Guiding young minds

Helping to make a difference

Mentoring

Mentoring

One to one mentoring is at the heart of Guiding Young Minds Provision. The team's core values include compassion and understanding, with a focus on nurturing relationships and empowering young minds.
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Outreach

Outreach

GYM outreach sessions take place across Coventry, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and beyond. The bus can park in the town square, in the park or even by the side of the road.
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Presentations
& Workshops

Presentations & Workshops

The GYM team are available to deliver presentations and workshops both in schools and in different professional settings, to update and educate on the current problem of knife crime and street violence affecting our society”
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Youth Clubs
& Activities

Youth Clubs, Activities & Adventure

Most young people do not engage by simply sitting talking. Every effort is to engage the young person in activities with interest and motivate them, as part of the GYM provision. Our aim is to show the young person that there are wider possibilities in life...
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History of GYM

History of GYM

Guiding Young Minds (GYM) grew and developed from the charity ASSIST Trauma Care; a specialist therapeutic organisation dedicated to supporting people who have suffered psychological trauma.
GYM is at heart therapeutic service which recognises that young people caught up in gangs and knife crime have often experienced adverse childhood events.
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Research and Outcomes

Outcome Focus and Evaluation

All services delivered by GYM are intended to initiate change and make a difference in young people’s lives. We collaborate with different universities to evaluate our services and ensure that we are actually achieving this goal to bring about change.
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Partnerships & Collaboration

Partnerships & Collaboration

We upport a multi-agency approach to addressing the needs of today’s vulnerable young people.
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Testimonials

Testimonials

Guiding Young Minds has helped and supported many different young people to date. Some of them tell their stories here and recount how change was enabled for them.
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Young people accessed specialist therapy since 2018
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Schools Visits and Workshops & Outreach Sessions in the last 20 Months
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Million Pounds of funds raised since 2016
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Videos and Media

Would you like to know more about gang culture and the issues behind it? What are the risks and dangers that young people face? Watch our “must watch” films and videos, created by GYM, to understand more about what leads to the risk of gang involvement for young people.”

Areas GYM Covers:

Areas we cover