The Mentoring Project

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Young people with learning difficulties face a variety of barriers in everyday life which can prevent them from fulfilling their true potential. This is where a mentor - a "wise and trusted advisor" - can help. Our trained volunteer mentors work one-on-one with their "mentee", meeting roughly once a fortnight to help empower them to achieve their personal goals. Each young person is different, so each mentoring partnership is different. But what they have in common is the imaginative, creative ways they bring about profound changes in young peoples' lives.

Mentors have helped young people to open bank accounts, write CVs, learn how to travel independently, cope with bereavement, move into independent living, find work or college courses, and work on timekeeping and letter-writing, amongst other things.

We also run Creative Mentoring schemes with professional artists, and have trained young disabled people to become mentors themselves.

Who can get the service?

The project works with people aged between 16 and 25 who live in Hammersmith & Fulham and who have a learning disability. We prioritise people going through periods of transition, those who are particularly isolated.

"Planning and setting goals with my mentee is a great learning experience for both of us. It feels great when we reach one of her goals. I was a part of helping her change a small part of her life for the better." K, mentor.

If you are interested in mentoring, would like to refer yourself or someone you know to the project, or if you just want more information, contact Ben Sloan on 020 7386 7410 or email bsloan@creightonhouse.org.

The Mentoring Project is funded through the Big Lottery Fund.

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