Twenty-five years of practice, built on one idea.

Where U-ACT started

U-ACT began as a lived-experience recovery coaching practice, built by practitioners who had walked the path themselves before training others to guide it. That origin still shapes how every programme is built today: assessment against a real professional standard, not a certificate handed out for attendance.

Over 25 years, that practice grew into a full training and certification body — now delivering CPD-certified programmes across the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, Uganda, and Zambia, and recognised by the College of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (CLERO) as an accredited member.

Ubuntu holds that a person becomes a person through other people. In coaching, that means the coach's own development is never separate from the people they go on to train.

Lived-experience leadership

U-ACT's CLERO accreditation (ratified 7 July 2026) confirms what's been true from the start: this is a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) — independent, place-based, and committed to the ongoing development of the people it trains, not just a one-off qualification.

From peer mentorship to organisational practice

Recovery coaching has always been the root of U-ACT's work, and it still runs through the newer specialisms — Systemic Wellness Practice, Executive Coaching, and Employee Wellness Programme training all carry the same coaching discipline into new settings, from Harley Street practice rooms to organisational wellness teams.