Youth Mentoring Programme

Change 2 lives

Our Youth Mentoring Programme helps young people develop the skills and confidence to enable social mobility, and make the transition to the world of work a less daunting experience.
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Mentor and Mentee on our Mentoring Programme

Youth Mentoring Programme

Academics are great but building soft skills is also vital for young people to succeed.

If you attend a school in the UK, college, university, or you are a graduate who has not yet secured post-graduate level employment, our mentoring programme can help you build these essential skills to succeed, whether that's a work experience, apprenticeship, summer internship or full time job.

Sign up for our 3 month mentoring programme and we'll match you with a trained and DBS checked Mentor, professionals from a wide variety of industries are ready and willing to help you get ahead.

We recruit mentors from top companies from a wide range of industries including LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Goldman Sachs and Salesforce.

Benefits of Youth Mentoring

Mentoring offers a number of benefits to the young person (mentee), and the adult (mentor).

  • Build confidence and self-esteem
  • Skills development: important life skills like time-management, communication and goal-setting.
  • Emotional wellbeing: provides crucial emotional support and a sense of belonging.
  • Create a strong CV.
  • Explore career and education pathways with an industry professional.
  • Work on interview preparation and practice.
  • Gain research and presentation skills.
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Youth mentoring success stories

Here are some of our mentoring success stories, young people who completed the mentoring programme and have gone onto higher education, degree apprenticeships, secured interships or work experience.
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Feb. 13, 2025

Angel’s journey from schoolgirl to a Software Engineering Apprenticeship

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Feb. 10, 2025

Chibi’s game-changing apprenticeship story

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Feb. 10, 2025

Samuel’s apprenticeship story: It was intimidating at first

Featured image for “UK Power Networks and my mentor changed everything”
Feb. 10, 2025

UK Power Networks and my mentor changed everything

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Jul. 23, 2024

From Catford to Cambridge

Where our Mentor and Mentees are from

Our mentoring programme is delivered electronically so have supported young people around the UK. This flexibility also allows us to utilise volunteer mentors from across the UK.

Mentee testimonials

Watch our 2 short videos by Mentors and Mentees talking about their experiences on the Mentoring Programme.

Stefan and Romeo speak about their experience on our Mentoring Programme

Stefan and Romeo

Chase and Stuart speak about their experience on our Mentoring Programme

Chase and Stuart

My mentor helped me shape my life outside the programme. I also loved the simplicity and focus on things that we aren’t really taught in school but are essential when entering society.
Mentee
Excellent guidance, organisation, supervision and documentation from Urban Synergy, very good mentor/mentee matching. My mentee's effort and keenness on improving were outstanding.
Mentor
My mentor which helped me shape my life outside the programme. I also loved the simplicity and focus on things that we aren’t really taught in school but are essential when entering society.
mentee
The sessions were focussed and in good bite-size chunks so it didn’t feel to overwhelming (for both of us!)
Mentor
I enjoyed how comfortable my mentor made me feel and how she went above and beyond providing me with extra resources. Also I learnt a lot of new skills that I will be able to turn to in the future
Mentee
My mentee was a pleasure to work with; very organised and responsive and had a clear drive to succeed which meant she committed to all the programme deliverables. I wish her all the very best in her career.
Mentor
Learning from my mentor and being able to talk about work related topics that I struggle with and being given really good and helpful advice that has led to gaining a graduate trainee role!
Mentee
I felt I was well matched with the mentee and there was a clear structure to the sessions and outcomes. It was easy to fill in the session logs and keep track of progress
Mentor
My mentor and his down to earth nature. Ability to motivate me. Spoke to me not just about work but about personal life. He will be a good coach to the next mentee.
Mentee
I enjoyed being able to engage in sessions with my mentor that will definitely be relevant and helpful for my future development. From the high levels of support I received in creating my CV, learning how to respond to common questions that come up in interviews to being able to work on my presentation skills.
Mentee
My mentor which helped me shape my life outside the programme. I also loved the simplicity and focus on things that we aren’t really taught in school but are essential when entering society.
Mentee