About Gwella

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About Gwella

Gwella (ɡwɛɬa) verb: to improve, get better

Gwella is the Leadership Portal managed by the HEIW Leadership and Succession team with the goal of providing users with an accessible, intuitive system that allows them to access a range of compassionate leadership resources with ease. This platform is accessible to everyone within health and social care in Wales regardless of their position or qualification.

The HEIW Leadership portal is a key enabler of the Health and Care Workforce Strategy ambition that ‘by 2030, leaders in the health and social care system will display collective and compassionate leadership’. Leaders across the system and at all levels across health and care Wales will have access to a digital leadership portal that provides virtual classroom functionality, events management, network management, digital learning resources and blended learning pathway development, profile personalisation, individual networking opportunities and the ability to be sign posted to resources of interest.

Gwella Functionalities

The provision of access to a range of digital leadership materials, resources, networks and support is a key enabler to supplementing formal leadership development and influencing the shift towards a compassionate and collective culture in teams, organisations and the system.

Gwella Functionalities
Public Website
Account Holder
Access to public pages
Yes
Yes
Read news articles and blogs
Yes
Yes
Attend public events
Yes
Yes
Explore our Resources Library
Yes
Yes
Create Playlists (presentation tool)
No
Yes
Enrol onto programmes and course
No
Yes
Collaborate and engage with others users
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Yes
Access private facing network groups
No
Yes
Complete competence frameworks and learning pathways
No
Yes

To become a member of Gwella you must be employed by either NHS Wales or Social Care Wales. If you would like to have a Gwella account, you can request one by completing our form.

What we're proud of

"The Gwella platform allowed me to develop my leadership skills"

"I found the compassionate leadership resources and leadership series videos extremely insightful"

"Gwella is a brilliant resource and I can see it evolving and improving more into the future to fit the needs of our health and social care colleagues."

"It is a fantastic tool for sharing and raising capability across Wales."

Learning Technologies Awards 2020
Learning Technologies Awards 2021


700+ Articles published
240+ Events delivered
160+ Networks created
50+ Stakeholders supported


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