Throughout February, we’ll be finding out what mentoring means to you and gaining insights into how our local delivery partners in London, Gwent, the West Midlands and South Yorkshire go about it.
The dictionary defines mentoring as ‘to advise or train somebody, especially a younger colleague.’
That sounds simple enough.
But mentoring can be more of a nuanced and complex process in the sport and physical activity environments that our delivery partners are working in; diverse communities experiencing social inequalities and working with children who may have experienced trauma, have complex needs or be engaged with, or be on the fringes of, the Youth Justice System.
In the coming months, Levelling the Playing Field aims to select and train 15 mentors in each of our four delivery areas in England and Wales.
Each learner will develop their skills through our unique Trauma-Responsive and Public Health (Level 3) Mentoring Training Programme.
This training will only be available to our delivery partners doing one-to-one mentoring (tertiary services on the Public Health Model).
As a result of this training, delivery partners will be assisted in co-developing a localised trauma-responsive mentoring service which will offer bespoke, sustainable support for each community.
This will ensure we work together towards achieving Levelling the Playing Field’s common goals, in each and every community:
1. Increase the number of ethnically diverse children taking part in sport and physical activity
2. Prevent and divert ethnically diverse children from being involved with the Criminal Justice System
So at this early stage in the process, we want to know: what does mentoring mean to you?
We can then find out how those preconceptions compare to the reality of working with a mentee as a fully-trained mentor later on in the project.
Look out for our mentoring content throughout February and join in the conversation on our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The dictionary defines mentoring as ‘to advise or train somebody, especially a younger colleague.’
That sounds simple enough.
But mentoring can be more of a nuanced and complex process in the sport and physical activity environments that our delivery partners are working in; diverse communities experiencing social inequalities and working with children who may have experienced trauma, have complex needs or be engaged with, or be on the fringes of, the Youth Justice System.
In the coming months, Levelling the Playing Field aims to select and train 15 mentors in each of our four delivery areas in England and Wales.
Each learner will develop their skills through our unique Trauma-Responsive and Public Health (Level 3) Mentoring Training Programme.
This training will only be available to our delivery partners doing one-to-one mentoring (tertiary services on the Public Health Model).
As a result of this training, delivery partners will be assisted in co-developing a localised trauma-responsive mentoring service which will offer bespoke, sustainable support for each community.
This will ensure we work together towards achieving Levelling the Playing Field’s common goals, in each and every community:
1. Increase the number of ethnically diverse children taking part in sport and physical activity
2. Prevent and divert ethnically diverse children from being involved with the Criminal Justice System
So at this early stage in the process, we want to know: what does mentoring mean to you?
We can then find out how those preconceptions compare to the reality of working with a mentee as a fully-trained mentor later on in the project.
Look out for our mentoring content throughout February and join in the conversation on our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.