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 Mentor Link was started in 2002 by
Andrea Maddocks as a small voluntary project at The Bewdley School.
In November 2004
Mentor Link obtained charitable status and now offers it services to
thirteen schools in the Wyre Forest, Worcester and Redditch areas, with
over 200 volunteer mentors helping 250 pupils per week.
Mentor Link is a registered charity
dedicated to recruiting and training volunteer mentors from the community
to schools in Worcestershire. The volunteers will befriend and support
those young people identified by the schools as facing difficulties for
example deprivation, family breakdown, substance misuse, illness,
bereavement, crime and neglect. The aim of the mentor is to listen to,
support and encourage the young people with the aim of creating a more
positive attitude towards themselves and learning. We seek to help those
young people who lack a positive adult role model in their lives with the
provision of regular one to one support and aim to increase their
confidence, social skills and attitude towards learning. During our
eight-year history, we have many success stories and have gained a good
reputation with families, young people and schools in the area.
As one
parent writes, “ We are extremely grateful to Mentor Link for supporting
our daughter through a very difficult and unhappy time at school. Mentor
Link's independence has been its main strength: not only is our daughter
able to discuss the problems she has with school in complete confidence,
but she can discuss issues she would rather not share with us either. The
Mentor herself has been approachable, friendly and reliable and the advice
is structured, practical and encouraging. Mentor Link has helped our
daughter to regain confidence and a positive attitude to school life.
Thank you again.”
Mentor Link is a non-profit making organisation and relies on grants and donations to continue it's invaluable service to schools and young people in Worcestershire. For further information please contact us via the contact us link from this web page. To make a donation to Mentor Link please click the button below that takes you to PayPal: (We also operate a scheme through "easyfundraising.org.uk" that helps raise funds for us everytime you shop or search using the links to the left of this page)
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