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UKCPD

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UKCPD, the UK College of Personal Development, is an online coaching, leadership and personal development college with a London address, started in 1998. It teaches Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications in coaching and mentoring at Levels 5 and 7, ILM leadership and management courses, life coaching diplomas, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) from foundation to master practitioner level, and short continuing professional development (CPD) courses. Learners include new and practising coaches, managers, human resources staff and people changing career. Study is online, mixing self-paced materials with live online workshops, group tutor sessions and one-to-one supervision, and learners can start at any time. ILM coaching qualifications can take up to three years, though UKCPD suggests aiming for about a year at Level 5. Prices include value added tax (VAT). The ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring costs £2,395 and the ILM Level 7 Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors costs £3,295, with interest-free monthly plans for UK students. UKCPD states it is an ILM Approved Centre, that its life coaching courses are accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) and that its NLP courses are accredited by the Association for NLP (ANLP). Most courses were taught at its Swindon centre until it became an online college in 2022.

Academy of Executive Coaching

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The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) is a coach training provider based in London, which states it was founded in 1999. It trains people to work as executive and team coaches, and teaches coaching skills to managers. The Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching has three two-day modules about six weeks apart and an assessment day, spread over roughly five to six months, with cohorts of up to 20. It runs live online, in person in London or in a hybrid format, and partners deliver it in other countries. The Professional Practitioner Diploma follows on, with six days over six months delivered online. Other courses include a Coaching Skills Certificate, Systemic Team Coaching programmes and a Climate Coaching Certificate. For organisations it runs in-house coach training and coaching programmes for staff from emerging talent to senior executives. The Professional Practitioner Diploma costs £4,950, or £3,850 for graduates of its Practitioner Diploma; the Practitioner Diploma price is given at booking. The AoEC states that the Practitioner Diploma is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 1 programme, holds the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Quality Award at Practitioner level and holds the Association for Coaching (AC) Accredited Award in Coach Training. It says the Professional Practitioner Diploma is accredited at ICF Level 2 and that more than 15,000 people have trained with it. Companies House lists Academy of Executive Coaching Limited as incorporated in 2002.

Animas Centre for Coaching

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Animas Centre for Coaching is a UK coach training school founded in 2008 by Nick Bolton, with all of its training delivered online. Its main course, the Accredited Diploma in Transformative Coaching, is for people training as life, executive or internal coaches, and for those who want to use coaching in an existing role. It runs as six two-day live virtual modules in groups of up to 15. Students also get one-to-one mentoring from a coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), twice-monthly group supervision, observed practice and assessment, and have up to 12 months to complete. Animas also lists 12-week certificate programmes in existential, psychodynamic, Jungian and other coaching approaches, currently taking names for a waiting list. The diploma costs £6,995 with no VAT charged, and some 2026 places are listed at £6,495. A £995 deposit secures a place, with the balance payable in full or in 10 interest-free instalments. Animas states that the diploma is accredited by the ICF at Level 2, by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Senior Practitioner level and by the Association for Coaching. Nick Bolton also founded the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and Ruth Randall is chief executive.

Barefoot Coaching

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Barefoot Coaching Ltd is a coach training and workplace coaching company based in Castle Donington, Derbyshire, founded by Kim Morgan. Its main course is the ICF Accredited Coach Training Programme, accredited at Level 2 by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and open to people new to coaching. It is taught live online in 28 half-day Zoom sessions over about four months. A shorter Coaching Skills Foundation Programme runs over six half-day sessions, and the Leader as Coach Programme is aimed at managers who want to use coaching in their role. Qualified coaches can take further courses in team coaching, coaching supervision and coaching for grief and loss. For organisations it provides one-to-one coaching, usually four or six sessions of 90 to 120 minutes held in person or online, as well as team and group coaching. The main course costs £7,395, including VAT for self-funders and plus VAT for company-funded places. An optional Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching, approved by the University of Chester, costs a further £2,280. The Foundation programme costs £895 and Leader as Coach £2,500, while prices for one-to-one coaching are not published. The website states that the Team Coaching Practitioner Programme is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Practitioner level and holds its Team Coaching Quality Award. Kim Morgan is listed as an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Barefoot Coaching Limited was incorporated in 2009.