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November 2025

  • Good news – this website now has sponsorship! Thanks to GatenbySanderson
  • A review of the Welsh Government co-creation event to help the public appointments process
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October 2025

  • Good and bad leadership; why it matters, and how to improve
  • Events – shape the public appointment process in Wales, and learn how to get the right balance in a portfolio career
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September 2025

  • When culture goes wrong in local authorities – a tale of two cities
  • Statistics about Board positions in Wales
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July 2025

  • Water and governance in Wales
  • Webinar for new Board members
  • Welsh Government guidance for applications for public boards
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May/June 2025

  • NICW invites Nature onto the Commission; but what will this mean in practice?
  • A training opportunity for new Board members in Wales
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April 2025

  • A new Cyber Code of Practice
  • More than 20 opportunities were available this month!
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March 2025

  • What’s the state of Community Governance in Wales?
  • Current opportunities, and events & training
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February 2025

  • I attended the Audit Wales event on lessons to learn from governance failures 👍️
  • Events and training is now an additional section on the front page
  • Stats; who’s viewing the website?
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January 2025

  • Why social media platforms are now a governance issue – or should be!
  • Audit Wales is holding a north Wales event on governance
  • Boards Wales; now in Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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December 2024

  • Nine board positions to apply for over Christmas
  • In praise of…. School Governors
  • A date for your diary
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