Universal Coaching Alliance
Cymru
Upcoming Cymru Events Programme
UCA Cymru Talking Space
for Welsh Coaches
All UCA Members and Non-members are welcome to join this special Talking Space session through the medium of Welsh hosted by UCA Cymru.
Join Us:
Coaching in Wales brings unique opportunities, challenges, cultures, communities, and conversations. Whether you’re an experienced coach, newly qualified, working bilingually, supporting local communities, or building a coaching practice across Wales — as a Welsh speaker this space has been created for you.
Talking Space through the medium of the Welsh language is not a workshop or formal training session. There are no slides, presentations, or expectations. It is a relaxed, welcoming professional conversation designed to connect Welsh speaking coaches in a meaningful and supportive way.
Our first session takes place on Tuesday 23rd June from 12:00 – 13:00 BST and offers an opportunity to meet fellow Welsh language coaches from across Wales, share experiences, explore common themes, and begin building stronger connections within the Welsh coaching community.
You will also be at the start of a long, ever-changing and fascinating journey driven by the question: “So what is my relationship with this thing called coaching?” In this space, you will meet travelling companions — people walking alongside you with their own experiences, questions, wisdom, and reflections.
This is your space.
Come with questions, ideas, challenges, reflections — or simply come to listen and connect with fellow welsh speakers. Whether you coach in education, leadership, wellbeing, business, communities, or private practice, you will be warmly welcomed
Four meaningful outcomes you can expect:
✅ Connection
Meet fellow Welsh speaking coaches from across Wales and begin building supportive professional relationships within the Welsh coaching community.
✅ Conversation
Share experiences, challenges, opportunities, and insights in an open and respectful environment where every voice matters.
✅ Community
Feel part of a growing network of coaches who understand the realities of working within Welsh communities, organisations, and cultures.
✅ Encouragement
Leave feeling energised, supported, and reassured that you do not have to navigate your coaching journey alone.
Whether you are based in North, South, Mid or West Wales — or supporting Welsh clients from further afield — we would love you to join us in developing a bilingual presence.
UCA Cymru Fireside Chat
Coaching Across the Education Landscape – A National Conversation
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.
Findings: The Strength Report 2026
Inside UK Coaching: who has it, why it helps and what holds it back
You are warmly invited to join us for this special virtual event hosted by the Universal Coaching Alliance Cymru Team.
Join us online on Wednesday 22nd October at 12:00 BST – 13:00 BST for a research-led session with Sam Heighway, founder of Be Business Fit, exploring the realities of leadership coaching across UK workplaces today.
The Strength Report brings together the experiences of HR professionals, CEOs and managers to better understand how coaching impacts leadership in practice. Last year’s research involved 170 professionals sharing insights into confidence, decision-making, communication and conflict management at work.
During this thought-provoking session, Sam will explore:
- Who has access to coaching — and who does not
- How coaching influences leadership confidence and behaviour
- Barriers preventing people from seeking support
- The growing role of AI in difficult workplace conversations
- What coaches can learn from current leadership challenges
Expect an engaging discussion that goes beyond the data to explore what leaders are genuinely experiencing within organisations — and what this means for the future of coaching and leadership development.
Sam has over 30 years’ experience in HR, leadership and coaching across both the public and private sectors. She now works with values-led businesses to strengthen leadership behaviours, reduce conflict and create healthier workplace cultures through honest, practical and purposeful coaching conversations.
Sam is also a Fellow of the CIPD.