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In short, our volunteer mentors help young people to realise their full potential. Mentors spend an hour each week listening to and encouraging a young person in their school. The relationship that develops is what makes the difference. Can you help a young person to build their confidence and discover their potential? Mentors and young people are carefully matched based on their likes, personality and life- experiences. Everyone is different, so we look for mentors from all walks of life. When one person mentors, two lives are changed.
MCR Pathways was founded in 2007 to address the gap in life-chances and educational outcomes, between care-experienced young people and their peers. The MCR charity was established to support young people who have experienced disadvantage and help them realise their full potential through education. We do this through our school-based mentoring programme – matching young people with a fully-trained volunteer mentor. Our journey began in St Andrew’s Secondary school, in the East End of Glasgow, where we developed the programme over 5 years. The evidence that MCR mentoring made a huge difference on young people’s confidence and engagement with school was soon overwhelming. The programme is now operating in multiple local authorities, nationwide. Our vision is that every care-experienced young person, or those who have experienced disadvantage, get the same education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as every other young person. https://mcrpathways.org/
All mentors will undergo a 1:1 Conversation, 1 x core mentor training session, and a PVG check when volunteering with us. Being a mentor is massively beneficial for our volunteers as well as our young people. Mentors have consistently told us they’ve had increased confidence, better listening skills and a sense of fulfilment through volunteering with us. Not only this but as a mentor you will have the opportunity to take part in extra training sessions run by both us and some other amazing organisations and charities. Our online mentor hub also has a huge library of various bite sized online trainings, articles and mentor videos that mentors can access from when they are matched to a young person.
Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Argyll & Bute
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