Event Write-Up: Leading with Care Conference – From Insight to Action on Police Workforce Challenges
Policing remains under sustained pressure. As the record-breaking National Police Wellbeing Survey (NPWS) 2025 highlighted, there are ongoing challenges including heavy workloads, wellbeing concerns, and gaps in leadership confidence within forces. While forces and national organisations are investing in improvement efforts, many leaders recognise that progress needs to accelerate. This was the context for the […]
College of Policing Police Leadership Commission – Our Response
In October last year, the College of Policing announced its “comprehensive review of police leadership”. Chaired by former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and former Policing Minister Lord Herbert of South Downs, its purpose was to “consider what skills and capabilities are needed in police leaders at all levels to ensure they can perform and deliver effective service” […]
New report – NPWS 2025 Deep Dive: What Really Determines Police Wellbeing?
When we present forces with their results from the National Police Wellbeing Survey (NPWS), the most common question we get asked is simply: ‘What can we do about this?’ After all, the key aim for us when delivering this year’s survey was to generate insights that can lead to improved wellbeing for a police workforce […]
Meet Matthew – His Passion for Data-Driven Public Services
Our team is the reason we consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients. We want to introduce you to another of our team members who are the driving force behind Leapwise. Meet Matthew Drury Matthew is our newest Data Science Consultant at Leapwise. With enthusiasm for all things quantitative, his passion is using data to inform […]
From Insight to Action – The new National Police Wellbeing Survey
The new National Police Wellbeing Survey, delivered by Leapwise in partnership with national policing bodies, has recently gone live across England and Wales. Over the last two weeks, more than 26,000 officers, staff, PSCOs, specials, and volunteers have shared their experiences. We want to hear from more of the workforce in the final weeks of the survey. A […]
Information is Power – 5 Steps for Driving Data-Led Decision-Making
Public service performance depends on millions of decisions – from those made in the boardroom to those at frontline. At all levels, decision-makers need information to help them make smarter choices. And, as we’re always told, data really is everywhere today. With the rise of different information-gathering tools – from mobile analytics and facial recognition to […]