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Projects
Below are some of the diverse people and projects we have come across who are using coaching for social impact. We hope they will offer inspiration for some of the many ways that coaching can have an impact on those from all walks of life.
Living Well
Living Well, a London-based not-for-profit healthcare organisation specialising in supporting marginalised groups, such as ethnic minorities,LGBT+, and those living with HIV, has been a trailblazer and started to provide coaching as part of their services back in 2005. Today, coaching is an integral part of the organisation’s health and wellbeing offer, which also includes counselling, peer support and groupwork.
Norfolk Clubhouse
Norfolk Clubhouse is a charity set up in 2019 working with adults living with mental health difficulties to connect socially, develop their skills and abilities and to access positive opportunities including further education, training and employment. A coaching approach is used to build confidence, growth and skills. Activities also include caring for our environment as a whole and taking part in creative activities to achieve this such as upcycling, recycling, community gardening and litter picking.
The Coach Doctor
Dr. Suzanne Triggs is a passionate, energetic, optimistic, and very experienced professional development coach, registered social worker, lecturer and trainer. She provides coaching for those working in social work, social care, and the third sector alongside bespoke coaching training. Her training addresses how coaching can be used to empower those in contexts of systemic inequality. In 2021 she received the inaugural award for ‘Coaching for the Social Good’ from Harvard’s Institute of Coaching.
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap is led by Ana Paula Nacif, who has over a decade of experience using coaching to support communities with complex needs, including those living in deprived neighborhoods, women survivors of domestic violence, unemployed, young people not in employment, training or education, and those living with long-term health conditions. She is also involved in developing social leaders through leadership programmes and coaching.
Coaching for Unpaid Carers
Coaching for Unpaid Carers aims of making good quality coaching available and accessible to as many unpaid carers as possible, and to raise awareness of the needs of unpaid carers, and the many benefits that coaching has to offer this client group. They are a not-for-profit, carer-led organisation offering a range of coaching-based interventions for individuals and groups of carers, both in the workplace and in the community.
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Quantum Leap
Young Women's Trust is a feminist organisation working to achieve economic justice for young women. They run Work It Out - a free service that offers support for women aged 18 to 30 to help them with work and life which includes coaching and job application feedback. Young women can have up to 6 free coaching sessions over the phone, WhatsApp or email at a time that works for them with a paid, professional coach. A translation service is available for coaching calls. Young women use the sessions to unlock their potential, figure out what they want to do, or to work out a plan to get where they want to be.