Supporting Young Londoners
Goal
Improve life chances and opportunities for disadvantaged young Londoners through positive opportunities
What we’re doing
Helping young Londoners to access new networks and acquire new skills, through meaningful training and work experience opportunities
Helping young Londoners to develop confidence and coping strategies and build trusted relationships, via quality mentoring, workshops and events
Increasing access to quality mentoring for disadvantaged young Londoners, including more of our staff volunteering and training as mentors, supported by the Mayor’s Mentoring Quality Framework and Virtual Mentoring Academy Platform
Collaborating with the voluntary and community sector and youth support organisations to support young Londoners facing the starkest inequalities, through training and practice sharing
How we measure our impact
No. of positive opportunities directly delivered to young people
No. of positive opportunities created through funding external partners
No. young people participating in these activities
Research, training or other support delivered to support London’s youth sector
Members
Association of Colleges ~ Film London ~ London Chamber of Commerce and Industry ~ London Fire Brigade ~ London Higher ~ London Legacy Development Corporation ~ London Metropolitan University ~ Met Police ~ NHS ~ Thames Water ~ Transport for London ~ West London College
Key resources
Call to Action:
Self-Assessment Tool: Mentoring Quality Framework A tool to help organisations reflect on and develop their own mentoring practice.
Interesting reads
Case studies
Mentoring young people at the Met Police
Meet Charles, a dedicated mentor from the Met Police who has undergone specialist training to better support young people across London.