We train and support adult volunteers to mentor 7 – 21 year olds needing extra support with family, education, emotional needs and employability.

Mentoring usually lasts about a year.

At the beginning, you’ll meet someone from Mentoring Plus who will find out what you’d like to get out of it, and you’ll make a personal plan.

We’ll match you with a mentor who we think will like doing similar things, or who has a personality we think you’ll get along with.

You’ll be asked how you feel about your strengths and things affecting your life.

As mentoring goes on, you’ll be asked to think about some of these things again, so you can see what’s changed.

Towards the end of the year, we’ll work with you and your mentor to think about how you’ve got on, make a next steps plan, and decide if you would like any more help and support afterwards.

Being mentored is a chance to try new stuff, if you want to.

Maybe sports, drama, cooking, or going places you haven’t been before.

Your mentor can help you find more things you’re good at, and Mentoring Plus arranges activities too.

You might have a particular goal, like coping better with feelings or getting onto a college course.

Your mentor can help, and will celebrate with you when you succeed.