LVET Conference 2026
Working Smarter Together: Rethinking Resources and Adapting to Change
📅 Date: Wednesday 10th June 2026
🕰️ Time: 9am – 4pm
📍 Location: Hardy Building, Lincoln Bishop University, Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN1 3DY
To complete your booking, you’ll need to select the main event and choose one morning workshop and one afternoon workshop. All of these options are in the booking form, and please make sure you select all three.
Why are we bringing people together?
This is a day to celebrate collaboration, share strengths and explore new ways of working smarter together. Through keynote talks, interactive workshops and purposeful networking, you’ll gain practical ideas to make the most of your resources and strengthen partnerships across health, care and wellbeing.
Highlights include:
- 3 inspiring keynote speakers exploring leadership, collaboration and creative approaches to partnerships.
- 5 interactive workshops on topics such as building trust, leading change and shaping the future landscape for VCFSE organisations in health and care
- Themed networking spaces designed to spark meaningful conversations and connections
Our conference is for:
- VCFSE organisations wanting to strengthen partnerships and get practical ideas
- Statutory partners looking to learn, collaborate and explore new ways of working together
Our Keynote Speakers
We have three keynote speakers for our conference, and further details will follow shortly.
Chris Wheway
Chief Executive of St Barnabas Hospice
Nikki Cooke
Chief Executive of L.IVES
Jon Mansfield and Wendy Moore
Lincolnshire Wildlife Park
Our Workshops
We have five workshops for our conference, and further details will follow shortly. Click to find out more.
Networking with a purpose
At Working Smarter Together: Rethinking Resources and Adapting to Change, we know that working together starts with relationships, and this year we’ve designed networking with a purpose.
What to expect:
- Themed networking spaces so you can join conversations that matter to you and your organisation
- Informal and welcoming with each space being self-facilitated, so you can dip in, listen and share at your own pace.
- Idea walls, sparking new connections and capturing thoughts, suggestions or challenges to discuss after the conference.
This isn’t just swapping business cards (although you’re welcome to do that too!). It’s a chance to connect with like-minded people, share experiences and explore opportunities for collaboration that can continue well beyond the day.
Sponsors
We’re delighted to have AideCRM as our event sponsor!
We’re delighted to have Local Motion as our workshop sponsor!
If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, do reach out via hello@lvet.org or emily.ward@lvet.org.