Could you inspire, support and guide a student to make key decisions about their future career and help them develop crucial employability skills?
Through this scheme, a business volunteer meets with a small group of up to three pupils in Years 10-13 (aged 14-18) at least once a month.
You will work together on a series of useful topics such as:
Mentors are professional people at all stages of their career; from recent graduates to CEOs, all volunteers have valuable experience and professional skills to share with young people considering further education or making their first steps into the exciting world of work.
The mentoring scheme is designed to be as flexible as possible.
Together with your mentee(s), you decide when and where to meet within the following guidelines:
Schools recommend the mentees, who attend voluntarily, on the basis of one or more of the following criteria: future aspirations, specific career options, motivation and self-esteem.
Some of the benefits of Mentoring:
For Students:
For Volunteers:
For Companies/Organisations:
We welcome teams of volunteers (a minimum of 8 people from one company) which are then partnered with specific schools. Could this suit you and your colleagues? Get in touch!
Individual volunteers looking for a similar opportunity to work with secondary school students might like to take part in our Employability, Enterprise and Financial Skills