Volunteers > Mentors

The Mentoring Project trains volunteers to provide one to one support to children and young people who are referred by the Youth Offending Service in Sheffield.  The ultimate aim of the project is to empower young people to be able to make the choices that will reduce the risk of them re-offending. 

The project provides mentors for young people to support them in addressing a range of needs including accommodation, education, drug and alcohol dependency and family issues.  Two important aspects of mentoring young people at risk of offending are to raise their self-esteem and introduce them to various local resources they may access after the mentoring relationship has ended.

Mentors must be able to commit a minimum of three hours per week in one block of time to volunteering for a period of at least six months.

Volunteers must be aged at least 18yrs and be resident in Sheffield for a full twelve months following training.  No formal qualifications are required to become either an Appropriate Adult or a Mentor as full training is given. ‘Out of pocket’ expenses will be met as agreed by project staff.