Bridging the gap between support and independent thriving
TastingColours® helps people discover what is already within them, practise it with others and carry it into everyday life in ways they can sustain for themselves.
We believe people are more than the challenges they face, the services they use or the labels they have been given.
Everyone has internal assets: values, qualities, strengths, passions, experiences and purpose, that can become the foundations for growth.
Sometimes those things become difficult to see.
We help people find them again, activate them and use them in everyday life.
The aim isn't to need TastingColours® forever.
The aim is to thrive independently; having more choice, confidence and connection in everyday life. Being able to decide what matters to you, take steps towards it, build relationships and find support when you need it.
From supported to self directed
Our one-to-one work and the Colour Club connect personal discovery with opportunities to put it into practice. Together, they help people explore what matters to them, build confidence and find their own ways to participate in everyday life.
One to one work, reconnecting with yourself.
Our personalised 1:1 work helps people reconnect with themselves.
Together we explore the values, qualities, strengths, interests and experiences that make someone uniquely them and begin turning those internal assets into self-worth, confidence, direction and possibility.
It isn't about telling someone who they should become. It's about helping them recognise what is already there.
The Colour Club, practising growth together.
The Colour Club is a non-clinical community where people explore interests, try things out and build confidence through real relationships and shared experiences.
It is a community to help shape, not simply a session to attend.
Members bring their interests, ideas and experiences. Together, we create opportunities to connect, make, think, play and contribute. That might mean suggesting something to try, welcoming someone new, sharing an interest or helping decide what happens next.
Our role is to hold a welcoming, purposeful space and develop opportunities with members, not decide everyone’s journey for them.
The aim is for the confidence, relationships and possibilities people develop here to open up more of life beyond the Club.
Our approach
TastingColours® helps people recognise and activate their internal assets: their values, qualities, strengths, passions and purpose, then practise using them through real experiences, relationships and contribution.
Our approach is:
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Evidence-led: continually learning, evaluating and adapting.
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Asset-led: building from what already exists within the person.
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Lived experience-led: people with direct experience help shape, deliver and improve what we do.
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Human and relational: people first, labels second.
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Experiential: growth is practised, not just talked about.
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Creative and curious: using play, experimentation and new experiences to open up possibility.
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Pace-led: recognising that growth is rhythmic, not linear, people move at their pace.
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Contribution-led: creating opportunities for people to use and share their interests, strengths and experience in ways they choose.
The aim is simple: increasing self-direction, contribution and independent thriving.
What progress looks like
We look beyond attendance. Is someone making more of their own decisions, trying something they care about, building relationships or using their strengths beyond the Club?
We also look at what is happening between people. Are members shaping what happens, making room for others and creating opportunities together?
Progress is personal. The aim is a fuller, more self-directed life, not a particular role, achievement or timetable.
Our Story
TastingColours® began with a simple question: What helps people truly thrive?
Since 2018, we have worked alongside individuals, communities and partners to explore that question through lived experience, delivery, evaluation and continuous learning.
Our early work focused on helping people reconnect with their internal assets, their values, qualities, strengths, passions and purpose.
Through our 1:1 programmes, we saw that self-worth, identity and direction could create powerful foundations for change. Later work within structured recovery helped us understand something else: people also need somewhere to practise growth in real life, alongside others, before it becomes self-led.
That learning led to the development of The Growth Spiral and, more recently, The Colour Club.
Today, TastingColours® has evolved from a programme into a pathway: discover what is within you → practise it with others → contribute it in the world → thrive independently.
We are still learning, testing and evaluating as we grow.
TastingColours® has never been about creating a service people depend on. It is about helping people build a life that increasingly belongs to them.
Who we work with
Individuals
For people who want to reconnect with their strengths, confidence, direction and place in the world.
Commissioners and partners
For organisations looking to strengthen the pathway between structured support and independent community life.
Community and VCSE partners
For organisations that can create places, opportunities and relationships where people can contribute and grow beyond services.
Purpose led organisations
For organisations interested in applying our asset-led, relational and contribution-focused approach with their people or communities.
Whether you are looking for support, commissioning a pathway, creating community opportunities or exploring partnership, we’d love to hear from you.
