The Fundamentals
of Coaching Award
Building strong professional, ethical and psychological foundations for coaching practice.
This programme is supported by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, using funding from the Department for Work and Pensions' Get Britain Working Economic Inactivity Trailblazer.
START DATE
14th July 2026
DURATION
8 months
FORMAT
Online/small group
PLACES AVAILABLE
8 Places
AWARDING BODY
Association for Coaching
FULLY-FUNDED
For employers or businesses registered in York or North Yorkshire, with one or more employee(s)
Programme Overview
The Fundamentals of Coaching Award is an recognised coaching qualification accredited by the Association for Coaching, aiming to help you develop the mindset, confidence, and practical skills needed to coach and lead transformative conversations in the workplace.
Delivered online over four modules, this award is for you or designated members of your team, who would like to train as a coach. You will learn to listen deeply, ask powerful questions, and create psychologically safe spaces for growth, challenge, and reflection.
As part of the Trailblazer Employer Support Programme, this qualification strengthens your organisational coaching capability to support those at risk of disengagement, foster trust and communication, and retain valuable talent through compassionate and flexible approaches.
Who is this programme for?
Business owners and/or employers (leaders, managers, team co-ordinators) based in York or North Yorkshire, with one or more employee(s).
This project is supported by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, using funding from the Department for Work and Pensions' Get Britain Working Economic Inactivity Trailblazer.
By the end of the programme, you will be able to...
- Define and explain coaching - its purpose, value and process to support your workplace development.
- Distinguish coaching from other forms of workplace support, such as mentoring and counselling.
- Conduct structured coaching sessions from initial conversation to goal setting and final review, leading with a person-centred and outcome-focused approach.
- Understand and apply core coaching competencies and ethical practices within your professional context.
- Establish ethical, trusting coaching relationships that support growth and accountability.
- Integrate the Three Principles model to enhance your self-awareness, presence, wellbeing, and effectiveness as a coach.
- Demonstrate active listening, questioning, and communication skills to explore employee experience, build engagement, and enable purposeful action.
- Reflect critically on your own and others’ coaching practice, using tutor feedback to improve continuously.
- Recognise how a coaching mindset and approach supports inclusive leadership, employee engagement, wellbeing, and performance.
The programme is designed to help you lead coaching conversations that keep your team engaged and motivated, as well as help you better support colleagues from diverse backgrounds, or those on health journeys or with caring responsibilities. It will enable you to strengthen your retention approach, by offering flexible, compassionate support systems built on trust or develop your internal coaching capacity so your organisation continues to thrive long after the programme ends.
Commitment required:
- Attendance: All four online sessions
- Session dates:
Day 1: 14th July
Day 2: 10th September
Day 3: 8th October
Day 4: 5th November
- Session times: 9:30am-5:00pm
- Self-study: 17 hours (split between the four modules), approximately 4 hours after each module
- Assessment: Coaching and development log, personal coaching approach, coaching reflection and written case study.
Programme Structure
Module 4: The Heart of a Coaching Conversation
Module 1: Introduction to Coaching
Module 2: The Health of the Coach
Assessment Requirements
Module 3: Initiating a Coaching Conversation
Gain a recognised award
Achieve a formal coaching award qualification, accredited by the Association for Coaching
Accessible format
Online delivery, accessible to employers across the whole region
Build in-house capability
Train in house coaches, with skills to hold transformative, compassionate coaching conversations
Fully funded
Fully funded for employers or businesses registered in York or North Yorkshire with employees
Tangible impact
Improve your employees' engagement, trust, retention, and wellbeing in the workplace
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some common questions about the Fundamentals of Coaching Award programme. If you have a question about this programme that is not answered below, email support@theinnatecoach.co.uk and one of the team will get back to you.
Do I need any prior coaching experience to apply?
What is the time commitment?
What do I get at the end?
What does the assessment involve?
Can I progress to the Certificate after completing the Award?
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