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Upcoming events
Making the case for coaching: how to secure support for coaching as a leader
Date: Tuesday 15 September
Time: 12:30-13:30
Location: Online, via Zoom
In busy and financially challenging times it can be hard to feel comfortable and confident to ask for your organisation to support you with external coaching. The investment of time and money can be perceived to be a luxury, and perhaps not the best use of increasingly limited resources. In this practical session, aimed at emerging and current charity sector leaders, Dr Helen Timbrell (CCE Consultant and Coaching Programme Coordinator) and Aimee Hardaker (Chief Operating Officer at the charity Settle) will share insights and advice to help you make the case for coaching, drawing on both evidence and personal experience Helen and Aimee aim to create a session that will leave all participants confident to make the case for coaching.
About the speaker
Aimee Hardaker is COO at Settle and was previously their longstanding Head of Delivery. Aimee joined Settle in June 2019 following six years at the social work charity Frontline. She leads on Settle’s frontline delivery, safeguarding, participation and community development as well as Settle's operational functions.
Aimee had the benefit of accessing coaching in the early stages of her career and is interested in how coaching can help to create high performing teams and organisational cultures as well as support excellent frontline practice.
Rock for change book launch
Date: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Hybrid - Bayes Business School, 33 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG, or Online via Zoom
Fund raising rock concerts have been a major feature of the music scene since the first recognized event, the Concert for Bangladesh, was organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1971. Since then, they have come in many guises, from small-scale local affairs to mega international extravaganzas with the causes they support including national and international disaster relief as well as more political objectives.
During this event the co-editors of Rock for change, Peter Grant (CCE lecturer at Bayes Business School) and Nick Baxter-Moore (Brock University, Canada), as well as several of the contributors will discuss the research and insights presented in the the book. The guest speaker for the evening will be Stephen Greene CBE, CEO of the international pro-social media company Rockcorps.
More about Rock for Change
Rock for Change explores the role benefit concerts, tours, and recordings have had in mobilizing popular music and musicians to raise money or awareness to combat social problems, both human and natural. It considers the benefit concert over thirteen wide-ranging chapters, including major events such as the Concert for Bangladesh, Live Aid, and the Concert for New York; national examples such as Scottish concerts for overseas aid, Neil and Pegi Young's Bridge School benefits in California, mining disasters in Canada and political causes like Rock Against Racism and Red Wedge in the UK and punk events in Washington DC.
Recent events
Growing and sustaining a coaching culture in smaller organisations (11 June 2026)
Growing and sustaining a coaching culture in smaller organisations
Thursday 11 June 2026
In this free webinar Executive Coach Simon Hill and Jude Williams (CEO of Literacy Pirates) reflected on how coaching approaches can support sustainable learning and development in less-well-resourced organisations.
This event was chaired by CCE Consultant, Coach, and Visiting Lecturer Dr Helen Timbrell.
Watch a recording of this event.
We look like to apologise that the audio and video is out of sync. Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.
Building a coaching culture at the National Trust (3 March 2026)
Building a coaching culture at the National Trust
Tuesday 3 March 2026
In this free webinar Katrina Darcy-Smith reflected on her experiences of building a coaching culture in a large, complex charity.
In this practice-based session, Katrina Darcy-Smith presented on behalf of Jane Bellinger sharing her presentation on coaching culture within the National Trust. Katrina shared experiences from across the National Trust, where a coaching approach is now at the heart of learning, development and performance processes.
This event was chaired by CCE Consultant, Coach, and Visiting Lecturer Dr Helen Timbrell.
Watch a recording of this event.
Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.
Beyond Awareness: Using Coaching to Support Women Through Menopause (2 December 2025)
Beyond Awareness: Using Coaching to Support Women Through Menopause
Tuesday 2 December 2025
In this free webinar Catherine Wilton shared her award-winning research demonstrating the positive impact coaching can have for women at work during menopause.
Catherine explored how HR leaders and CEOs in the voluntary sector can take practical, strategic action. She shared how coaching can be used as part of a holistic approach to workforce support, improving retention, fulfilling legal obligations, and ensuring your organisation leads with purpose and care.
Catherine is an independent Leadership Development Specialist, Facilitator and Coach with a particular focus on the public and voluntary sectors. She held a number of senior roles in the NHS including as Director of the Coalition for Collaborative Care and ran several nationally recognised leadership programmes. She is accredited as a Senior Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and holds an MSc (with distinction) in Coaching and Behavioural Change from Henley Business School, where she specialised in menopause coaching. Catherine is currently undertaking a PhD in coaching, also at Henley.
This event was chaired by CCE Consultant, Coach, and Visiting Lecturer Dr Helen Timbrell.
Watch a recording of this event.
Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.
Archive
Events archive (2023-2026)
Charity Talk archive (2010-2023)
About CCE Charity Talks
Charity leaders shared their expertise on the challenges facing the sector. This evening lecture series had welcomed over 10,000 attendees by the time it reached its conclusion.
Please find links below to information on our previous Charity Talks
- Charity Talks series 2022/2023
- Charity Talks series 2021/2022
- Charity Talks series 2020/2021
- Charity Talks series 2019/2020
- Charity Talks series 2017/2018
- Charity Talks series 2016/2017
- Charity Talks series 2014/2015
- Charity Talks series 2013/2014
- Charity Talks series 2011/2012
- Charity Talks series 2010/2011
