Civil Service Live is the government's annual staff learning conference. The events are designed to allow civil servants to engage with other civil servants, listen to thought-provoking sessions, and hear from inspiring people sharing their experiences, knowledge and expertise.
Civil Service Live is a great opportunity for us to celebrate the excellent work of civil servants across the UK and around the world who are delivering brilliant public service supporting citizens each and every day. It’s our chance to share our stories of how we all serve with purpose and pride.
The overarching theme for Civil Service Live 2025 is Pride in Public Service. The content will be designed to help staff understand the role they play in delivering the Missions, Strong Foundations and the Plan For Change, as well as sharing more on our journey to be a Civil Service fit for the future.
A Skilled Civil Service:
• Investing in skills, championing expertise and strengthening leadership
• Reflecting the country we serve and creating learning opportunities around the UK
• Shaping and incentivising the skilled workforce of the future
An Innovative Civil Service:
• Finding new ways to solve problems to deliver for the public: adopting a mission-led approach, an emphasis on test and learn and a focus on partnership
• Safely capitalising on opportunities of modern technology
• Creating a culture of creativity
An Ambitious Civil Service:
• Creating more transparency and openness about how we operate and our work
• Supporting Public Service Reform and rethinking our ways of working, requiring us to think over longer-term time horizons, experiment and bear risk in different ways, and leverage more resources from wider sectors
• Increasing collaboration across the Civil Service and the public sector and providing a seamless experience for the public
• Adopting a mission-led approach to our work cross-departments and public sector
• Demonstrating the importance of our international role and impact
The aims of Civil Service Live are to:
EDUCATE
civil servants by sharing information and new ideas that change thinking and allow them to learn new skills and innovate.
ENGAGE
civil servants by demonstrating excellent cross departmental working and building networks to support the delivery of better outcomes.
EMPOWER
civil servants to demonstrate leadership, learn new skills and improve their working environment to provide better public services.
EDUCATE
civil servants by sharing information and new ideas that change thinking and allow them to learn new skills and innovate.
ENGAGE
civil servants by demonstrating excellent cross departmental working and building networks to support the delivery of better outcomes.
EMPOWER
civil servants to demonstrate leadership, learn new skills and improve their working environment to provide better public services.
What is Civil Service Live?
Keynote addresses from the Cabinet Secretary, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer, Permanent Secretaries and senior leaders
One-to-one spot mentoring sessions with leaders from across the Civil Service
Q&A opportunities with Senior Civil Servants and subject matter experts
Inspiring sessions on the three themes of: A Skilled Civil Service, An Innovative Civil Service, An Ambitious Civil Service
Sessions from the largest professions across government
Workshops and seminars aimed at all grades and professions
Speed networking sessions
50-80 public sector exhibitors at each event
Live streamed content from our Liverpool event
