To be a mentor, we are not necessarily looking for those with extensive STEM based careers. Most importantly, we are looking for patient, kind and thoughtful adults that have a passion for helping young people.

Your own experience from your working life could be in finance, HR, legal, support- it really doesn’t matter, so long as your commitment is to help understand young people and encourage them become a little but more confident and able to communicate with adults, due to your involvement.

Whether volunteering to support Early Years or High School aged students, the challenges are very similar. Their concentration is limited, their skills undeveloped and their willingness to learn can vary hugely depending on the day they have just had. Your dependable help and guidance is what will really make the difference for these students.

Although the programmes are STEM based, there is also a strong life-skills component woven in. Part of this is the ‘Best Self’ points that we introduce to students and ask mentors to encourage them to follow these on a weekly basis. They are: