Essex Professional Coaching

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🚀 Today, some of our Aspire Active Partnership network kicked off the day with our high-impact Accelerate Workshop – Leadership Foundations. We delved into a world of expert leadership insights and foundational strategies tailored for success in the children's activity sector. 🙌 We had organisations from across the UK attend today for a workshop led by Nick Howes! 🏆 Teachsport Lambeth Essex Professional Coaching #AccelerateWorkshop #LeadershipGrowth 🌟

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 >> 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 🎂 July 2017, sat wedged into Adam’s wife’s Fiat 500 in the IKEA car park, wondering if it’s safe to drive 2 plain white office desks home that way 🤷🏽♂️ That’s where it started for Adam & I on the EPC journey, officially unemployed and ready to setup our HQ from the spare bedroom of his first home 😮 Essex Professional Coaching 👈🏽 💭 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 💭 𝗪𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 ‘𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 💭 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 💭 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟯 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 It’s never all sunshine and rainbows when launching your own business, and sometimes I feel we emphasise the shiny bits too often 🌈 The stormy bits are important too because it’s how you deal with, learn from, and react to those that propels you forwards 📈 The reality is the above happened within the first two years but we never lost faith, and fast forward seven years we’re still here, still failing at times but celebrating wins too 😬 Enjoying birthdays a little more now as well, 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙙 (making the most of annual leave I hope 😅) Another year older! It’s an absolute pleasure being on this journey with you mate 🙌🏽 👴🏻👀 Striving to create a healthier, happier, and more active Essex 🤸🏽♀️ Enjoy your day and I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow (bring leftover cake, yeah? 🍰) 😅 #Business #Leadership #Codirectors #Progress #Birthday

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 🙌🏽 You know when you used to go to your sports teams end of year presentation with hope more than expectation 👀 Secretly hoping that you’d win an award 🏆 That’s part of the emphasis we’d love to have at our annual EPC day, part of which is filled with recognising and rewarding the people 💫 So, that’s Josh Martin and he was crowned our team member of the year for 2023/24 👑 Not only has Josh oozed the values👇🏽 🔅 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 😮 🔅 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺 😅 🔅 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 ❤️ 🔅 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 🤗 But he’s also impressed consistently over the year with his attendance, commitment, and flexibility 🌟 Continually striving to engage all schools, children, teachers, and parents he comes into contact with 💎 Adam & I have said before that without a team of great, aligned people we can’t widen our reach or achieve our goals 🎯 Fortunately, because of the people we’re on our way to both 🫶🏽 So well deserved Josh! 👏🏽 Keep up the great work 🫱🏽🫲🏻 Here’s to many more standout years 🔴⚫️⚪️ Ps: Josh is an excellent golfer and so we wanted to contribute towards a new club🏌🏾♂️

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧.. 👋🏽 So, that’s Annabelle and she’s recently joined us as our education manager 💎 Her role gives her the responsibility and authority to impact our schools programme at Essex Professional Coaching that now engages over 40 primary schools in Essex 🤸🏽♀️ Annabelle joining the team is unique for us because Annabelle IS us 🔴⚫️⚪️ She comes from the position of Co-Director where she spent the past 7 years growing her business that engaged thousands of children locally in PE, sport, and physical activity 💫 A conversation that started out chatting about how our businesses could support each other, turned into recognising Annabelle’s ambition and potential 👀 Coupled with us wanting to associate with the very best people in this space 🌟 We’re excited to have as you as part of the team Annabelle and are very much looking forward to achieving great things together 🙌🏽 Here’s to providing you with the support, tools, & resources to help you reach your goals 🚀

