Since October 7th, there has been a palpable desire and energy among Jewish professionals to engage with and support the community.  Additionally, we hear from communal organisations who are thinking about succession, and the next generation of lay leadership in the community. That’s why we are building a series of events bringing Jewish communal organisations and committed emerging leaders together in a space to meet, learn and connect.

Supported by an Advisory Group made up of Lead staff and communal representatives we have held tree events bringing 160 people together so far. Our most recent event, The Future is Bright: The new generation of communal trustees taking the community by storm! which also involved the Young Trustees Movement took place on May 1st 2025 and you can see the poster below, and read more about it here.

Click on the posters to find out about our past events. Watch this space for information about our next event which will coincide with the JLC/Lead’s Trustee Conference in November.

If you would like to express interest or find out more about this initiative, please contact Nick Young at nick@thejlc.org.

Quotes from participants at our events:

“I thought the event was very well thought through and formatted. I really liked that you had both younger trustee prospects and actual senior leaders from the charities. Normalising cross-generational events and conversations like that are a key part of the solution!.”

“The speakers were excellent and showed how they added value to the their boards. They were focussed and highly intelligent. The event has prompted me to remind existing Trustees they need to create pathways for young people to join their trustee board, and a trustee role may not be the first point.”

“The panel was very inspiring! Great to hear two powerful women speaking vulnerably about their challenges and insights, gives me some ideas about how to develop myself as well.”

“I thought it was a brilliant event, really informative and enjoyable. I talked to some great people who I will follow up with, and learned about opportunities that I hadn’t thought about before.”