TIC Visit TMS!
TMS were lucky to have Tic plus visit to talk about the mental health services they can offer to our young people...
Here are some examples of our young people's ideas of how mental health looks.
We hope to continue to work with them in the future to promote more support between our services for the benefit of our young people.
TMS Post-16 Team up With The Canal Trust!
A huge thank you to the Gloucester Canal river trust from our post-16 team!
A fantastic and insightful walk down the Gloucester Canal, learning about its history and spooky Ghost stories.
We look forward to connecting again in the future.
TMS Post-16 Run Coaching Sessions!
Yesterday our post-16 Students created their own football coaching sessions.
"Theu have all been outstanding and the team have given them excellent support by passing on their knowledge. I'm incredibly proud of Josh, the teaching team and the students." John, Post-16 Course Manager
TMS Red Nose Day!
TMS ran another fundraiser to raise money for Red Nose Day. This was taking advantage of our new summer house, turning it into a pop-up café! Everything was made by the young people, and the event was ran by the young people!
From Cakes, to planting to sponging Kyle and getting dressed up in red, it was a great day for a great cause!
TMS Conduct Social Experiment!
One of our young people set up a social experiment, listening to Music and drawing what comes to mind. They made connections between how the males and females drew different styles and how each person used paint, felt tips, oil paints or a mixture of all three.
TMS New Summerhouse!
TMS are putting to use their summerhouse! We are encouraging our young people to help organise an event for comic relief and help design the posters and the things to sell at the event!
TMS Plant Seeds!
The planting continues... Our young people have continued planting different seeds ready for the allotment. They have enjoyed watching them grow from seeds, shoots and their first leaves.
TMS Champion Feedback!
TMS has received some lovely feedback from some of our parents and the people that commission us.
"Credit where credit is due, it's hard to come by good support workers these days. I personally know how hard mentally and physically the job can be sometimes. I want to acknowledge he is appreciated."
"They had amazing patience and the empathy they had for ... Was nice to see. If it was for ... being so calm he wouldn't have come in."
"He is so proactive and has a really good approach to their needs."
TMS Bake a Cake!
Our young people have enjoyed trying different techniques in the kitchen. They have looked at how they can cook and make sweet treat without using the oven.
TMS Celebrate World Book Day!
Last week everyone at TMS celebrated World Book Day, all our young people took part in a where's wally challenge with clues in the surrounding areas as to where Wally was. They also created characters to go in their own books!
New TMS Cozy Corner!
We have created a new Cozy Corner this is where our young people can chill out before doing their education work or joining in with various activities!
TMS Sow the Seeds!
After clearing out the allotment last week, our young people began throwing some seeds on small bags. Some will go into a greenhouse and others will go straight into the allotment.
TMS Allotment Day!
Some of the young people have enjoyed working at the allotment getting things ready after winter to grow vegetables.
TMS Newsletter is Live!
TMS Newsletter is out! Please feel free to look and see some of the amazing things we are doing day to day with our young people! Visit our social media for the full newsletter.
Life Skills Week At TMS!
Our TMS+ team out together some life skills activities as part of their PHSE work. These activities included road safety, personal hygiene, and childcare. The young people were interested in these activities and enjoyed taking part in them.
TMS Visit Stroud College!
Those young people in year 10 and 11 went to visit SGS College to see what further education pathways laid ahead for them! Thank you to the team there who were great at showing everything on offer!
TMS Art Installation!
TMS gas a great visitor today! A local PC came to our unit to meet our Young People and engage with them surrounding all areas that affect young people's lives today! Discussing Knife Crime, anti-social behaviour, substance abuse and building those positive relationships between young people and police! An invaluable experience for our young people! Flashing the lights and sirens was also a benefit!
Visit www.samsdp.co.uk for some incredibly inspiring and unique designs.
Police visit TMS!
TMS gas a great visitor today! A local PC came to our unit to meet our Young People and engage with them surrounding all areas that affect young people's lives today! Discussing Knife Crime, anti-social behaviour, substance abuse and building those positive relationships between young people and police! An invaluable experience for our young people! Flashing the lights and sirens was also a benefit!
