The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG)

Cross-sector collaboration for prosperity and growth

No single organisation has all the answers to society's biggest challenges. As a charity, we create the platform for our members to learn, share and collaborate across sectors. We help leaders access new skills and critical insights so they can think differently and lead effectively.

About Membership

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Leadership Programmes

How we help

What we offer

From government briefings and peer networks to leadership development and secondments, discover how WIG supports organisations, and their people, to problem-solve, innovate and learn from each other.

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Upcoming events

Our comprehensive events programme covers the key topics and big organisational issues of the day - from net zero to your EDI agenda. Plus, most events are free for members! Discover what events we've got coming up.

Membership

With our corporate membership, leaders at all levels will benefit from the platform we provide - working alongside the UK’s most influential organisations, to tackle some of the biggest challenges they face.

The impact we have

We’ve been devoted to cross-sector learning and collaboration for 40 years. Every year, our members benefit from the insight, skills and connections they make.

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people built their knowledge and networks through our 2023 cross-sector event programme

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hours of cross-sector skill sharing and learning through secondments in 2023

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forward-thinking leaders developed the skills and mindset necessary for modern, collaborative leadership

What our members say

"WIG curates a really important space between the private sector and government; it convenes around topics of real common interest. What comes out of that dialogue is very rich and benefits everybody."

Rupert McNeil

Former Chief People Officer for the Civil Service

"For me, WIG provides a powerful platform for exchange of ideas and perspectives between the public and private sectors, in an equal and honest forum that gives all parties the chance to learn from each other. For Mace that gives us real insight into public sector challenges and changes in direction, helping us to provide a better service to our public sector clients."

Caroline Lassen

Director - Government and Housing at Mace

"I am truly grateful to WIG for supporting me so well and making this secondment to Oxfam happen. I have gone from doing justice in one sector of life to doing justice in another."

Jaswant Narwal

Prosecutor at Crown Prosecution Service

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