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 & 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 If you’d have told me in July 2017, crammed into Adam’s fiancée’s Fiat 500 with desk legs across my shoulder, that in 2024 I’d be celebrating EPC’s 7th year 👀 Engaging thousands of children in activity driven by a team of over 20 full time super people 🤸🏽♀️ I’d have laughed in your face 😂 But, here we are 🥹 7 years in, here are some things I wish I knew from the start👇🏽 1️⃣ 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 🫵🏽 2️⃣ 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢, 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 🚀 3️⃣ 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮 💪🏽 4️⃣ 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 🤷🏽♂️ 5️⃣ 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙪𝙩 🔍 6️⃣ 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 💦 7️⃣ 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩 🥰 8️⃣ 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 🫱🏽🫲🏻 9️⃣ 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 “𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚” 🥲 1️⃣0️⃣ 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 🚀 It has been, & continues to be, a hell of a ride but one I wouldn’t change for the world 🌍 Quitting my job to launch EPC is still one of the greatest decisions I’ve ever made 🔴⚫️⚪️ Forever grateful to be on the journey with Ad and for the support we receive from friends, family and the local community 🫶🏽 That support really is the fuel that empowers us to take risks, enjoy the journey, and remain resilient when things don’t work out ⛽️🔋 Here’s to many more years of a genuine love for what I do 🙏🏽🥂 Let me know your favourite number from the above in the comments below 👆🏽👇🏽

𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 🧩 Around 12 months ago Adam & I made the conscious decision to extend EPC services into wraparound provision 💭 Providing schools with stable, nurturing, supportive, and inclusive childcare clubs, before and after school wrapped around the school day 🧩 Prioritising child choice and providing a range of activities to create a healthier, happier, and more active Essex 🙌🏽 To get us here we’ve 👇🏽 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 🚀 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 🤔 𝙈𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 📆 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 😊 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 ✨ 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 🙏🏽 And we have been blessed with support from Matt along the way as an expert in wraparound🙏🏽 So here we are, stood proudly side by side with Jakki, headteacher at Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery who become our first ever wraparound setting 🫶🏽 Welcoming us into their school family from September as their chosen childcare provider ✨ Thank you Jakki for trusting the people you see at face value and taking a chance on us 🥹 Here’s to an exciting journey ahead 🥂🤗

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝘽𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙖, 𝘼𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝘽𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣?👇🏽 They all form part of an Olympic and Paralympic workshop being delivered to primary schools all over the country throughout the summer term 🚀 The ‘Road 2 Paris’ workshops include events and challenges themed around the 2024’ Olympic and Paralympic games 🇫🇷 We’ve teamed up with Aspire Active Education Group Ltd to give children at primary schools locally the opportunity to experience the magic of the games ✨ Kicking us off was Dan & Kyah delivering the first of two days of workshops at Millfields Primary School, Wivenhoe📍 One of the things I enjoy the most about the workshops is they help children engage in new sports AND live the Olympic & Paralympic values👇🏽 🔅 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 💪🏽 🔅 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 🤗 🔅 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🙌🏽 🔅 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🌟 🔅 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 🫱🏻🫲🏿 🔅 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 🥹 🔅 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 🫱🏽🫲🏻 From discussions with local schools we agreed that a lot of the values overlap into school ethos and values 💫 Which ones are included in your school values?

𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵: 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 🚀 5 years ago we launched our Clacton Football Centre ⚽️ Training sessions for children in primary school as an introduction to the beautiful game 😊 Adam & I have always loved football and played with and against each other for over a decade 🫱🏽🫲🏻 So, once we launched Essex Professional Coaching we always planned to run football sessions for kids to share that passion with the next generation 🫶🏽 I was so nervous come launch night, we’d previously launched an indoor football centre in Colchester that failed 🙅🏽♂️ And so the thought of trying again can be scary but, that’s exactly when you should try again.. right? 🤷🏽♂️ This time around we👇🏽 🔅𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 📉 🔅𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 ⛽️ 🔅𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 (𝗥 - 𝗬𝗿𝟲) 🙌🏽 🔅𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 💪🏽 🔅𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 🚀 And off we went🤞🏽 Turns out that launch night was a success and since then, the centre continues to engage hundreds of children each week in fun football sessions 🥹 Credit to Sean who, after we met, expressed his interest in supporting the centre & went on to advocate the sessions as well as coach at them on a weekly basis 👏🏽 #businessjourney #engagingchildren #football #failure #success