““Being in a group of like-minded peers, having conversations about needs, innovation, outcomes and transformation was hugely empowering.””

“‘It’s a worthwhile investment. I found it a really useful experience. Coming into it with other people from your organisation, makes a big difference in terms of being able to go back into the office and think about what you’ve taken from each of the sessions and each of the site visits and translate that into what might you do differently within your organisation.’”

“‘A fantastically useful experience. Has placed better commissioning as a corner stone of our transformation journey.’”

“‘I’ve found the Academy to be a really useful experience for a number of reasons, but the main one is that it provides a fantastic and unique opportunity to hear some of the theoretical stuff alongside some really practical examples of what others have done within government and a combination of those two things has been of enormous personal development but also of real practical use in the workplace as well.’”

“‘The Academy has really pushed us to think widely about the full range of levers at Government’s disposal.’”