Our mentoring service pairs young people across our current and recent employment and training programmes with committed creative professionals from their desired fields.
Over six months the pairings meet bi-monthly at a series of evening meet-ups designed to be informal and dynamic, held at the Good Growth Hub.
Our approach to mentoring introduces the key tenants towards building constructive and mutually-beneficial relationships with professional peers; including how to give and receive feedback, the various practical, guided, facilitatory, or sound-boarding approaches, tackling imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and more. Through facilitating purposeful relationships between mentors and mentees, the mentor acts as a 'critical friend' – with participants developing bonds that stretch beyond the programme's duration and confidently creating new networks.
Mentors frequently feedback on the reciprocity they gain from exchanging fresh ideas and perspectives and learning how to build varied working relationships across sectors, skill-sets and seniorities – whilst supporting the next generation navigate their industries.