Foundation forums have been adopted over the last few years to provide representation for newly qualified doctors. These forums, however, do not develop essential leadership, management and quality improvement skills for those recruited, key attributes that have been formally identified by recent GMC guidance. A foundation forum was set up across three Oxford deanery hospitals. Forum members were assigned classical forum roles, but were also tasked to complete quality improvement projects, organise a national quality improvement conference and undergo formal leadership and management training. Members were surveyed before and after training completion, revealing statistically significant confidence increases in leadership, management and quality improvement skills. All members revealed an eagerness to continue formal leadership and management training. The foundation forum proved a successful initiative to improve overall trainee experience and involvement, whilst providing a platform for leadership and management training to satisfy key domains within the Medical Leadership Competency Framework.