TMS start the New Year with First Aid!
TMS is back! We have returned in 2025 with a team First Aid training day! Thanks to Sue and John for a fantastic training day! It was great to have all staff together again, including new staff joining the team.
TMS Hire the Cinema!
TMS Visited Sherborne cinema this week to watch Paddington in Peru!! It was a fantastic experience, and they were amazing hosts as always! We Will Definitely be back.
TMS Join the Local Community Advent Calendar Window Display!
If you're passing our hub in Kingsholm, look out for our advent calendar window We have joined the local community in Kingsholm by decorating our window with the number 6 for Christmas! See if you can find all 23 others in Kingsholm.
TMS Christmas Quiz!
TMS Christmas Quiz was in full affect yesterday as the mentoring, Post 16 and TMS+ teams came together to complete for prizes, followed by a YP raffle! Merry Christmas Everyone From TMS
TMS Christmas Cards Made by Young People!
TMS Christmas cards have been made by one of our young people again this year! This beautiful design has been created to send to our commissioning partners this Christmas! Check out his designs on www.samsdp.co.uk
TMS Post-16 Visit Jobs Fair!
Last week some of our post 16s attended a jobs fair held at Kingsholm Stadium. They enjoyed learning about the opportunities on offer, it gave them ideas for their next steps and making connections in the community!
Snow Hits TMS!
As the snow hit the county, TMS and the young people took full advantage! Building snowmen, snowball fights, visiting local attractions and work experience at local businesses! The weather doesn't stop us being involved in the community... let's see what next week brings!
Parental Feedback!
At TMS we take feedback from the parents of the young people we support and the commissioning bodies seriously! We strive to make a difference every day, and feedback like this makes it all worth it!
TMS Raise £400!
Children In Need comes to an end at TMS with a huge celebration! Young people and staff got the chance to get their own back on management with buckets of various surprises! Together as a company, we managed to raise £400 in total this week! Huge thank you to all those who donated!
Children In Need at TMS!
Children In Need week is continuing with the theme of wheels! The Pottery wheel is still a big hit for all YPs of all ages! You can see young people getting involved in car making challenge! On Thursday we have the bottle racing challenge where all the applicants’ attempts will be racing for prizes!
TMS Remembrance Day Poem!
Remembrance Day at TMS!
On Remembrance Day, we at TMS as a company want to pay our respects as we all remember.
One of the TMS young people were lucky enough to visit Paddington Station to lay a wreath created by those at TMS! An incredible honour and great achievement for our Young Person, an experience they will always remember!
#LestWeForget
TMS Lead up to Children in Need!
TMS have a lot of exciting things this week for our young people week in the lead up to Children in Need!
TMS Thought Tree!
Our 'Thought Tree' gives our young people the opportunity to post their thoughts about TMS.
It's the start of spooky week here at TMS!
We have kicked off the week decorating cupcakes and begun making our costumes for the Halloween fashion show.
As part of spooky week, everyone had the opportunity to create their own costumes for the fashion show and banquet!
TMS Visit a Farm!
TMS had the opportunity to go to a farm to visit some animals and learn what skills you need to have to look after certain animals. They even had the chance to look at how to be a bee keeper! 🐝
TMS Enjoyed a Day Out at Gloucester City AFC!
Supporting two of our sport mentors, Kevin and Ed who are First team players for Gloucester City!
TMS Make their Own Shop!
Our young people have made their own shop for role playing. They have learnt how to budget their money and what things are needed for everyday living!
TMS Learn How to Make Music Soundtracks!
TMS has got some new fun equipment, learning how to make beats and music soundtracks. One of our young people used this equipment to make a rap about their time at TMS!
TMS Enjoy the Outdoors!
With the small breaks in the rain our young people have enjoyed being out in the community!
Breakfast and Lunch Club at TMS!
TMS has started breakfast and lunch club! We always try to promote healthy eating to our young people!
Pasta Week at TMS!
