Sarah Minns

Sarah draws on a diverse career in the voluntary and community sector, holding Chief Executive and Director roles where she led charities and senior teams, at local and national level. She joined the Centre as an Associate in 2024.

With a MSc in Management Development, Sarah brings a strong track record in successful business and service development. Her interests include working with complex ‘system’ issues and enabling people to tap into their potential for thinking and acting differently.

Sarah coaches clients to develop their leadership. Her practice includes coaching outdoors, to help clients gain different perspectives, 'blow the cobwebs away' and generate fresh ideas.

She is passionate about supporting teams to strengthen their diversity and inclusion.

Testimonies: 

‘My coaching sessions with Sarah …have allowed me to develop my leadership style and confidence in a safe and reflective space. In a relatively short space of time, I have noticed positive changes in my approaches at work. Sarah has enabled me to think more clearly about multi-layered issues.'

'Sarah brings a unique blend of empathy and challenge to her coaching. She has extensive experience of Third Sector management, of working with complexity, and supporting organisations to grow and change’.

‘Sarah's approach to coaching enabled me to find clarity, focus and solutions to challenges I had been facing in my professional and business development. I left every session with a new perspective and feeling re-energised.’