Positive people from the local community needed - could you spare two to four hours a week for a year to help turn a child's life round?
This is the question that Chance UK is posing. By becoming a Chance UK mentor you would be helping inspire a primary school child with behavioural difficulties, who otherwise when a little older might find themself drawn into anti-social or criminal activity.
And the benefits are not all one-way. The work can be tremendously personally rewarding for the mentors too.
Chance UK sets out its objectives as follows:
- Introduce more safety and stability into children’s lives
- Directly address the difficulties experienced by each child and family
- Channel children’s energy into projects that give a sense of personal achievement
- Nurture children’s self-worth
- Reduce the isolation children and families may be experiencing
- Support children to find the motivation and life skills to move forward positively.
Academic research, based on before and after Strengths and Difficulties questionnaires, has proven that Chance UK's approach is highly effective.
What would I do?
- You would meet with a child aged between 5-11 years for two to four hours, once a week, for one year.
- You’d spend time planning each weekly mentoring session, write a short report on it afterwards, and attend a supervision once a month at Chance UK. There is a small monthly mentoring budget that you can claim back.
- You’d receive comprehensive mentor training, work within a structured and proven programme, and be managed and supported throughout your mentoring year.
Our next training rounds: Enfield & Waltham Forest / Hackney & Islington
- Saturdays 9th, 16th, 23rd May 2015 (Finsbury Park office)
- Saturdays 27th June, 4th, 11th July 2015 (Finsbury Park office)
If you have any questions about the application process at any stage, please call Christine on 0207 281 5858 x227.
For more information visit www.chanceuk.com.