Mentors for young people who have committed an offence

For young people at risk, a mentor from their own community is someone they can rely on - a positive adult role model who is not associated with other adults in authority that they may have had difficult relationships with (probation officers, police, teachers etc.) Mentors provide young people with the support they need to change things in their lives that are putting them at risk of reoffending. This could be anything from helping them to find a job or college course, to just being a trusted person to tell their problems to. We ask that mentors commit to spending one or two hours per week with a young person, for up to a year.

Volunteer mentors work one-on-one with young people who have committed an offence, to help them improve areas of their lives that put them at risk of reoffending.