This inaugural conference seeks to convene our largest network of leaders to date, encouraging representation from across the active wellbeing system; we have all learnt over recent years the importance of embracing a much wider system if we are to create a real ‘movement for movement’ in local places and neighbourhoods. The network is now nearly 2 years old, and every-time we convene a session, we welcome new members, and increased reflections from leaders for ‘please can we have more time together’. So here it is! We hope this conference will enable leaders to learn from each other, explore the challenges, whilst also creating ‘head-space’ to consider new opportunities and indeed real ‘hope’ – in helping to tackling health inequalities, in the local neighbourhoods and places we all work so hard to create improved opportunity and healthy life expectancy for all.