Foster Coaching Institute
Fourteen strands, one per coach in the cohort, entering loose and gathering into a single line.

Learn it, try it,
make it
your own.

Fourteen places, once a year. Foster Coaching Institute trains coaches in small cohorts where everyone gets real practice and generous, specific feedback — one conversation at a time.

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Programmes

  1. 01

    Foundations

    Every Tuesday you practise a real conversation with your cohort, then talk through what worked. Most coaches start here.

    Twelve weeksPart time
  2. 02

    Mentorship

    Six months alongside one faculty coach, who helps you reflect on your client work while it is still fresh.

    Six monthsPaired mentor
  3. 03

    Advanced Practice

    A year building your own client practice with steady mentor support, ending in ICF accreditation.

    One yearBy application

How we teach

Four promises we keep.

  1. Cohorts stay small. Small enough that everyone has time to practise and to be heard. Every participant takes a turn, every week.
  2. Feedback is the method, not the extra. Practice sessions are talked through the same day, so good habits form with support rather than on your own.
  3. Ethics comes first, literally. Boundaries, consent and referral are taught in week one and revisited at the end, not added on as a compliance module.
  4. Faculty are practising coaches. Everyone who teaches here still works with clients of their own.

CoachSo what would it look like if you did say no to him?

ClientI don’t know. I’ve never tried.

CoachOkay. Let’s try it now, then.

Example reflection — illustrative, not a real session

Faculty, all still coaching

Morag Ellison, who coaches NHS clinical directors; Daniel Okafor, mid-career engineers; Priya Raman, start-up teams; Callum Reid, independent practitioners; Hélène Marchetti, executives in French and English; and Joanna Wright, people returning after long leave.

They gave me room to get it wrong until I got it right.

Ama Boateng · Foundations 2019

Next intake: March 2026.

A reply from faculty within two working days. Forty hours of guided practice.

  1. Applications open06 Jan
  2. Applications close27 Feb
  3. Teaching begins16 Mar
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