Our young people have been spending the past couple of weeks making fresh pasta and meals for 2!
Special Visitors at TMS!
TMS were super lucky to have the Captain of Gloucester Rugby, Lewis Ludlow to come down this morning and visit the unit! We are so grateful he spent over an hour with our Young People and Team discussing his own experiences, taking photos and signing things for them!
We were also joined by the TMS Level 1 Sports course with Gloucester City Football Club Captain Kevin Dawson, who joined our team this academic year! Uniting the cities biggest sport clubs 💪🏽
As a thank you, we have donated to Ed Slater Fundraiser. It's a great cause to help!
Amazing Feedback at TMS!
We have received some amazing feedback from one of our young people! We wish him all the best at his new school!
Get Outdoors at TMS!
We love new equipment and the opportunity to get outdoors at TMS!
The sun has made an appearance again this week and we have been loving it. Lots of the young people have enjoyed going out on our new scooters around the local area.
TMS Sweet Treats!
Our young people are taking full advantage of the kitchen in our new unit making lots of sweet treats for everyone to try.
TMS+ have continued their 'Our City' theme this week!
Taking inspiration from the murals in Cheltenham and the Art Festival. The young people were able to draw their own mural taking inspiration from the current murals. Our young people have also been exploring Gloucester, trying out new skateparks and visiting Gloucester Railway Station.
Meet our TMS Sport team!
John and Josh are enjoying leading the Level 1 Sport course, with the help from Ed, Jemma, Kevin and Skye.
The staff this week have had the opportunity to get to know our young people by engaging in all sorts of activities.
TMS IS BACK!
Our young people at TMS+ have begun their week learning things about their city. Finding the most popular shops and places to visit in Gloucester.
As part of TMS+ 'Our City' week, all young people had the opportunity of visiting the Museum of Gloucester learning about the Romans, Saxons and digging for fossils.
TMS are partnering with Gloucester City AFC!
Providing a year long Level 1 Sport Course to increase the opportunities available to post 16s!
The course will be based at Tiger Turf Stadium in the Centre of Gloucester, with a handpicked team of enthusiastic TMS sport mentors! 🏉🏀⚽️🏐
Furthermore, this partnership will be extended to all young people who attended TMS with access to complementary tickets to all Gloucester City Home Games.
For more information feel free to drop us a message.
New Term, New Team, New Unit... Let's go! 🫶
TMS are proud to present its brand new unit for all of their staff and young people to share. Boasting over 7,000 sq ft, designed to meet all the needs of the young people! This includes a huge activity room, ICT suite, common rooms, fully fitted kitchen, education spaces, quiet rooms and a multi gaming platform room 💪
Today we opened the doors to everyone for the first time 👀
TMS are back!
All staff, new and existing have been working hard on safeguard training to ensure all our young people, not just the most vulnerable, are in the safest environment!
TMS Brings 2023/2024 to a Close!
A small collage of the fantastic things TMS have achieved this year! The academic year may be over, but TMS doesn't stop! Our staff are still working hard over the summer to provide support for young people throughout the county!
Big things are coming in September for TMS...
Petting Zoo Visits TMS!
TMS had a farm petting zoo come down as a send-off for the end of the year! Dozens of staff, young people and the local community joined in! That's a way to end the academic year! Thanks to everyone we have worked in partnership with this year to achieve a wonderful experience for young people!
TMS Visit Cotswold Wildlife Park!
TMS had a fantastic day at Cotswold Wildlife Park this park this week! 30 of the Young People and staff visited the park for a wonderful experience!
TMS Partners With Sherborne Cinema!
TMS had in an incredible day out today as they hired out Sherborne Cinema Gloucester! It was a fantastic day with over 40 staff and young people watching a movie together! Hopefully, this is something we can promote further in the future!
TMS Visit Skillzone!
TMS staff visited Skillzone last week with most of their young people. Here they were able to make connections and interact with a wide range of companies, educational providers and other services. This resulted in one young person from TMS being requested as a guest speaker to inspire future young people in similar positions.
