About Elevate
Elevate is a coaching and mentoring charity, that aims to create coaching communities in order to lift aspirations, raise skills and improve the community.
Elevate Description
MISSION: To transform our community one person at a time by inspiring individuals to achieve their potential and break out of the habits that hold them back.
VALUES: We have an I am, I have, I can and I will approach, with the desire to deliver a WOW service to transform the lives of others for the better. We want to do this with determination, ethically, with open-mindedness, creativity, honesty, bravery, energy, enthusiasm and humility. Our aim is to create loving environments where people work and play together, are passionate about encouraging each others skill, abilities and strengths and developing our own selves. We always want to be growing and always want to keep learning.
METHOD: Our primary focus is coaching because we believe in the power of coaching as a collaborative and egalitarian relationship that allows the coachees to access their inner resourcefulness that encourages them to take charge of their lives to achieve their stated goals, rather than focus on their problems.
(Adapted from Ives 2008)
We aim to create coaching communities that coach their communities. (To understand what we mean, think of close knit tribal cultures, where elder and younger members came together, shared their experiences, instilled common values, congratulated each other and told stories that had merit in developing the economy, unity and maturity of the tribe… are we being too romantic?).
We use non-clinical group coaching and one-to-one coaching that has its roots in positive psychology principles, and other therapeutic practices along with elements of a solutions focussed approach.
We use sport to teach life values, media as an expression of life issues, and events to create feel good communities.
We work within schools, and work with, small or large businesses, charities, churches, faith groups and other community, NGOs to make a significant positive impact on the lives of young people and transform our communities.