Hot dogs, leaf printing & toasted marshmallows!

This half term we are excited to be working with Westonbirt Arboretum to run our Wild Westonbirt Evenings. This project aims to provide a group of young people with a safe space to relax and unwind after a busy day at school, to build self esteem, confidence, learn new skills and to connect with nature. We will be taking a group, by mini bus, accompanied by our youth workers to meet with the team at the Arboretum and to spend time in their fantastic community shelter each Tuesday evening. This project will conclude with a celebration event where the young people are invited to bring friends and family to the shelter during the May Half Term holidays to show them around and demonstrate some of the skills they have learnt. We can’t wait to hear how the group has got on. 

Alongside this we will be running our usual, increasingly busy, drop in youth sessions and are really hoping that by the time this is being read, it will be dry enough for us to get outside on the Rec. 

After a fun-packed Easter holidays including youth drop in sessions, a supported bus trip to Cirencester, Cookery Workshops, an outdoor family play session on The Rec and access passes to Westonbirt Arboretum, we are now looking ahead to May half term and the Summer Holidays.

Please follow us on social media for up-to-date information about our sessions and holiday activities. 

We are always looking for volunteers to help support our sessions, no experience necessary just a friendly face with a willingness to help set up and pack away and support activities when needed is all we are looking for. If you think you may be able to help please contact lisa.hoult@tayct.org.uk. It makes a huge difference to us to have that extra pair of hands and will allow us to continue to engage with and support the huge number of young people who are currently accessing our sessions. Please get in touch, we need you! 

The TAYCT Team

Our young people are cooking up a storm!

Whilst the evenings have been cold and dark we have been enjoying lots of cooking at Tetbury Youth Club including making curries, chillies, homemade pasta as well as pancakes and pizzas. It has been wonderful to see how motivated and confident some of our young people are with cooking and how willing they are to try something new. We have some young people who are really stepping up and taking the lead with the cooking and preparing of food and look forward to some Ready-Steady-Cook competitions coming soon! 

Alongside this we have been offering our usual space for games, activities, crafts, music and a safe space for young people to meet friends and access trusted adults if they want to.

At the time of writing we are preparing for half term, we have a youth drop in session running, a bookable embroidery and sewing workshop at Highgrove Traditional Crafts and we have invited Play Gloucestershire to run one of their fantastic Play Days on the Rec. All activities are free and we look forward to seeing many young people, children and families taking advantage of these fun opportunities. 

At Easter we will be running 2 drop in youth sessions on the Rec, an outdoor family play session, a supported trip to Cirencester on the bus for young people, cookery workshops for children and families and we will be funding 50 passes for families eligible for Free School Meals to visit Westonbirt Arboretum over the Easter break. These passes will include a lunch pack for all children.  

Don’t say there is nothing to do in Tetbury!

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As we excitedly countdown the days to Christmas...

please remember that for some, and especially for some children and young people, Christmas can be a very challenging time. Whilst we eat our mince pies, sing our songs and enjoy our Christmas decorations, please also take the time to check in with those around you. It can be a lonely place when everyone else seems to be celebrating the “most wonderful time of the year.” 

After the success of our Family Play Session in the Dolphins Hall over October half term, we are planning to hold another one on Wednesday 3rd January 10-12pm. This is a morning for families with young children to come and enjoy a warm space to play, meet with friends and enjoy some activities and food. This is a drop in event, no booking required. 

On Friday 5th January during the day we will be running another exciting activity day at Westonbirt Arboretum with the wonderful community team there. This will be for Yr7-Yr 11 children. Finally on that same evening we will be holding a New Years party for Year 7

-Yr 11 at the Dolphins Hall, music, food and lots of fun to be had.  All activities are free to attend. Please follow us on social media for booking details when they are released.

Our regular youth club sessions continue to be extremely busy and full of fun, we have enjoyed a visit from DJ Rev Steve Bullock who demonstrated his skills on the decks and allowed the young people to have a go which they thoroughly enjoyed. We have held pamper evenings, enjoyed crafts, pumpkin painting, soap making, jewellery making, team games and at the time of writing are looking forward to a visit from Grace Del-Nevo, who is very kindly running a yoga session for our young people. We also have Sue Price from the foodbank coming to demonstrate some recipe ideas and bring some lovely slow-cooker meals to inspire our young people and of course, there shall be plenty of festive fun in the coming weeks.

We wish everyone a safe and peaceful Christmas and look forward to an exciting calendar of events in 2024.

Happy Holidays from the TAYCT Team

Get in touch!

After the success of last year’s Christmas Snowball we are excited to announce that we will be holding another free evening event in the first week of January 2024 for young people. Keep an eye out on our social media sites for full details and tickets, don’t miss out!

We would like to welcome Darby Law to our team, Darby has been working with us for a couple of years now as a Trustee of the charity and her advice and input have been invaluable. She has now accepted the position of Holiday Coordinator for TAYCT and will be delivering and developing the holiday activities programme in Tetbury. As part of this role Darby will be reaching out to all families in Tetbury who have children eligible for Free School Meals and who can therefore access the Holiday and Food Programme (HAF). Darby is determined that the process of accessing these fantastic opportunities should be as easy as possible for all families so please get in touch with her if you haven’t already. Just drop her a quick email saying that you want to know more and she can do all the hard work for you. Email: darby.law@tayct.org.uk

Youth Work Assistant Vacancy

Tetbury Youth Club

We are looking to employ someone between the ages of 16-18 years to assist youth workers during the youth club sessions. This role will last for 6 months only between January and July 2024. 

The Youth Work Assistant will be expected to work one session a week either on a Monday or Thursday evening 5.45-8.15pm. 

Main duties will include set up, pack away, supervising tuck and assisting youth workers with any duties during the session. 

The Youth Work Assistant will be mentored throughout this role and given the opportunity to gain a training qualification in an area designed to aid their future employability. 

If you think you have the commitment and enthusiasm for this role and would like an opportunity to learn, gain experience and build your confidence and employability, we would love to hear from you. 

Pay: Above minimum wage 

Interviews will be held: Early December 2023

Please contact Lisa Hoult on: Lisa.hoult@tayct.org.uk for an application form and further details.

The TAYCT Team

WOW, what a summer!

Wow, what a busy and exciting summer we had! We ran drop-in sessions for young people on the Rec throughout the summer, family play sessions, cookery workshops, circus skills workshops, a bus trip to support young people to access Cirencester, an end of summer BBQ and also attended community days and events in the town. It was wonderful to see how well the activities were received, the numbers that attended and the variety of things on offer in Tetbury this summer for children and families. We have had some fantastic feedback and are already excitedly planning our October and Christmas holiday events so watch this space! 

We are extremely proud to announce that we have won the Gloucestershire HAF Award for the Best Family Event 2023 for the two Play Sessions that we ran in August. 

Back to our regular youth club sessions, we are excited for the year ahead and can announce 2 new weekly sessions for young people in Tetbury. We will be offering a Year 7 session on a Thursday in the Dolphins Hall which will focus on supporting their transition into Secondary School and offering a safe space for them to gather and socialise with access to trusted adults. We are also opening our doors for 1 hour, straight after school on a Tuesday, where we will be running a “tea & toast” drop-in Youth Cafe for any young people wanting to come and chat about their day, anything that is on their mind or just to have a safe space to come and be.

We would like to welcome Mikala Gatley to our team who is well known in the community and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of working with young people. 

All sessions are free to attend, there is no need to book, we just ask young people or parents to complete a contact form on their first visit to us. Young people are free to come and go during sessions.