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Supporting Sector Leaders
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Supporting Sector Leaders: Liverpool and Northern Ireland

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Funded leadership development through Action Learning and professional coaching for senior leaders in Refugee and Migration, and Racial Equity Sectors across the Liverpool City Region and Northern Ireland.

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Overview

 

This fully online programme is composed of a dynamic mix of peer-guided support through facilitated Action Learning and professional coaching tailored for strategic leaders in refugee and migration and racial equity organisations across the Liverpool City Region and Northern Ireland.

By centring these communities, we strive to foster deeper local connections, amplify the impact of both individuals and organisations, and empower local leaders with the skills and insights needed to address the unique challenges their communities encounter.

This programme aims to support leaders and CEOs of organisations. We strongly encourage those with lived experience of immigration systems or from Black and racially minoritised communities to apply.

Key details
  • 5 x 3 hour Action Learning sessions
  • 4 x 1 hour professional 1:1 coaching
  • Fully-funded online programme
Features
  • Find answers to current opportunities or challenges
  • Practice non-judgmental active listening
  • Build a trusted network with likeminded individuals
  • Receive professional coaching to support you with complex challenges

Eligibility criteria

Strategic Decision Makers

For individuals involved in strategic decision making, with the title of CEO or an equivalent who generally have 6+ years of leadership experience from any sector, either paid and voluntary.

Sector

Participants must work refugee and migration or racial equity organisations in the Liverpool City Region or Northern Ireland.

Location

Participants must be based in the Liverpool City Region or Northern Ireland.

What's included

Action Learning

Action Learning provides essential support for organisational leaders navigating challenges like burnout, strategic direction, board relations, staff retention, empathetic leadership, change management, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion—while fostering resilience, influence, and self-awareness as a strategic leader.

 

Professional Coaching

This is a space to not only develop professionally but personally. 1:1 coaching provides personalised guidance, offering space for reflection, confidence-building, and skill development. It will ensure you have space to tackle the unique challenges you and your organisation face so that you can refine their vision, navigate complex dynamics, strengthen decision-making, and foster impactful, values-driven leadership.

What our participants say

 Action Learning facilitator

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 Pat Joseph

Pat is an Executive and leadership development coach, facilitator, and trainer. She is a Senior Practitioner of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and holds an ILM Level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching and Action Learning Set Facilitator Accreditation with the Institute of Leadership and Management.

The golden thread throughout Pat’s career has been to enable others to develop their positive potential. To this end coaching skills have been an integral part of her practice. Pat has over 30 years’ experience within the social, statutory and private sectors in supporting leaders, managers and practitioners that work with vulnerable people and which promote inclusive services for marginalised communities.

She was a business owner for over 18 years running a values-led training business which supported frontline workers to improve their practice when working with vulnerable families. During this time Pat worked to deliver national training programmes on behalf of the government’s Children’s Workforce Development Council.

Pat describes herself as being ‘passionate about people’ and is driven by supporting others to make positive progress in their lives through the insights that they discover via coaching. She is keen to support leaders as they come against their ‘growth edges’ and help them explore their way through and beyond.

Coach

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 Reem Assil

Reem designs, manages, and facilitates leadership programmes in three languages: English, French, and Arabic. With over 800 hours of facilitation experience globally spanning various sectors and generations, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. As a mentor with over 15 years of experience, Reem is dedicated to supporting women and young people. She is also a certified Transformational Coach, leveraging her skills to drive positive change and growth in individuals and organisations alike.

A British Syrian, born in London and grew up in Damascus. Reem holds an MSc in Biotechnology. Reem started out her career as a University Lecturer in immunology at the University of Damascus before embarking on her PhD degree in Immunology at the Université Montpellier II/France. She worked as a Chief Biomedical Technician in the Cardiovascular Department at the University of Cambridge before embarking on her second PhD in religious studies and peacebuilding exploring the large-group identities of Syrians in exile at the University of Winchester. She worked as a Programmes Director and Development Director at Common Purpose between 2018 and 2023.

She holds a certificate in Business and Social Justice from the University of Cambridge/Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a certificate in Embodied Conflict Resolution, a certificate in Working With Somatic Wounds with Dr. Peter Levine, a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and is currently pursuing a certificate in Mind-Body Coaching.

Reem is a member of the Community Scrutiny Panel at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and an invited observer to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum (CECF) Trustee meetings. She is a founding member of the Syrian Nonviolence Movement, where she headed its Media department. She is also a co-founder of the Free Syrian Translators, a media activism group. She chaired the Syrian Platform for Peace-UK from 2015 to 2019. Reem is also a blogger and has written for several media outlets in both Arabic and English. She is a co-author of “The Arab Spring, Five Years On”. 

She is a single mother, a social activist, and a public speaker. She was the top-rated public speaker at the Amnesty International Student Conference in 2013.

Dates

 

We know that professional development can have a transformational impact for you and your organisation, but making time for it can be a challenge. Please see below for an overview of the programme schedule to help you plan ahead.

There isn’t a set timetable for coaching, you will be able to schedule sessions based on your coach’s availability using the scheduler. However, coaching sessions must be scheduled and completed within the programme’s overall timeframe.

Session Date & Time
Session 1

Thursday 5th June 10:00-13:00
Session 2

Tuesday 1st July 10:00-13:00
Session 3

Tuesday 16th September 10:00-13:00
Session 4

Tuesday 14th October 10:00-13:00
Session 5

Tuesday 11th November 10:00-13:00

Frequently Asked Questions

Action Learning is beneficial for individuals and organisations across various industries and sectors. It is particularly valuable for leaders, managers, teams, and professionals seeking innovative problem-solving and skill development.

Action Learning offers several benefits, including enhanced problem-solving abilities, improved decision-making skills, better teamwork, increased self-awareness, and innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Topics cover the spectrum of workplace challenges and opportunities such as, line management, managing up, collaboration, project next steps, development opportunities, cause specific and managing wellbeing. 

No, you do not need to have experience in Action Learning, we welcome individuals who meet the above Who’s it for criteria. If you are unsure if you meet the criteria please get in touch at info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk.

Everyone. Coaching offers essential support on your leadership development journey. It guides you towards identifying your strengths and areas for development, so you can tap into your talent and overcome the barriers that might be holding you back.

We want to remove as many barriers as possible to support you to engage with this development opportunity. If you, or a colleague, need any reasonable adjustments please email us at info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk to start a conversation about how to best support your participation.

We recognise that the August 2024 riots had a widespread impact on many regions, organisations, and individuals beyond the Liverpool City Region and Northern Ireland. The current bursaries have been allocated specifically to these regions based on the funder's strategic priorities. We hope to expand the reach of this support in the future.

This is to offer support in response to the racist and Islamaphobic riots that took place in August 2024.

Start your Action Learning journey

Register your interest

Office Address: 127 Farringdon Road
London EC1R 3DA

Registered Address: 7 Bell Yard
London WC2A 2JR

T 020 7082 5370 ext 275

E info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk

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