Learning Labs
Short sessions where we address key areas of learning
Learning Labs are short, focused session exploring the issues that managers and leaders in the advice and social justice sector are dealing with right now.
They are deliberately different from our longer training programmes. There’s no big curriculum and no expectation that you need to become an expert in an afternoon. Instead, each Lab takes a topic, question or challenge and creates space to explore it with people who understand the realities of the sector.
A Learning Lab might introduce a new idea or help you get to grips with a practical issue. We run Learning Labs based on your feedback - focussing on the questions and issues that we get asked most about. So do let us know if you have ideas and suggestions for future sessions.
How they work
Learning Labs are usually 60–90 minutes, online and highly practical. We keep them focused and informal. There might be a short input from someone with particular knowledge or experience, but also time for discussion, questions, shared learning and working out what the topic means in practice.
Topics will change throughout the year in response to what is happening across the sector and what our community tells us it needs.
Learning Labs might explore things like managing through uncertainty, making better use of data, difficult people-management questions, AI and technology, funding and sustainability, governance, legal aid management, organisational change or emerging issues affecting the sector.
Who are they for?
They are for people managing and leading organisations, teams, services and projects across the specialist advice, legal and social justice sector.
Some Labs will be relevant to almost everyone. Others will be designed for people with particular responsibilities or facing a specific challenge. We’ll always make clear who we think each session will be most useful for.
The aim is simple: to leave with better thinking, practical work you can use and greater confidence about what to do next.