What is a Mentor?

The role of a mentor with our New Directions programme is to motivate, guide and assist young people in Medway at risk of offending or anti-social behaviour towards the achievement of positive goals. 

This can involve:

• introducing a young person to positive activities in the community;
• helping a young person improve attendance or behaviour at school;
• assisting a young person with reading or homework; or
• helping a young person build better relationships at home. 

Quite often, it involves all of these.

Our mentors meet with the young people on a weekly basis, usually for 1 - 2 hours, over a period of 10-12 weeks.