across the public sector.

Partner connections

Alumni are provided with the appropriate tools to continue to grow and develop, develop their leadership skills and hence create the talent pipeline for the sector.

Hall of fame

Our hall of fame showcases success stories from alumni, who have go on to achieve great things following their time with us at the Leadership Academy.

Join our next course

Read more about the available training and find the best course for you or a colleague.

Enjoy and complete

Take time out to focus on learning and thinking. Meet like-minded people and create success together.

Keep in the loop!

Our alumni group is a fantastic peer support network. It’s a place where everyone helps and encourages each other.

Our Advocate of the Month

hat did I learn from taking part in the Empowering Women programme?

Each month, a leadership academy graduate writes about their training and learning experience. Discover more about what happens during one of our programmes and how it can positively impact you when you’re back at the desk. 

See more success stories

Become a Leadership Academy advocate

Become an advocate and get into the Hall of Fame. Tell us what Leadership academy training has done for you.

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Join an event

Browse the training and webinar calendar and find things to support your day-to-day work and longer-term professional development.

Become a mentor

Create a professional partnership to expand your development. Mentors and mentees get new perspectives to challenge their status quo.

Request a copy of your certificate

To claim your CPD points or another copy of the programme certificate get in touch with our Leadership Academy Manager

The Alumni calendar

Alumni news and resources

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Newsletter: New year, same us

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources Welcome to 2025. I hope it’s … Read more

Newsletter: Socitm wrapped

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources The 2024 schedule is done. Unless … Read more

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Newsletter: Status symbols

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources We’re getting there. It’s Advent and … Read more

Newsletter: Sweep the sheds

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources Thanks so much for registering for … Read more

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Newsletter: Get to Kensington

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources First up, a reminder. There’s still … Read more

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Newsletter: Collaboration

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources Had a chance to look through … Read more

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Newsletter: Autumn already?

Keep getting everything you can from your membership Your events, training and resources I’m writing this at my desk … Read more

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Mentoring…The first meeting

You’ve volunteered to be part of the 2024 Socitm Mentoring Programme. What next? Aidan Matthews has put together a … Read more

Accessibility Fundamentals

Newsletter: Accessibility ahoy

Keep on using your free member events, meetings, resources, and training Get ready for Accessibility Week‘s daily webinars. Pick … Read more

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Grow. Share. Lead

Our Leadership Academy programmes are designed to harness, stretch and promote the talents and skills essential to successful contemporary leadership.

Leadership Advocate - Alex Haidar

Leadership Academy advocate: Alex Haidar

The course was expertly lead and the content was delivered with a light touch in a collaborative way that seemed relaxed but was always focused.

Leadership Academy advocate - Gavin Haire

Leadership Academy advocate: Gavin Haire

New to leadership roles I felt I could do with improving skills. The process allowed me to reflect on my own skills and where I needed to improve.