Pupil Statements

"Mentor Link has helped me a lot and many other children in Bewdley. I have a mentor which I go and see every week in school, I go over have a cup of tea and a good chat! My mentor has helped me a lot. My life at home wasn’t very stable and I wasn’t behaving well at school. I was smoking heavily and drinking a lot too. Not coping very well with everything going on around me. My mentor helped me change that all around. Having someone to talk to every week really helps me in fact I can’t think where I would be without it. I don’t drink much anymore and am currently giving up smoking but none of that would have happened without my mentor. I usually spend about an hour with my mentor every week and just talk about everything that’s happened in that week and my mentor gives me coping strategies and helps me deal with my problems and advises me what to do. It helps so many young kids – a lot of them would also be lost without their mentor and there’s many other children that also could do with someone to talk to every week."

Other Statements from students about what they think about Mentor Link:

• ‘I feel Mentor Link has helped me face many issues and has resulted in me becoming a happier and more confident person. I will be sad to leave my mentor and Mentor link behind, but my experience has helped me to take steps toward my future’.
  
  
• ‘Mentor Link has helped me as I can talk to someone in private and openly which allows me to confide in someone else. When I have a problem I feel supported and after my session feel more positive. It gives me the chance to get another point of view and their opinion to help the situation’
  
  
• ‘Mentoring has given me someone to talk to who is impartial and I can trust, helping me to sort out various issues in and out of school.’
  
  
• ‘I feel Mentor Link has helped build my confidence and gives a very friendly atmosphere. Also it makes you feel like you can say anything knowing that it is kept confidential.’
  
  
• ‘I can now deal with problems I couldn’t of dealt with before because I’ve had someone to help me through it all.’
  
  
• ‘I could get away from everyone and talk to someone about my problems. It has built up my confidence and helped me overcome fears that I had. Its been nice to have a confidential friend I can talk to.’
  
  
• ‘They are good at listening and helping you out.’