About Gin Dunscombe
Informal, professional, non-judgmental, developmental, unexpected
One of the first qualified coaches in the UK, I provide professional and personal development coaching for people at all levels and at all stages of their life journeys. I offer a unique combination of skills, knowledge and experience gained from three decades as a coach, mentor and facilitator of individuals and teams in a wide spectrum of organisations, and from several parallel careers and a generous helping of high quality learning, training and development. I bring an endless curiosity and a host of tools and techniques to the issue of each person maximising their potential and performing effectively, both at work and in the context of their wider lives.
Experience includes 15 years as coach, mentor and Action Learning Facilitator for all directors and managers at UNICEF UK. As Head of the Lewisham Culture & Urban Development Commission, a Creative City initiative, I worked on a comprehensive range of issues of organisational and individual change, including managing major cultural change for a merger of 14 businesses.
My varied career spans ten years as a carpenter in the building industry and development work with high performance teams. I have designed and delivered an extensive set of workshops and trainings, from effective priority management to cultural diversity. I co-devised and tutored on the first UK University/Local Authority Post Graduate Management Programmes. I have facilitated organisational interventions through Action Learning Sets and Team Development workshops and events, Open Space and Future Search.
More recently, I have been increasingly working around issues of resilience, tension, stress and trauma.
Gin Dunscombe Artist
As an adult, I was perplexed by and ignorant of visual art. This led me on a wonderful eleven year journey of discovery - from an introductory course to completing my MA Fine Art at Camberwell and Chelsea Colleges of Art.
Clients
Action Aid
Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID)
Amnesty International
Akina Mama Wa Afrika
Bauer Media
BBC
B-eat
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Camden Mediation
Capita
Circle Anglia
College of Occupational Therapists
Diabetes UK
East Thames Housing Ltd
Forum for the Future
Gallions Housing Association
Hickman and Rose
Imperial War Museum
Inland Revenue
Institute of Management
Islamic Relief UK
James Paget Hospital Trust
Kensington and Chelsea TMO
Learning for Life Foundation
Lewisham Education
London Borough of Lambeth
LSE
Luton Borough Council
Merlin
National Heritage Lottery Fund
Norfolk Probation Service
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Save the Children Fund
Sheffield Business School
Sheffield Film School
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
The Clore Foundation
The Environment Council
The Pier UK
The Reach Climbing Wall
Tower Hamlets
Unicef UK
United Response
United World Colleges
University of Bristol
University of Sheffield
University of the Arts London
Virgin Holidays
World Cancer Research Fund
World Wildlife Fund
YMCA
Relevant Education
QEC - Advanced Practitioner
TRE - Certified Provider and Advanced Training
MA (Fine Art) - Camberwell & Chelsea Colleges of Art and Design
BA (Fine Art) - Sir John Cass School of Art and Design, London Metropolitan University
Action Enquiry Diploma - University College Northampton
Postgraduate Diploma in Management - Thames Valley University (I Co-Designed This Programme)
Master Practitioner Certificate - Association of Neuro-linguistic Programming
NVQ Internal Verifier - Certified Practitioner
IPD Certificate - Group Facilitation and Trainer Development
Associate - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
BA (Hons) American Studies and History - University of Keele