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Unfold - Empowerment through Mentoring
Unfold are reaching communities who face the most exclusion, this is because, although we are open to everyone, 85% of the families we support are single headed households led by a woman, 98% of our service users are from racialised groups, and 60% of our referrals come from other supporting services. Unfold have also expanded and adapted our services to support Asylum Seekers and young people in…
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Description

Male Mentors for Young Men provide practical, social and professional support to young men aged 10-25, in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea.

Your mentoring will help young men break cycles of social isolation, improve family cohesion, and wellbeing by providing support in a wide range of issues.


By being part of the Unfold mentor family you will be helping us to have greater reach in making a positive impact in the lives of many vulnerable families and young people, living in Westminster.

Duties

You will:

  • Empower young men to identify changes they wish to make and goals they wish to achieve.
  •  Offer coaching style support to young men to help them achieve their goals and get them where they want to be, over 12 to 24 weekly sessions.
  • Provide a listening ear and talk thorough the challenges young men face.
  • Support young men to make social connections with the local community or groups, refer and signpost them to other organisations providing more specialist support if needed.
Who will the volunteers be working with?
Young men aged 10-25 years old based in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea.
Training
-You will receive full, comprehensive training around leadership, coaching, creative problem-solving, building rapport and safeguarding
-You will also have the chance to attend regular, monthly supervision sessions with other mentors to share your experiences and discuss any issues that may arise

Time commitment

We ask volunteers to commit to delivering mentoring for 1–2-hours a week, over a period of 24 in person sessions

Categories

UCL Departments

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.