my community coach
London
CoCo has a team of staff and volunteers dedicated to building confidence,
self-esteem and support positive lifestyle changes in young people via the
conduits of education, sport and culture. Our staff have a background in
mentoring and life coaching, project management, social inclusion, vocational
training, and sports coaching. Our community based values are manifested in our
training activities in the classroom, and our team activities which take place
in positive open spaces and parks around Brighton and Hove. CoCo works with a
variety of local organisations and stakeholders to achieve its goals and deliver
its activities. For example, we work directly with youth clubs, Job Centre Plus,
and youth/employment networks (Brighton’s Women’s Centre, the Chamber of
Commerce, Brighton and Hove Youth Collective, and The Platform) to engage
directly with young people that are interested in career planning, job search,
our vocational courses, or sport team building activities. We also have close
ties with sports clubs such as Hassocks Tennis Club, Preston Park Tennis Club,
Pavilion and Avenue Tennis Club, Preston Panthers FC, Withdean FC and Patcham
FC. With these clubs we organise team building events, joint sports days and in
house training to develop soft and employability skills via sport. Our team has
worked with hundreds of young people across Sussex to provide vocational
training, mentoring and employability training. Our reach is growing and in 2017
hope to reach even more young people. Specifically, our qualified staff provide
VET courses such as City and Guilds Level 1 Principles of Coaching Sport, Level
1-2 Employability Skills and Level 2 Travel and Tourism Destinations. We also
provide Coaching and Mentoring Sessions with a qualified life coach, cultural
activities and overseas team sports tours in Europe. Our aim is to support young
people not in employment, education or training, aged 18-24, early school
leavers now long term unemployed, general unemployed young people, and we place
special emphasis on the participation of young women and the more socially
excluded members of society. We use our links with local colleges, the local
authority, community groups and youth networks to support young people into
vocational training, improve their confidence and support them into further
vocational training, work experience or employment. Activities locally in the UK
Vocational Training Centre Registered with City and Guilds Employment, advice
and careers service: Information advice and guidance for young people looking
for work; Mentoring and coaching; connections with youth organisations,
community groups, employment networks Confidence Building, Team working and
development of soft and employability skills: Sports coaching; Cultural and
rural/active tourism around Sussex and going on hikes in the countryside, team
games, confidence building exercises in parks around Sussex Culture, sports and
language trips abroad: working with local sports/youth/college groups to travel
abroad and compete in tournaments. Receiving organisation in the Erasmus
programme
