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Advice for Parents – I’m Worried About My Son (Long Read)

2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

Being a parent is one of the toughest jobs in the world. A few years ago, I was reminiscing about the good old days with a 14-year-old boy I was supporting and his mum. She showed me some old photographs of her son happily smiling, dressed up as Sportacus, a character from "LazyTown" who used sports to make the town active. This lightened the mood for a few moments while we sat in a court waiting room. Her son was about to go before the judge for possession of a machete. HOW DID HE GO FROM SPORTACUS TO A "GANG LEADER"? [...]

Advice for Parents – I’m Worried About My Son (Long Read)2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

Boys to Men: Helping Young Boys Navigate Masculinity

2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

This term, Together we Make A Difference has been delivering our Boys to Men presentations as part of the Exploring Masculinities initiative. We were thrilled to be awarded this contract earlier this year by the Lichfield LMG, and we’ve been eager to engage with the school and their students to discuss share ideas and thoughts on this topic. Planting Seeds for the Future Our presentations are designed with a single hope: to plant seeds in the minds of young boys that will grow into a strong, healthy understanding of masculinity. We aim to equip them with the knowledge and tools they [...]

Boys to Men: Helping Young Boys Navigate Masculinity2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

TWMAD in Lichfield

2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

  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 in Lichfield2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

Primary School Emotion Coaching across Staffordshire

2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

TWMAD has been continuing our work with primary schools emotion coaching support across two districts of Staffordshire, extending our services into a further 9 primary schools. The support that we have been able to offer has been welcomed and proved very helpful to the primary schools that are wanting to meet the needs of all their pupils and to effectively educate them through their curriculum. Primary School Life However, they face challenges as some young children are struggling at school due to also having to deal with difficult situations in their lives. Trauma, loss, and life in unstable home environments are [...]

Primary School Emotion Coaching across Staffordshire2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

How does TWMAD safeguard the children we support?

2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

How does TWMAD safeguard the children we support? This is a question which holds huge significance at TWMAD, our response has to be at the core of how we operate as a growing children’s and young peoples service. How we apply safeguarding Our safeguarding procedures are there to assist TWMAD in making sure we keep children and young people safe and to inform our staff on what they need to do when they have concerns about a child’s wellbeing. We work closely with services who are heavily regulated, therefore TWMAD has to be as proficient with our implementation of safeguarding to [...]

How does TWMAD safeguard the children we support?2025-08-27T13:48:28+01:00

Urban Park Studio

2025-08-27T13:53:00+01:00

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. [...]

Urban Park Studio2025-08-27T13:53:00+01:00
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