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Universal Coaching Alliance

UCA Cymru

Upcoming Cymru Events Programme

 

We are delighted to announce that Jo Hicks and Zoe Sweet, experienced Coaches, Facilitators, and Leadership Development Practitioners, will be delivering the next webinar for UCA Cymru, titled “Resilience: A Good Half of the Art of Living” on Thursday 26th February 2026, from 15:45 to 17:45.

Bringing together a wealth of experience in coaching, leadership, and personal growth, Jo and Zoe are known for helping individuals and organisations navigate challenge with clarity, courage, and compassion. Their work spans multiple sectors and is rooted in creating environments where people can thrive even in the face of uncertainty.

In this energising and thought-provoking session, Jo and Zoe will explore resilience not just as a skill to be “tougher,” but as an art of living well—balancing strength with adaptability, and action with reflection.

Whether you are a coach, leader, or professional seeking to enhance your ability to respond to pressure and change, this session will provide you with fresh perspectives and practical tools to build resilience that lasts.

Join us for this powerful and practical exploration, and discover how resilience really is “a good half of the art of living.”

We are delighted to announce that Dr Laura Rees-Davies, Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, will be delivering the next webinar for UCA Cymru, titled “Coaching in Education: Strengthening Teacher Retention, Wellbeing and Professional Growth” on Tuesday 5th May 2026, from 15:30 to 17:00.

With over 20 years’ experience in higher education, leadership development and coaching psychology, Laura brings a powerful combination of academic rigour and practical application. A former Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Coaching Psychology, she has led national conversations on evidence-based coaching practice and its impact across sectors.

In this insightful and research-informed session, Laura will explore how structured coaching approaches can support teacher wellbeing, strengthen reflective practice and contribute meaningfully to recruitment and retention across UK schools. Drawing on her rapid review of coaching in primary and secondary education, she will unpack what the evidence tells us about impact, implementation challenges and sustainable integration.

Rather than adding to workload pressures, this session re-imagines coaching as a supportive framework that builds confidence, enhances classroom practice and strengthens system-wide professional development.

Whether you are an educator, coach, school leader or policy influencer, this webinar offers an opportunity to engage in thoughtful discussion and explore practical strategies for embedding coaching within educational settings.

Join us for this important and timely conversation, and discover how coaching can help empower teachers and enrich learning experiences across Wales and beyond.

UCA Cymru Fireside Chat

Coaching Across the Education Landscape – A National Conversation

Following our May research-led session, UCA Cymru will be hosting a special extended Fireside Chat bringing together a distinguished panel of coaches and educational professionals from across the sector.

This two-hour live discussion will create space for a rich, evidence-informed and practice-grounded conversation exploring how coaching can meaningfully support education at every level.

Our panel will represent a breadth of educational contexts — including primary, secondary, further and higher education, and specialist provision — with each contributor bringing both sector insight and a lived connection to coaching practice.

This will not be a presentation. It will be a professional dialogue.

Expect:

  • Honest discussion about the realities facing educators

  • Reflections on what coaching is genuinely changing on the ground

  • Debate on implementation, leadership, and sustainability

  • Live questions from UCA members and the wider education community

The session will be independently facilitated by UCA, allowing Dr Laura Rees-Davies to fully contribute to the panel conversation.

If the first event explores the research, this Fireside Chat moves the conversation into lived experience, practical insight and future direction.

More details — including panel announcements and booking information — coming soon.

If you work in education or coach within educational settings, you will not want to miss this.

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