Coaching:
Andy, Community Interest Company Director:
“Andy is an excellent coach. He combines the unique virtues of wisdom, life experience and empathy to bring an understanding, practical and helpful view of the world.”
Charles, Youth Worker:
“Andy is a highly empathetic and insightful coach. His support has enabled me to gain different perspectives on the challenging areas in my life and to find positive ways forward. He has a way of hearing what you are not saying and gently guiding you towards those epiphany moments!”
Doyin, Charity Sector worker:
“I find the sessions to be relaxed and comfortable. Andy is very good at helping you figure out the roots of a problem and also guides you to come up with your own solutions and strategies to deal with whatever it is, this helps you take responsibility and assume more control which in turn makes one more hopeful and not powerless.”
Helen, Teacher:
“Brilliant! Andy is an amazing coach. He’s a great listener and I am truly feeling a positive shift in my life after just a few sessions. I cannot recommend him highly enough.”
Jess, Advocacy worker:
“Andy’s coaching practice has given me space to explore some of the blockers to reaching my goals both personally and professionally. It’s a rare thing to feel immediately comfortable to examine and challenge ways of thinking and approaching life, but Andy fosters a coaching environment that makes this possible. I leave each session with fresh things to ponder and put into practice.”
Jimmy, National Church Officer:
“Andy is a fantastic coach and has a real pastoral ability to draw out your thoughts and ideas is a constructive way that offer clarity, strategy and direction.”
Julia, Project Manager:
“Andy is an excellent listener who is able to help you think through issues and identify a way through complex situations.”
Michael, PhD graduate:
“I worked with Andy to help build my confidence in making good decisions moving forward. From the off, Andy struck me as a friendly and trustworthy character that I could be comfortable talking to. He doesn’t use a lot of off-putting jargon but speaks plainly and deliberately. I found my coaching sessions with Andy energising and motivating and strongly recommend his approach as a life coach.”
Neil, Events Manager:
“Coaching sessions with Andy have been both helpful and challenging. He is calm and patient, while offering the space and time for me to explore my goals and aspirations. We have made steady progress with the things I wanted/needed to discuss and I would heartily recommend working with him.”
Pippa, Priest:
“The sessions are lively and enjoyable with just the right amount of challenge. Andy has used his skills to support my decision-making and has helped me work through a number of issues that were baffling me. I always look forward to coaching sessions and feel better about life after each one.”
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Training:
Alyshia, Charity Worker:
“The course was informative and Andy delivered the training in a relaxed way that was easy to follow.”
Anna, Consultant:
“Andy is open and non-judgemental and always looks on the positive side of a situation and seeks to build on it.”
Carrie, Youth Worker:
“As a pragmatist myself, I sometimes find it hard to concentrate on dry theory – but Andy always seems to be able to help me see the point of the topic, and helps me find appropriate ways to fit it into my work and home life.”
Cate, Charity Volunteer:
“I especially appreciated Andy’s candid discussions of his own mental health issues which set a good example about how to have direct conversations on these topics and reduce stigma.”
Donna, Charity Worker:
“The course has a lot in it, but Andy got the tone right and clearly communicated everything in a friendly way.”
Ed, Schools Worker:
“Andy has the gift of clear communication, gentle challenge and the ability to bring the listener along with him for the ride.”
Freda, Community Volunteer:
“Thank you Andy for a great course. Great presentation style with lots of opportunities to ask questions and talk about real life examples which all made for a really enjoyable and informative course. This has more than met my expectations and I can’t wait to get back to work and try some of these things out.”
Keith, Church Elder:
“Training sessions can be hard going, that was not the case with Andy – we all fully got his message, speaking to us in a way we could all benefit from.”
Mark, Community Leader:
“Fantastic course taken online. Good balance between taught elements and self study – I can’t recommend this enough!“
Sam, Health Practitioner:
“I truly appreciate the fact that i was able to capture styles and techniques on how to support someone with (poor) mental health. Andy’s own openness and honesty gave me the confidence to share my personal thoughts and experiences during the course.”
Shawn, Church Leader:
“A creative who looks at problems in innovative ways.”
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Public Speaking:
Helen, Charity Leader:
“Andy communicates with clarity and good humour – helping the listener apply theory to their practice (and perhaps vice versa?)”
Justice, Learning Specialist:
“Andy’s public speaking abilities are natural and effective. Any organisation would see him as an instant asset and would value the treasure in his mind.”
Richard, Church Leader:
“Andy has a way of talking about potentially complex and sensitive subjects with compassion, humour and clarity – always leaving the listeners with hope, encouragement and positive challenge.”
Ryan, Engineering Development Manager:
“Andy is thoughtful and conscientious, having the vision and skills to both communicate clearly and empower and encourage people towards a positive goal or outcome.”
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Project support and management:
Charis, Charity Leader:
“Always ready to offer support and encourgament, Andy has the ability to keep everyone in the loop and notice when things are slipping off the radar.”
Ben, Church Leader:
“Andy helped us see what we had missed, and reassess what we had perhaps taken for granted.”
Davison, Community Leader:
“Sometimes these things are like herding cats, but Andy was able to keep everyone interested and engaged.”
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