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Connect
Meet people doing thoughtful work across learning, people and capability.
L&D Collective Doncaster
For the people shaping how we learn and work.
A modern, community-led gathering for people working across learning, development, capability, people, organisational development, facilitation and the future of work.
19 January 2027
Our next Doncaster gathering.
Start the year with thoughtful conversation, useful professional development, time to connect with peers and space to continue the discussion beyond the room.
HEX Connect Centre
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Doncaster · Tuesday 19 January 2027 · 09:30–15:00
£35
Workshops + lunch + park walk included
Provisional theme
CPD for the year ahead
Theme to be confirmedA practical, future-focused morning of learning and discussion, followed by lunch and an afternoon walk around Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
Arrival and networking
Workshop 1
Break
Workshop 2
Lunch
Walk around Yorkshire Wildlife Park
About the collective
Thoughtful practice. Meaningful connection.
L&D Collective Doncaster is a space for people who care about how organisations, communities and individuals learn, adapt and grow.
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Learn
Take part in practical sessions that give you something useful to take back to work.
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Share
Exchange ideas, experience and real-world practice with peers.
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Think ahead
Explore the forces changing how people learn, work and build capability.
Who it is for
A broad L&D community.
L&D professionals, HR and people leaders, organisational development practitioners, trainers, facilitators, learning technology specialists, independent consultants, employers and people building their careers in the profession.
From the room
Voices from the room.
Placeholder comments are ready to be replaced with real attendee feedback.
“A thoughtful, energising day with people who understand the realities of modern L&D.”
“I left with practical ideas, useful connections and several conversations I wanted to continue.”
“The mix of learning, conversation and space to think made the day feel genuinely valuable.”
Gathering highlights
See the collective in action.
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Workshop momentStill or short loop
ConversationNatural attendee image
Yorkshire Wildlife ParkOutdoor image
Community detailNotebooks, coffee, discussion
The wider vision
One collective. Local communities.
Doncaster is the current home of L&D Collective. Over time, the idea can grow into a wider network of local gatherings, each rooted in its own place while sharing a common identity, purpose and quality of experience.