Our branch in Mid and North Wales
Learn, collaborate and network with CIPD members and people professionals in Mid and North Wales
Learn, collaborate and network with CIPD members and people professionals in Mid and North Wales
Welcome to the CIPD branch here in Mid and North Wales – we’re proud to represent people professionals across this beautiful part of the country.
I am a Chartered CIPD member with over 30 years’ cross-sector experience as a people professional, coach and manager, often acting as a troubleshooter for underperforming contracts. I gave up what my brother calls a "proper job" at the end of 2006 and now work as a freelance learning and development consultant, specialising in helping clients deliver profitable, customer-focused experiences, developing professional educators and designing and delivering leadership skills interventions.
I am an advocate for putting people first and my belief is that anyone in a leadership role is a people professional, so I'm keen to engage with business leaders in Mid and North Wales who feel the same.
Our branch runs a series of events each year. Some are delivered virtually and others in person. All people professionals are welcome. You can help us offer the most relevant and meaningful topics by getting in touch to let us know what people’s problems you find most challenging.
We're currently looking to strengthen our branch team, so if you are passionate about people and want to take a more active role in shaping how the CIPD supports people professionals in Mid & North Wales please get in touch.
Jacky Leonard, Chartered MCIPD
Branch Chair
Our members rate their access to a local branch in their top three membership benefits. Come along to our branch events to discover other CIPD benefits. Explore the issues and trends impacting our profession. Network, learn and share ideas with people professionals in our area.
In North Wales, we have a huge geographical spread from the island of Anglesey to the Dee estuary and the peaks of Snowdonia. Mid Wales is an area of diverse and historic landscape with a network of people contributing to the diversity and economy via its rural market towns, historic universities, close-knit villages and seaside towns.
We encompass much of the Brecon Beacons National Park in the south, the Berwyn uplands in the north with the Cambrian Mountains dominating its centre. The area is steeped in Welsh language and culture, with Ceredigion being one of the highest Welsh language-speaking areas in Wales. The region is sparsely populated, with an economy dependent on farming and small businesses. The density of the unitary authority areas of Ceredigion and Powys combined is only 30 inhabitants per square kilometre (78/sq mile).
Our Mid and North Wales Branch covers over 1,000 members in an area measuring 90 miles by 60 miles so we operate through a number of centres and make great use of IT, and have done since before the pandemic. Our main centres in the North are in Bangor, Llandudno and Wrexham, and across the mountain in mid-Wales they are in Aberystwyth, Llandrindod Wells and Newtown, to ensure our programmes meet members' needs.
We have many strengths as a branch with a wide membership including those in public, third and consultancy sectors. Our events highlight key issues such as practical HR solutions to post-COVID problems, resilience and mental wellbeing, gender diversity and making the most of your CIPD membership, and of course keeping us all updated on the latest in employment law.
We are an integral part of the Welsh CIPD network, contributing to, and sharing, countrywide ideas with relevance to Wales.
With workshops, round tables, panel discussions and expert speakers, our thought-provoking events cover everything our community needs. Network, learn and stay up to date.
Keen to get involved, give back or raise your profile? Whatever your skills and interests, learn more about branch volunteering.
Just starting out on your career? Want to meet experienced people professionals and keep up to date with all the topics you cover in your studies? We’re here for you as you study for your CIPD qualification.