Striding Out
Business Start Up Courses for Unemployed Adults
Striding Out is running a series of Business Start Up Courses for Unemployed Adults.
The Course consists of a series of workshops which cover the topics of:-
- Self-employment as a career choice
- Assessing the viability of a business idea
- Market Research
- Business Planning
- Marketing and Sales
All participants will be expected to undertake further research and planning in between workshops.
We hope for participants to leave the course with the following outcomes:-
- Increased confidence in their ability to start a business
- Increased confidence in their business idea
- Understanding and confidence of how to write a business plan and start a business
- Understanding and confidence to successfully secure customers
Find out more about the courses in London and Birmingham (Course in Liverpool starting soon)
New Support Products
Striding Out has launched two new support products for our clients the Mentor's Toolbox and Social Enterprise Toolbox
The Mentoring Toolbox helps individuals become an effective and confident mentor and coach to others
Download our Mentor's Toolbox ebook
Download the Mentor's Toolbox i-phone mobile app
Our Social Enterprise Toolbox offers guidance and tools to help you set up and run your social enterprise.

Download the Social Enterprise ToolBox E-Book here
Download the Social Enterprise ToolBox i-phone Mobile App
New Year, New Start Coaching Package
Striding Out is offering a special
New Year, New Start Coaching Programme
in Career, Business or Leadership Coaching.
Our team of expert coaches can help you in the following areas:
- Career - Figure out your career ambitions; Plan for a career change, Regain motivation and confidence; or Present yourself better for job prospects in your CV and Interview.
- Business - For Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Employees - Develop your business strategy for the year ahead; Refresh your vision and motivation; Plan to overcome challenges; or Be your critical friend for achieving your action plan and goals over the coming months.
- Leadership - For Business or Community Leaders - Define your leadership style; Develop your leadership role and profile; Overcome challenges and confidence issues; and/or Improve your management and leadership skills.
We suggest that you discuss your needs with one of our coaches to find out more about how they can help you achieve your goals for 2012.

The New Year, New Start Coaching Programme consists of :-
3 x 1hr coaching sessions (on phone or skype) for £210 plus VAT.
6 x 1hr coaching sessions (on phone or skype) for £405 plus VAT.
If you prefer, face to face coaching is available at a slightly higher price.
You might be eligible for funding to cover 50% of these costs using the Leadership and Management Grant, so please enquire.
1hr Introductory sessions are available for £50 plus VAT.
To discuss your needs or to book your session today Contact Us
Coach Franchise
Do you enjoy helping others to achieve their potential?
Then think about joining the Striding Out Coaching Network....
Striding Out is looking for professionally trained coaches to join the team across the UK, who are experienced and qualified to deliver coaching and training support in the areas of leadership development, business support, career support and training in coaching skills to a range of client groups
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Striding Out offers a Franchise to Coaches who want to be part of a Network of Coaches. Together we collaborate on resources, knowledge and skills to achieve more success by working together.
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We also consider applications from Associates. As approriate, we will call on Associate Coaches who are based in a certain location, have a specialist skill set and specific experience so we can call on you for specific work opportunities that arise where we don't have a suitably skilled coach within our Franchise Network.
The Franchise Opportunity
Our coaches are part of an entrepreneurial team who adopt the Striding Out brand and deliver our programmes in their local area as part of a Franchise arrangement.
Working as a Network of Coaches we benefit from the following:-
- Collating and sharing our team's track record and experience to win work
- Sharing robust operational management systems to manage clients and contracts
- Achieving a higher turnover to secure larger contracts
- Achieving and sharing quality marks and accreditations e.g. ILM
- Achieving economies of scale on costs and resources
- Maximising the national marketing budget and sharing marketing activity
- Continual CPD from sharing, working and learning from others
- Achieving a bigger impact overall on our clients.
Find out more about the Delivery and Social Impact we have achieved as a team by clicking here
Our team of Franchise Coaches are supported by a specialist team who assist with finance, administration, business development and marketing the brand nationally.
Interested in finding out more and applying to be a part of our team?
Click Here to Register
Upon receiving the information we will review your CV and the information provided. If we feel you are suitable, will send you further information and arrange a follow-up call to discuss the opportunity further.
At the meeting you will learn about our experience of growing the organisation and developing the brand, what operational processes and systems we use, the franchisee model and support infrastructure. We shall also share our track record and experience, and our approach to delivering coaching and training to young people and organisations over the last six years.


Check out what our Franchise Coaches have to say ......
“ Striding Out has afforded me a number of opportunities as a small business to access business and contract opportunities such as the Future Jobs Fund programme which would have been difficult on my own. There are also opportunities to work with individual coaches partnering up on projects . The company pushes entrepreneurship not only to its clients but also to individual coaches encouraging them to develop their franchises. I also love having access to the cloud database system it uses allowing access from anywhere whilst offering useful resources and support through its centralised database.” Maureen Clarke
" As a new qualified coach I was looking for an opportunity to jump straight in and use my coaching skills. I had worked on my own for 3 years previously training and had missed the support and interaction of a team. Striding Out has been the perfect solution. Its reputation in the marketplace means I have worked on some of the most amazing, varied projects with clients I would never have even got through the door if I had approached as an individual. Having a team of 20 plus other coaches of all experience and background has really helped to develop my skills and provided an opportunity to share knowledge and resources." Denise Chilton
“Striding Out has given me the opportunity to get involved in a range of interesting projects as well as develop my own. It also allowed me to gain new skills which will help me grow follow my passion and grow my business. For me, being part of a team and working with like-minded people has been invaluable, both in terms of coming up with new ideas as well as having the support to follow them through.” Ana Nacif
“Over the last year being apart of Striding Out has given me the opportunity to grow as a coach, as a business woman and as a person. I have coached over 100 individuals on varying topics from their career to their personal lives to their business. It has given me the confidence I needed to be a great coach and flourish. More than just working on several different projects, I now feel part of a family. The Striding Out coaching family is something I am proud to be apart of and will continue to be apart of for years to come. In addition, I feel apart of the wider Striding Out community. It is special and incredibly dear to me.” Quinn Simpson
“Striding Out has given me the opportunity to be exposed to the type of clients I want to work with, and the backing of SO as a company far outweighs what I would be able to do alone. It has by far been one of the best decisions I have made and the encouragement to do marketing, business development, and even admin/invoicing are skills which I can continue to use for life. Being part of the team means an opportunity to 'Knowledge Transfer', collaborate and be inspired by others. It also allows two sets of skills to be used together to win new opportunities.” Chris Davies-Anipole
Birmingham Events 2012
Click on the links to find out more about our upcoming training events in Birmingham:-
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Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTTLS) L3 - 20th Jan
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New Enterprise Club - 13th January, 3rd February and 23rd March
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Introduction to Coaching Masterclass - 10th February
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Leadership and Management ILM Level 3 - February
Or contact Alison Richards
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