Meetings & venues

The Cumbria Coaching Network meets monthly on the 3rd Friday of every month between 10am and 2pm. We each pay £10 per meeting to cover room hire and lunch.

Castle CourtOur regular venues

Lyzzick Hall country house hotel, located near Keswick on the lower slopes of Skiddaw with simply stunning views.

Castle Court - a large converted Westmorland Bank barn, located near Shap. This is the
home of Stepping Off, complete with welcoming chickens and Troy the resident peacock.

Rayrigg Farm Studios on the shores of Lake Windermere.


Programme

15th August 2008 Castle Court
Shap
Gestalt in Coaching Jackie Wilkinson
19th September 2008 Lyzzick Hall
Keswick
Making the most of your coaching practice. This interactive session will help you to gain focus and clarity around what it means to lead your coaching practice in a way that will ensure more business and job satisfaction.  From Zoë's research with local inspirational leaders, you will explore 3 key factors that they have identified as being at the core of success. Zoe Dawes Chartwell Coaching
17th October 2008   Coaching Skills for Leaders  
21st November 2008 Lyzzick Hall
Keswick
Transactional Analysis. How TA can be useful to understand the interactions between two people and within groups. Pam Coleman
19th December 2008 Castle Court
Shap

Laughter workshop. Laughter makes you feel good. It is socially bonding, improving relationships at home and work. It can stimulate the creative side of the brain and lead to clearer thinking. Laughter workshops are an innovative approach to stress management and team building - a 30 minute blend of stimulated laughter techniques, interspersed with breathing and stretching exercises.

Networking. A chance for all members to catch up with each other on what’s been happening during 2008.

Keith Adams
16th January 2009   Coaching the unconscious mind

Kate Trafford
Go Beyond Ltd

20th February 2009   Coaching people with disabilities. How the disability rights commission has integrated coaching into their leadership development programmes. Danny West
20th March 2009   Self Actualisation. We come onto this planet in a state of awe and wonder, full of curiosity and trust. As we grow up we become enculturated to exist in a very different state. The grown up state usually involves fear, guilt, stress and not much fun. Self Actualisation Learning Technology (SALT) uses intentional conversation and application of specific peak performance scales to bring individuals to present-time consciousness and reconnect them to the sensational (as opposed to emotional) world we knew when we were young. In doing so, people are assisted to live happier, healthier, more authentic and fulfilled lives. Simon Hathaway
17th April 2009   Reflexive ways of working. An opportunity to learn about new reflexive ways of working which could broaden and enhance your coaching techniques, gaining an in-depth understanding of individuals within organisational contexts. Sheila White