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TWMAD News will present weekly case studies which briefly describe the journey and impact of our 1:1 mentoring services. Our TWMAD mentors are dedicated to supporting vulnerable children in our community. Every referral we receive is unique, and we work closely with each young person to create tailored action plans designed to guide them through times of uncertainty. Imogen a young person under our care, faced severe emotional challenges, including self-harm, substance use, truancy, and multiple instances where she was found at a bridge contemplating self-harm. Over a series of 1:1 mentoring sessions, we focused on helping Imogen build trust, articulate [...]

As the 23/24 academic school year draws to a close, the team at TWMAD would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your partnership and support. This year, TWMAD has had the privilege of playing various roles within many schools across Staffordshire, who have provided us with opportunities to continue delivering and developing our 1:1 mentoring support for the children who needed a little extra assistance. We have also had the pleasure of organising both primary and secondary emotion coaching drop-in sessions, developing a program for school refusers, and delivering our "On the Brink" and "Exploring Masculinities" presentations and workshops in [...]

  TWMAD awarded two contracts to deliver our services to five high schools across Lichfield. Emotional-Based School Refusal TWMAD will provide each high school with the opportunity to refer students who are considered school refusers and have low attendance for one-on-one mentoring support. TWMAD have the opportunity to showcase our abilities to engage the most disengaged young people, and begin to bridge the gap between them and their schools. We will work alongside the chosen student to create the conditions for  them to feel more comfortable accessing their education. Our mentors will assist them with their education and to overcome any [...]

TWMAD have in our Urban Park Studio a fantastic creative space that we have been developing over the last few years. Supported by both the Youth Music Trust and also Walleys Quarry we have been able to kit out an outstanding facility and deliver music sessions to children from across the county. The journey that we have experienced delivering the Urban Park Studio project has been one of ups and downs but we are getting there and we are delighted with the work done so far, the learnings that we have experienced and the outcomes that we have been able to achieve. [...]