Our Work: V Mentoring Project

Our Volunteering and mentoring project works with young ex-offenders or young people at risk of offending. Participants receive training to be mentors to 13-17 year olds at risk of offending.

V encourages projects that promote personal development and accreditation to give young people, from diverse backgrounds, the chance to improve their skills and employability through volunteering.

The V Mentoring Project aims to:

• Enable 18-25 year old ex-offenders in London to undertake quality peer mentoring training and activities
• Increase their skills and employability
• Promote a positive relationship and role models for 13-17 year olds in London at risk of offending.

This will be achieved by:

• Delivering accredited Peer Mentoring training
• Matching and managing the mentoring relationship between volunteers and beneficiaries
• Providing employability support to volunteers
• Providing educational support and signposting for beneficiaries.

Referrals

Mentors need to be 18-25 years old and have offended in the past. Clients need to be 13-17 and identified as at risk of offending by a YOT worker or teacher.

To make a referral email andrea.dawson@lat.org.uk or diane.prempeh@lat.org.uk or call 020 7793 0842.

Partners

London Probation

Funders

V-Grants