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4, 5, and 8 June 2026

All-island Legacy

Thinking that Inspires, Voices that Resonate: Giving rise to a thriving generation of Legacy Leaders

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Key information

Who's it for?

Young professionals and students aged 18-25 years

Duration

3 days

Cost

Free - there is no cost to participate thanks to our sponsors. All train travel and catering will be covered.

You must be able to attend both in-person days.

Format

Online & in-person

Dates

4, 5 & 8 June 2026

A unique opportunity for young people to consider the challenges faced on the island of Ireland and to explore how we can embed cooperation and collaboration into our ways of working.

All-Island Legacy 26 brings together 60 young people aged 18–25 from Dublin and Belfast to connect, collaborate, and explore shared challenges across the island.

Through engagement with organisations and leaders across the worlds of business, civic society and public life in Dublin and Belfast, participants examine the challenges shaping the island today whole reflecting on their own leadership identity, values and role in a changing world.

Our approach

How it works

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Day 1: Online Kick-off (5 - 7pm)

An interactive online session introducing participants to the programme, each other and the key themes shaping the experience ahead. 

Day 2: 5 June at IDA Ireland, Dublin (Full day in person workshop)

A day of immersive experiences across Dublin, engaging with organisations and leaders responding to some of the most pressing social, economic and cultural challenges facing the country today. Through dialogue and reflection, participants examine how values shape leadership in complex and changing contexts.

Day 3: 8 June at Invest NI, Belfast (Full day in person workshop)

A Belfast-based leadership experience exploring collaboration, identity and change in a city shaped by history and transformation. Participants encounter leaders working across boundaries and perspectives, while reflecting on what leadership across difference requires on the island today.

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Programme outcomes

What's in it for me?

Develop your skills

Build and practice leadership skills such as problem solving, communication and working in diverse teams.

Find your voice

Voicing your ideas and opinions is an art. For some it comes naturally, while others really need to work at it. Either way it is a skill that is really important to practice.

Grow your networks

Connect with established leaders and organizations who are working together to tackle complex problems.

Connect with peers

Work with young professionals and peers from your city. Build your connections and have lots of fun along the way!

Showcase your learning

Earn great industry relevant experience that will benefit your CV and LinkedIn profile.

Practical tools and tactics

Real take aways that you can continue to practice and apply in your everyday back at work or studying.

Next steps

Are you ready?

Step forward and use your voice to shape the future of Ireland

Ready to apply?

Applications for All-island Legacy 2026 are now open.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, if you have any further questions or would just like to discuss the programme in more detail, please reach out to a member of our team in your specific location who would be delighted to help.

Get in touch

We are a global not-for-profit leadership development organization on a mission to develop people who can cross cultural, social, and institutional boundaries. We work passionately with people to help push the boundaries of what is possible, all so that they can become those who can help us to work better together, be the connectors of our unique lived experiences and lead, with a difference.

Yes! The Common Purpose Charitable Trust was established as a charity in 1989. It is registered with the Charity Commission under the Registered Charity number 1023384.

The benefits of Common Purpose leadership programmes include gaining increased:  

  • Agility in adapting to changing circumstances and environments.  

  • Empathy to what other people feel, think and need. Seeing things from their point of view.

  • Influence in leading change with limited decision-making power.  

  • Openness to new ideas, possibilities and perspectives, including views they might deeply disagree with.    

  • Purposefulness in leading with intentionality, determination, commitment and resilience.

  • Self-awareness to their behaviours and outlook, and how they interpret and respond to situations.

When it comes to learning, there is no substitute for the power of real experience and fresh perspective. Our approach uses a robust behaviour and mindset change philosophy rooted in real life leadership challenges and experiences. To turn those experiences into real learning we follow five tried and tested steps that lead to habitual change in how people think, feel and act.    

  1. Experience: Being presented with new experiences. Engaging with leaders across multiple boundaries and being immersed in new environments.   

  1. Reflection: Learning activities to gain a deeper and more personalized understanding of the learning.    

  1. Translate: Exploring how to relate new ideas and thought processes back into the learner’s role or context.

  1. Practice: Developing a set of leadership practices that can be used to turn new behaviours into habits.

  1. Assess: Embedding numerous assessments to help learners track their progress pre, during and even beyond the programme.

Experiential learning is a core component of our programmes.

Our programmes create a carefully constructed microclimate to explore real-life leadership challenges in a safe environment, often leading to the types of purpose-driven conversations needed to achieve transformative change.

We also focus on the importance of active learning, by getting people out of their comfort zones and into the world, seeing things, meeting people, taking part, and taking advantage of processes that stimulate multiple neural connections in the brain and promote memory.