RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy is passionate about leadership and the empowerment and leadership of our clients specifically those who are living with the many challenges of HIV, disability and long term health conditions.

We are determined to establish what we consider to be our human rights as an actualised reality in both our own lives and the everyday lives of our clients.

Here at RYL training & Coaching Consultancy we view leadership as a debate and have a preference towards the Emotional Intelligent Model of Leadership (Daniel Goleman) and in Principal Centred Leadership ( Stephen R Covey) which are both committed to and recognise human potential, autonomy and empowerment.

Setting the scene

It is currently estimated that there are 33.0 million people infected with HIV worldwide and a calmative total of 73.000 people living with HIV in the UK by the end of June 2007 and more than 25 million people in the world have died of AIDS. There are also approximately 10 million disabled people and people living with long term health conditions in the UK.

It is, in the view of RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy, the responsibility of the key organisations, companies and professionals who are involved in the challenge of HIV and the disability debate to invest in and recognise the skills and potential leadership contributions of disabled people and people with long term health conditions.

By taking our leadership, people living with HIV, disabled people and as people living with long term health conditions demonstrate a level of commitment and empowerment which inspires and encourages others who are facing similar challenges.

The act of taking our leadership is an act of great courage and integrity and will be paramount in the continuing development of positive images and role models within society.

As we continue to lead productive lives and successfully manage our impairment or long term health condition we will become accepted and integrated within our local and wider communities and society as a whole.
Our leadership as people living with HIV, disabled people and as people who are living with long term health conditions has many functions which will form the foundations of equality and the human rights of future generations.

The Way Forward

RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy supports and develops the leadership skills of people living with HIV, disabled people and people living with long-term health conditions and aims to empower people to develop their position as positive role models within society.
We believe that it is our duty to promote, champion and encourage the leadership skills of the groups we serve and it is to this endeavour that we are developing a range of leadership and support system training programmes and services which are specifically designed for people living with HIV, disabled people and people living with long term health conditions.

In April 2007 RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy initiated and developed a six-week leadership programme specifically for people living with HIV at ‘ Positive Place’ in southeast London. This is the first programme of its kind to be developed within the UK.

RYL Training Consultancy has developed a similar programme for volunteers for the former ‘United Kingdom Coalition of people living with HIV’ (UKC) and is continuing to promote and initiate a UK national leadership programme for people living with HIV. In June 2008 Danny West delivered a two day leadership programme to members of ‘The Open Heart House’ in Dublin and addressed the ‘All Ireland Gay Health Forum’ in relation to HIV and leadership. In continuing to develop our commitment to the leadership of people living with HIV, Danny West is to return to Ireland in October 2008 to deliver an 'Empowerment and Assertiveness Training Programme for 'AIDS West' in Galway and has also recently been invited to address the 'Nordic HIV Conference' in November 2008 regarding Leadership, Coaching and HIV in the Workplace.

RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy has successfully delivered its coaching and facilitation services in partnership with the former ‘Disabilities Rights Commission Leadership Programme’ and is currently working in partnership with ‘RADAR’ throughout the UK in the delivery of a series of national leadership forums.