Young People

Mentoring can help anyone...

What is mentoring? Mentoring is a partnership where you meet regularly with a volunteer who has been specially trained by My Voice London to work with and support young people aged 10 - 17. You can talk about anything that is important to you. This might include school, family, friends and your future plans.

Having a mentor can help you to:

  • Motivate yourself to achieve your goals
  • Prepare you for work
  • Think about how to solve problems and difficulties you are facing

Click here for more information about mentoring.

Here are some useful links:

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesize
www.bbc.co.uk/switch
www.talktofrank.com
www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/teens

If you are under 16 years old and would like to request a mentor, click here for our referral form (you can print this off). If you are 16-17 years old, click here for a self-referral form.

Please click here for the Survey Monkey.

Two examples of mentoring relationships:

Sandra (16), was living part-time with each parent. She had fallen behind with her school work. Her mentor helped her to get organised so she caught up with coursework and they planned a revision timetable for her exams. Sandra took her GCSE exams, and is now at college.

Kyle (14), has been bullied at school and at home has to look after his dad. Mentoring has given him more confidence and he has joined a club at school where he has been able to make more friends. The mentoring project has put him in touch with Young Carers to help him at home.
My mentor has helped me by giving me advice on study skills; but what I needed the most was someone to talk to – and that is what I got – a non-judgmental person who is willing to listen to me every-so-often so that my mind doesn’t simply implode with all the thoughts I have flying around in there.