Category Archives: Coaching

Great coaches need great supervisors and we’re looking for intuitive people who stretch themselves and others with warmth and the belief that all our clients deserve the very best. This extraordinary opportunity means you can help people in prison and … Continue reading →

CIAO wants all people convicted of offences, or at risk of offending, to be offered life coaching so they can help themselves and others. Our experience tells us that asking people questions to unlock their own answers is infinitely more … Continue reading →

CIAO wants to thank people we’ve coached over our first decade and hear what they’re up to now.  Our 1st client burst into her session 10 years ago and we’re hugely grateful to her and the many men, women and children … Continue reading →

Coaching Inside and Out uses life coaching to challenge and support people convicted of offences or at risk of offending. Clients realise their strengths, find their own solutions, and improve their lives and the lives of others with techniques used … Continue reading →

A major international funder, the Oak Foundation, has asked CIAO to explore the impact of our coaching after reading Coaching Behind Bars. We’re delighted they’ve given a grant that will help us do this and to spread the word about … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly seven years since we first asked people to join us to design a coaching approach for prisoners and, whilst we’ve coached over 800 clients inside and out, we want to coach far more. We said “This will … Continue reading →

CIAO has been offering coaching as part of the Trafford Early Help partnership since 2016 to help some of Trafford’s most at risk families. This means working with 53 young people aged 13+ and their families, particularly those displaying anti-social … Continue reading →

BBC Radio Wales tackles the topic of how Welsh women prisoners find themselves locked up in English prisons, as there are no women’s prisons in Wales. CIAO works with many Welsh women in HMP Styal and Clare, our MD, reflects … Continue reading →

Tune in to Radio 2 this Sunday 6th March 2016 to hear Clare McGregor, CIAO’s MD, talking about our work in prisons on Clare Balding’s show, at 8.10am.  To hear it again click here.   This is the rescheduled interview as the November one … Continue reading →