TMS Host The Olympics!
TMS have got the young people and staff to engage in our own TMS Olympics. This is a 4 day event where all the young people get allocated countries and compete as teams to gain points for the winning teams. Here they were competing in various events such as long jump, 400m and shotput.
TMS Olympic Day 2!
The weather was not the kindest, but the TMS young people and staff battled the odds to take part in the orienteering event. They worked as a team to climb Robinswood Hill.
TMS Attend HALT!
TMS have attended the HALT project in Cheltenham to with a group of excited young people. Here they learnt skills of working with anxious animals as well as the life skills to look after a pet.
TMS are Moving!
TMS are so lucky and super excited to announce that they are moving to brand new expansive premises in heart of Gloucester. This will provide an even bigger working space for all TMS to enjoy with bespoke working spaces, improved social areas, fully fitted kitchen and quiet sensory rooms. We are opening the doors September 2024.
TMS are Hiring!
TMS are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our fantastic team in Septmeber! If you are interested please contact us at info@tayloredmentoring.co.uk
Potato Characters at TMS!
The young people at TMS have designed some potatoes after their favourite book characters. Can you work out which potato is who?
TMS Celebrate World Book Day!
Here at TMS, we have celebrated World Book Day with a selection of staffs favourite books.
TMS Egg Nose Day!
To celebrate Red Nose Day, the TMS Team are taking part in Egg Nose day! Decorative boiled eggs will be created by Young people, which will then take part in a range of activities... followed by the main event! Young people will get the chance to crack eggs on senior staff!
TMS Big Dig!
The TMS crew were in full swing, all taking part in efforts to get the TMS allotment ready for the new harvest!
TMS Bake Off has a Winner!
The first annual winner of TMS Bake Off has been announced! With some amazing creations by everyone who took part! The upside down pineapple cake just tipped the victory!
TMS Does Bake Off!
TMS have announced a baking competition for all YPs to take part in with the winners being selected by a judging panel!
Santa Visits TMS!
Santa made a visit to TMS this year to hand out gifts to the YPs! He even brought the snow!
TMS Welcome Pudsey!
We are getting into the spirit of children in need this week and wanted to show Pudsey had joined us at our TMS+ Unit!
TMS Remember!
Here at TMS the staff and young people have created their own remembrance artwork for the armistice. This was joined with a company wide minute silence at 11am on Friday!
TMS Christmas Arts!
We are already getting into the Christmas spirit at TMS, with our young people getting very artistic, creating a Christmas Grinch.
TMS Zen Den!
TMS have created a relaxing sensory zone that we are calling the Zen Den! Here the young people can have some quiet time away from others and relax on the comfy bean bags, read a book, or play a game!
TMS Art Club!
Art is great way for the young people to express themselves, with the young people at TMS showing their artistic sides with these artworks!
Healthy Eating at TMS!
TMS are promoting healthy eating with the young people, who have thrived with this and created some fantastic healthy meals such as this tasty stir fry!
TMS Coffee Club!
TMS have opened a brand-new coffee hub club in Kingsholm, where all staff and young people can relax and interact on bean bags and gaming chairs with a smoothie maker and coffee machine! Together, some of the young people have created a smoothie and milkshake recipe book!
TMS Cooking Club!
At TMS we promote the young people to take part in as much baking and cooking where possible, promoting the independence of choosing ingredients and culinary skills. Here are some of the marvellous creations that have been concocted by the young people.
TMS Newest Member!
TMS have welcomed a new addition to the team! Daphne has joined us and has been a popular pup with all staff and young people!
TMS Allotment Produces!
Here at TMS we are very fortunate to have access to a local allotment that we maintain with the help of the young people throughout the year. This year, some of the young people chose what to plant and helped harvest it this year, with the following produce being harvested.
TMS Celebrate Halloween!
TMS fully endorsed Halloween this year and all staff and young people took on the challenge of carving their own pumpkins. This was selected by the young people as the winner of this years TMS Pumkin Challenge!
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Many Thanks - The Team at Taylored Mentoring