Could you help Hertfordshire young people find their mentors?

MCR Pathways is an award-winning, relationship-based mentoring programme working to level the playing field so all young people can find a path to achieving their ambitions.

When you’ve had the most unfair start in life, it’s easy to lose your way. For too many young people, an unfair start means navigating life’s toughest challenges alone. But mentoring builds confidence, instils belief, awakens ambitions, and expands their future horizons.

Mentoring not only improves a young person’s educational attainment, career aspirations and life chances, it’s also incredibly rewarding for the mentor. Supporting someone to reach their full potential can increase your own confidence, develop communication skills, and give a deep sense of fulfilment and purpose.

MCR Pathways has an urgent need for more volunteer mentors to come forward across Hertfordshire, especially at Haileybury Turnford in Cheshunt; Simon Balle in Hertford; and Barnwell, Marriott, Nobel, and Thomas Alleyne schools in Stevenage.

You don’t need any specific skills or prior experience to become a mentor; all you need is a willingness to make a positive impact. Mentors receive training and support from MCR Pathways to dedicate an hour each week listening to and encouraging a young person in their local school, empowering them to believe in themselves and their abilities.

If you’re curious to learn more, visit mcrpathways.org/become-a-mentor.