Connect with our team in the Midlands
Join us in championing better work and working lives in the Midlands of England
Join us in championing better work and working lives in the Midlands of England
We’re your local CIPD team—dedicated, connected, and working remotely across the region to support you. As the CIPD’s eyes and ears in the Midlands, we’re here to help you get the most from your membership by connecting you with other people professionals through our networks, events and local opportunities.
We collaborate closely with people professionals, employers, HR leaders, combined authorities, and policymakers to shape a better world of work—right here in the Midlands. By gathering regional insight and championing local priorities, we help make work better for everyone.
We’d love to hear from you. Whether it’s through surveys, consultations or our wider campaigns, your voice helps us drive meaningful workplace change across the region.
Nicky Hope is the CIPD’s Engagement Manager for the Midlands, dedicated to bringing people professionals together by building networks, creating opportunities to connect, and ensuring the community feels supported.
Based in the Midlands, Nicky is deeply committed to supporting the profession in the region. Outside of work, Nicky enjoys hiking with two enthusiastic spaniels and spending time on the rugby field—whether playing or coaching, a passion that has spanned over 30 years.
Want to get in contact with the team in the Midlands? Please email midlands@cipd.co.uk.
The HR Leaders Network is a space for the most senior people professionals in the Midlands. It is designed for those in board-level or executive roles with organisation-wide responsibility for people strategy – such as HR Directors, People Directors, Chief HR Officers, and Chief People Officers.
The network brings together strategic leaders shaping policy, driving transformation, and leading organisational culture across complex landscapes. It offers a trusted space for peer learning, insight-sharing, and relationship-building, while also feeding into CIPD’s research and policy agenda to influence the profession nationally.
By joining, you’ll connect with peers facing similar high-level challenges, share strategic insights, and help shape the future of the people profession – while raising your profile across the CIPD community.
For CIPD members at Chartered Member level or above, this network is for those with strategic responsibility for people and organisational policy in the Midlands.
It provides a trusted space to share insights, reflect on challenges, and strengthen leadership resilience. Members join an active online community on Mighty and benefit from a year-round programme of Scottish and national events, both in person and online.
Typical roles include Head of HR, Senior HR Business Partner, or People Lead – often reporting to the board or executive level and shaping people strategy and organisational culture.
By joining, you’ll connect with peers in similar roles, gain fresh perspectives, and contribute to CIPD’s research and policy agenda – helping shape the future of the people profession.
Our People Consultants Network is a dedicated space for CIPD members working independently or within consultancy firms, supporting a variety of client organisations.
Designed for people professionals who aren’t embedded in a single employer, this network brings together consultants delivering strategic or operational expertise across multiple clients. Whether you specialise in OD&D, EDI, reward, wellbeing, employee relations or other areas, this is your community to connect, collaborate and share insight.
Members benefit from opportunities to exchange experiences, explore client challenges, and build trusted professional relationships nationally. The network also provides a platform to contribute to CIPD’s research and policy work, ensuring the voice of consultants helps shape the future of the profession.
If your work supports organisations on a flexible, project-based or advisory basis, joining this network gives you access to a vibrant professional community where you can grow your impact and strengthen the role of consultancy within the wider people profession.
This national community is for CIPD members with a passion for organisation development & design (OD&D), bringing together HR professionals and specialists at every stage of their career.
It provides a dedicated space to connect with peers across the UK, share insights, and explore solutions to common OD&D challenges. Whether you work internally or in a consultancy role, the network is for those who influence how organisations develop, adapt, and thrive in a changing world.
Members gain access to a trusted network where best practice is shared, emerging trends are discussed, and the evolving nature of OD&D is explored. There are also opportunities to contribute to CIPD research and policy development, ensuring members play a part in shaping the future of practice across the profession.
CIPD branches in the Midlands are local, welcoming communities of HR, L&D and other people professionals. They form part of a UK-wide network that supports and connects our profession. Open to all – members, non-members and students – each Midlands branch offers the activities we need to thrive: learning events, thought leadership, practical insights and peer support.
Find your nearest branch, explore what’s happening in your area, and discover how you can get involved in our vibrant regional network.