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Guidance that respects your experience
You've built decades of skill and judgement. Our coaches help you see it clearly and put it to work. Not to start over, but build on what you already have.
Ready for a changing world of work
AI and digital change are reshaping every industry. We help you understand what it means for you, and turn it into an advantage rather than a worry.
Support that fits around your life
By video call or in-app chat, on your terms. Around caring, health, part-time work or whatever else fills your week.
A plan built around what you want next
Maybe that's a new role, fewer hours, a different direction, or simply more meaning. Your coach adapts to where you are and where you'd like to be.
Move at a pace that suits you
There's no clock running and no pressure. This is your time to think clearly and decide with confidence.
More than a job search.
A chance to think it through.
Work changes as we get older; sometimes by choice, sometimes not.

Whether you're weighing up a move, returning after a break, or want to make the years ahead more purposeful, the right conversation at the right time changes everything.

Six hours of one-to-one coaching with a CDI-registered professional who understands the realities of working life after 45, and treats your experience as the asset it is.
Delivery: Online
Pace: Your own
Cost: Free
Your next chapter
is still yours
to write.
Free one-to-one coaching for Kingston residents over 45, thinking about work, change and what comes next.
Ask.Nim, your AI career assistant.
There whenever you need it.
In their words
I would really recommend the programme so much and would like to thank my coach for all her help and support which really encouraged me and spurred me on. I hope to work with her again.
The programme with Stay Nimble was second-to-none. My coach helped me create and utilise a professional LinkedIn profile as well as giving me the skills and knowledge to write job applications and prepare for in-person interviews.

I have now successfully secured a full-time job.
I was able to explore all the modules/courses on the platform relevant to goals/interests and desired learning outcomes.

A BIG bonus of the platform is having access to a coach.
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Get more from every coaching session
Ask.Nim helps you uncover strengths and surface what's on your mind before you meet your coach, so your time together goes further.
Effective conversations, any time of day
From CV feedback to preparing for a conversation, you get guidance grounded in the insight of CDI-registered coaches in plain language, and in any language you prefer.
Questions don't keep office hours. Whether you're updating your CV on a quiet afternoon or want to think something through between coaching sessions, Ask.Nim is there.
Step 1: Sign up — about 2 minutes

Answer a few quick questions to register for this fully-funded programme.
Step 2: Meet your coach & make a start — about 30 minutes

Complete your first activities and have your opening session with a coach who takes the time to understand your situation.
Step 3: Six hours of personalised coaching — whenever suits you

Build your confidence, work through the programme with your coach, and put a practical plan into action.
Step 4: Ongoing support — for the long term

Keep lifetime access to Ask.Nim and all our resources, long after your coaching hours are complete.

  • Recognise your transferable skills
  • Reconnect with your strengths and what you value
  • Get clear on what you'd like the next chapter to look like
  • Shape a plan that's genuinely yours
  • Present your experience in a way today's employers respond to
  • Explore opportunities, including those never advertised
  • Get comfortable using AI tools to save time and effort
  • Practise the conversations that matter
How Age-Friendly Thrive works
You live in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

You're aged 45 or over.

You're thinking about work, change or what comes next.

You're happy to work with a coach.

You can join for free if…
Who it's for
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  • Six hours of private, one-to-one time with one of our coaches, free of charge — by video call or in-app chat.

  • Short, easy-to-follow activities arranged across a 17-part programme, designed to fit around your other commitments.

  • Help to recognise your strengths and talents, and to talk about them in a way that opens doors.

  • Access to our Skills Library, so you can identify your transferable skills and describe them in language employers understand.

  • A clearer sense of your values, and how to align them with the work you do.

  • The fundamentals of using AI tools to work more easily and confidently.

  • Lifetime access to the materials, future updates, and to Ask.Nim, our AI career assistant.

  • An invitation to our community for ongoing peer support.
What can I expect from the programme?
Why is this free for eligible residents?
Who are Stay Nimble?
  • Age-Friendly Thrive is part of Age-Friendly Kingston, led by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames public health team, with coaching delivered by Stay Nimble and supported through our partnership with Accenture. Together we want to make sure good career support is available to people across every stage of working life, not just the early years.
  • We're an award-winning certified social enterprise. We've supported thousands of people across the UK to find greater meaning in their working lives through accessible, high-quality career coaching, and we've delivered in Kingston for five years. You can read more at staynimble.co.uk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this only for people who are out of work?

  • Not at all. Age-Friendly Thrive is for anyone in Kingston aged 45 or over who is thinking about their working life — whether you're in work and considering a change, returning after a break, weighing up fewer hours or a new direction, or simply want to make the years ahead more purposeful. You don't need to be job hunting to take part.