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Latest News

SMN Network Development and Support Officer

Scottish Mentoring Network is delighted to announce that we have appointed Amanda Skinner to this new post which she will take up on Monday 31st October. Amanda has extensive experience of mentoring and training with the Rock Trust during which time the organisation has twice successfully achieved the SMN Project Quality Award. A graduate of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Amanda will be responsible for the development and maintenance of thematic and geographic networks across Scotland. In this role she will be in direct contact with members enabling them to share good practice and experience and to benefit from the range of services which SMN can offer.

As some of you will be aware Sarah Barr, our Quality and Support Officer, has just gone on maternity leave and her second son, Ruairi, was born on Friday 21st October. We are really pleased at this good news and delighted that all are healthy and we give our congratulations to Sarah and Ewan who now have a younger brother for Nairn. Until Sarah returns to work next summer Amanda will cover the main aspects of Sarah’s work on the Project Quality Award, Training and Evaluation as well as starting on network development. Thereafter Amanda will work full-time in her new role.

There is now much more impetus behind the use of effective mentoring in Scotland and the Board of Scottish Mentoring Network has shown real commitment in agreeing to fund this new position. I am sure everyone will join with me in wishing Amanda every success.

Iain Forbes, Strategic Development Manager

25 October

FUNDING: Aspirational Awards for Care Experienced Young People

The Life Changes Trust has announced its new Aspirational Awards which will provide funding to care experienced young people to help them achieve their aspirations and goals.  The award funding is flexible and designed to meet the specific needs of individuals and applications will be assessed on their own merit.  

The Aspirational Awards will fund applications which:

  • Are likely to have a long-term, positive impact on the life of the applicant
  • Will support the applicant to achieve their aspirations in life
  • Will help the applicant to progress in something they have already made steps towards achieving.

The fund is open to any young person aged between 21 and 26 years of age with at least three months of care experience.  Applications will be accepted throughout the month of November, from the 1st until the 30th, via the Life Changes Trust website

25 October

REMINDER: Book Now for the SMN National Event 2016

This year’s Scottish Mentoring Network National Networking Event will be held at the Trades Hall in Glasgow on Thursday 17th November.  The deadline to book your place at this highly anticipated event is Friday 4th November.  In previous years we’ve had an excellent response from our members so if you would like to come along please contact us or book a place online as soon as possible.

The National Event will run from 10am until no later than 4:30pm. The day will begin with a welcome and update from SMN after which there will be presentations from a range of member projects.  

This will be followed by the announcement of the SMN Annual Recognition Category Awards and then some round table discussions on how we can collectively demonstrate our impact to stakeholders.

After a networking lunch a variety of break-out sessions will be on offer to ensure that there is something to suit all delegates.  

Breakout sessions at the event are as follows and all delegates will be asked to select their preferred breakout sessions in advance of the event:

  1. Outsource Grant Funding: Get2Grips with Grants Ltd
  2. Motivational Interviewing and its links to mentoring: Health in Mind
  3. Training your Mentors – Challenges and Successes: Mental Health Foundation
  4. An External Evaluation Process: Move On

The day will close with the presentation of our Quality Award to those projects who have gained this over the past year and the announcement of the winner of our SMN Project of the Year Award.

All members of Scottish Mentoring Network and Glasgow Mentoring Network are entitled to free places at this event as part of their membership.

Booking for the National Event has now closed.  Please contact the SMN Office on 0141 559 5009 if you have any questions.

24 October

Member News: Action for M.E. recruiting peer mentors

Mentor M.E. is a new project from Action from M.E. which is now recruiting volunteer peer mentors.  

This peer mentor role involves providing mentoring support from people with experience of M.E. to people living with M.E. or CFS.  The aim is to give both people an opportunity to develop and enhance their skills and capacity to self manage. 

Mentors will need to be over 18 and live in Scotland and have the ability to focus on mentee’s needs.  Action for M.E. will provide information on how to create, manage and sustain a mentoring relationship.   Mentors need to be able to support the mentoring relationship and meet their mentee’s on a regular basis.

Mentors will asked to volunteer a few hours of their time either every fortnight or every month.  Training and skills-development sessions for mentors will follow in November and December 2016 before matching mentors with mentees seeking mentoring support from early 2017. 

The Mentor M.E. network is being developed in Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife intitially.  

Anyone interested in volunteering as a peer mentor should contact Avril McLean, project worker, on 07753 247 099 or email avril@actionforme.org.uk

23 October

Member News: Ayrshire Independent Living Network Training Report

Ayrshire Independent Living Network (AILN) has produced a report on the peer mentoring training day it ran recently, with support from Scottish Mentoring Network.  

The training was initiated in response to a focus group with service users who told AILN that in addition to speaking with them they would find it helpful to speak with another person who has used self-directed support (SDS).  

Eleven people took part in the training session and AILN now plan on developing a SDS peer mentoring support project for Ayrshire.  

21 October

Member Event: Pathways to Confidence Milestones II Event

Pathways to Confidence, a project run in partnership between Covey Befriending and Bellshill & Mossend YMCA, is celebrating it's second anniversary with its Milestones II Event.  The event will take place on Wednesday 26 October from 6:30 until 8pm at the the GLO Centre in Motherwell.

Pathways to Confidence aims to build supportive relationships for young people and their families, allowing confidence to grow, helping remove barriers they may have and giving them support to achieve their true potential.

The event will include the launch of a new impact report as well as real-life stories of change and growth.  

If you would like to attend this event please RSVP to office@coveybefriending.org.uk or call 01698 894 013.

Further information on the Pathways to Confidence project is available online here.

