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.
From supported to self directed
TastingColours® creates a pathway between support and independent community life.
There are two connected parts to what we do
1. TastingColours
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.
2. The Colour Club
Knowing your strengths is one thing, using them in real life is another.
The Colour Club is an innovative, non-clinical community where people can experiment, connect, make, think, play, solve problems, share interests and contribute alongside others.
It provides a safe place to practise confidence, relationships, belonging and contribution before taking them into everyday life.
People don't attend simply as recipients. They become participants, contributors, creators, hosts and leaders, at their own pace.
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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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: helping people move from receiving towards creating value for themselves and others.
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Evidence-led: continually learning, evaluating and adapting.
The aim is simple: increasing self-direction, contribution and independent thriving.
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.
