Coaching, facilitation, and consultancy for mission-driven people and organisations

Deepen self-awareness, foster relationships, and lead with purpose.

Individually, you may feel stuck or unsure how to move forward. As a team or organisation, you may be struggling to align on a shared vision, mobilise diverse people, or navigate significant change.

Whether you’re seeking clarity and confidence as an individual, building high-trust collaboration, or looking for a steady pair of hands to advance a project, I offer three ways to work together: coaching, facilitation, and consultancy. I work with individuals, teams, and organisations driven by purpose and mission, working toward a fairer, more equitable, and just world, often in the non-profit sector, higher education, and other spaces of social change. What connects them is a wish to explore the links between inner work, relational capacities, and broader change, and to develop that connection more deliberately for greater impact.

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About me

I’m Sarah Pelham, a holistic coach and consultant working in the international non-profit sector and higher education.

I have over a decade of experience in international cooperation. I’ve been fortunate to develop a diverse skillset spanning coaching, facilitation, research, writing, policy advocacy, and project coordination including in complex and crisis-affected contexts. It’s a rich mix, and I’ve appreciated the many mentors, coaches, and collaborators I’ve met en route.

I also have expertise in intersectional gender justice and inclusive peace, and hold a Master’s qualification in both Gender Studies and International Development. I am committed to working with value- and mission-driven people and organisations to build a fairer, more equitable, and just world. I’ve worked and collaborated with Oxfam, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

How I can help you achieve your goals

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Coaching

One-on-one coaching for greater self-awareness, meaningful growth, values-aligned action and lasting impact

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Facilitation

Facilitation of online and face-to-face workshops and events for strategic clarity, values-aligned action, and lasting impact

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Projects

Collaborative partnership to secure funding, evidence impact and advance your organisational, programmatic and project goals

What my clients and network say

“Through coaching, I strengthened the connection with my values, identified key internal and external obstacles, and sourced the power to overcome them from within. She has a great variety of resources, methods, and knowledge alongside developing specific strategies enabling me to approach obstacles.”

ViviCultural Worker, Austria

“Sarah is an effective communicator who is adept at fostering psychological safety and trust. Speaking with her feels like one has been permitted to be authentic and vulnerable.”

DianaLegal Specialist, Ecuador

“Coaching helped to focus on my strengths, recognise real and self-imposed stressors, and acknowledge the distance I have travelled in recent years. Sarah is open, caring, and brings relatable experience and a genuine understanding of my challenges.”

EstherNon-Profit, Netherlands

Let’s talk

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Curious about collaborating?

Seeking greater self-awareness to grow your impact? My coaching could be for you.

Bringing people together to collaborate and leverage collective intelligence while building trust? I could be the facilitator for you.

Need specialist knowledge, creative thinking and a safe, reliable pair of hands to write that report or funding proposal? I could take on that project.