TaG at St Paul's
TaG (Training and Growth) is our very own mentoring scheme. Created in 2005, TaG has, to date, seen well over 100 young people mentored through St Paul's. Using youth department staff, youth team volunteers, and congregational mentors, TaG offers young people from Encounter, our senior youth group, the opportunity to meet with a supportive and challenging adult on a regular basis. Perhaps best described as a catalyst for change, TaG seeks to take the young person from where they are to where they'd like to be through considering their development under the three titles of personal, spiritual, and abilities.
In addition, we are delighted to havelaunched TaG for the adult congregation. With three different models, TaG will seek to encourage deeper discipleship through mentoring in one to ones, pairs, and triplets. This is currently gathering pace as more adults recognise the benefits both of mentoring and being mentored.
Anyone wishing to join TaG as either a mentee or mentor, should contact steve [dot] inglis [at] stpaulssalisbury [dot] org (Steve Inglis), Youth Support Worker.
TaG in Salisbury
We are very excited that TaG has been especially adapted to be used for the GOAL initiative which offers Christian mentors to local schools. Our initial pilot has been extremely well received, and new development opportunities are presenting themselves for 2012.
TaG nationally
TaG is also available as a resource pack for other churches to purchase and adapt to their setting. Currently in use in over 65 churches as far away as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the USA, and adapted for use throughout the Salvation Army's ALOVE youth wing, the TaG Pack provides all you need to set up a tried and tested mentoring scheme amongst your young people.
Each pack comes in an A5 package containing the following:-
~ Introduction to TaG - full details of how to set up and manage TaG in your setting
~ Jon Langford's Grove book: "Can we have a chat? Working safely with young people one to one."
~ Sample Mentor's Manual
~ Sample Mentee's Manual
And a CD Rom containing the following in Word, Publisher and pdf formats to allow you to insert your own information (such as your organisation's logos, contacts, and suitable local venues):
~ TaG Manual for Mentors
~ TaG Manual for Mentees
~ TaG Diary Sheet (spares)
~ TaG Mentor Profile Form
~ TaG Mentor’s Role Description
~ Characteristics of Pre-Teens
~ Characteristics of Teenagers
~ TaG Mentors Training Powerpoint (with notes)
~ TaG logos
The total cost of this package is £40 (free p&p) which provides a LIFETIME LICENSE to reproduce TaG as many times as necessary. Those wishing to purchase TaG from outside of the UK should contact us for details of additional charges to cover p&p and foreign currency transactions.
We can also provide GOAL and TaG for adults formats - please ask for information.
For more details, or to order a TaG Pack, please contact jon [dot] langford [at] stpaulssalisbury [dot] org (Jon Langford).