main content Bromley mentoring initiative

Under this initiative, mentors are adults from the local or business community who spend time talking to young people with the aim of motivating and encouraging them.

Eligibility

To be a mentor you should:

• be able to motivate and encourage young people;
• be non-judgmental, objective and supportive; and
• have time to offer.

The mentoring team offers a service to:

• schools;
• the local authority; and
• voluntary agencies.

Details

The aims of mentoring are to:

• improve self esteem and academic and social confidence;
• raise expectations of under-achievers; and
• provide positive role-models for young people.

The Mentoring Team:

• develops and delivers 'tailor-made' mentoring programmes for young people;
• provides advice and guidance to mentoring programmes already in existence; and
• recruits, trains and screens mentors from the local community.

Programmes include schemes for:

• disengaged pupils;
• youth offenders;
• young carers;
• young people leaving care;
• students on vocational courses; and
• vulnerable children.

A school or other agency can arrange for a young person, who is in need of additional support and assistance alongside their normal education, to obtain a mentor.

Next Steps

To find out how you can make a difference to a young person's life contact the Mentoring Co-ordinator at Bromley Education Business Partnership. Alternatively return a completed application form and the Co-ordinator will get in touch with you.

Contacts

Telephone:  020 8462 5046
Fax:  020 8462 6286
e-mail:  ebp.admin@bromley.gov.uk

Address:  Bromley Education Business Partnership,
Education Development Centre, Church Lane, Princes Plain, Bromley BR2 8LD