17 October

Funding: Community Capacity & Resilience Fund

Following a successful pilot in 2015, SCVO has announced the second round of its Community Capacity and Resilience funding scheme.  The scheme, supported by the Scottish Government, will award a further £330,000 to innovative and creative projects which help mitigate the effects of welfare reform, combat inequality, promote social inclusion and have a preventative impact on communities.  

The fund will increase the capacity and resilience of communities and third sector organisations to provide people with the support and skills they need. Awards range from £1,000 to £5,000, with project activity expected to start and finish between January and August 2017.

Applications are invited from third sector organisations with an annual income of £200,000 or less.  

12 October

Data Wanted: SMN Evaluation Framework

We are still collecting statistics and stories of change for the next issue of 'Mentoring Works' and are encouraging all members to send us anything they have for inclusion in the report.

This year we want to gather even more evidence which we will collate and publish. This will be used by SMN to promote the effective use of mentoring in Scotland to policy makers and funders and will therefore be a direct benefit to members.

The more data we receive from member projects the more in-depth reporting we can provide on the reach and variety of mentoring across Scotland.

If you are able to contribute statistics on the numbers of mentors and mentees you are currently working with or any case studies or impact stories we would love to hear from you. You can submit any statistics you have via Survey Monkey here and any stories of change observed in your mentees here.

5 October

Events

SQA Accredited Mentoring Coordination Training - October 2016 Dates

27-28 October 2016, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

SMN National Event & Recognition Awards 2016

17 November 2016, The Trade's Hall, Glasgow

SQA Accredited Unit in Mentoring Coordination Training - February 2017

08-09 February 2017, SCVO Training Room, Hayweight House, Edinburgh

Edinburgh and Lothians Networking Event

23 March 2017, Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Marys Street, EH1 1SU

SQA Accredited Unit in Mentoring Coordination Training - April 2017

03-04 April 2017, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

Fife and Tayside Networking Event

22 June 2017, The Salutation Hotel, 34 South Street, Perth, PH2 8P

Education Thematic Networking Event

9 August 2017, Edinburgh Napier (Sighthill Campus)

Ayrshire Networking Event

13 September 2017, Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus, Hill Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 3HY

Edinburgh and Lothians Networking Event

10 October 2017, ACOSVO, Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PR

Professional Certificate in Coordinating Mentoring Programmes Training Course

11-12 December 2017, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

Fife and Tayside Networking Event

31 January 2018, Dundee University, Dalhousie Building Block 1, ground floor room 6 (1G06) , 75 Old Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5EN

Youth Networking Event

22 March 2018, AK Bell Library, Sandeman Room, 2-8 York Place, Perth. PH2 8EP

North Networking Event, Places still available

27 March 2018, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, 1 Inverness Campus, IV2 5NA

Ayrshire Networking Event

9 May 2018, Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus, Hill Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 3HY

Edinburgh and Lothians Networking Event

23 May 2018, YMCA Edinburgh, The Acorn Centre, 1 Junction Place, EH6 5JA

Fife and Tayside Networking Event

25 September 2018, DYW Perth & Kinross, Saltire House 3 Whitefriars Crescent, Perth PH2 0PA

BOOKING NOW CLOSED: SMN National Event 2018

6 November 2018, St Paul's and St George's Church, Edinburgh

Glasgow Networking Event

28 January 2019, 10am - 1pm, 51 Wilson Street, Brunswick House, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

FULLY BOOKED -Professional Certificate in Coordinating Mentoring Programmes Training Course

05-06 February 2019, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

Ayrshire Networking Event

28 February 2019, 11am -1pm , Centre Stage, Kilmarnock Academy, 15 Elmbank Drive, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BS.

Edinburgh and Lothians Networking Event

19 March 2019, 11am - 2pm, Financial Conduct Authority, Quayside House, 127 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9QG

CANCELLED Central Network Event

22 May 2019, Link Academy, McKinven House, George Street, Falkirk, FK2 7EY

SMN: Youth Arts Mentoring Symposium

28 May 2019, 10:30am -2:30pm Motherwell Concert Hall, Windmillhill St, Motherwell ML1 1AB

Fife and Tayside Network Event

12 June 2019, DC Thomson, 2 Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 1DD

SMN: All network Event Dates released

7 August 2019

Glasgow Networking Event

27 August 2019, 10:30am - 1:30pm Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, 20 Dumbreck Rd, Glasgow, G41 5BW

Education Networking Event

2 September 2019, 11am-2pm, Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Mary's St, Edinburgh EH1 1SU

SMN NATIONAL EVENT: The deadline for booking your place is Tuesday the 5th of November so please BOOK NOW to secure your place at the event.

13 November 2019, St Paul's & St George's Church, 46 York Place, Edinburgh

SMN: Business Network Event

28 November 2019, 4th Floor, Hayweight House, 23 Lauriston Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DQ

SMN: Edinburgh and Lothians Network Event

4 December 2019, 11am-1:30pm YMCA Edinburgh, The Acorn Centre, 1 Junction Place, EH6 5JA

SMN: Care Experienced Network Event

24 January 2020, 10:30am- 2pm Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow,G11UZ

SMN Fife and Tayside Network Event

29 January 2020, Old College Building, Abertay University, Dundee, DD1 HG

SMN: Glasgow Networking Event

5 March 2020, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, 10:30am -2:pm

POSTPONED - Professional Certificate in Coordinating Mentoring Programmes Training Course

19-20 March 2020, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

POSTPONED SMN: Mentoring Information Event

23 March 2020, The Barracks, Stirling

POSTPONED : Mentor Training Guidance for Mentoring Coordinators

27 March 2020, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow G1 1UZ

SMN Online Networking Event

20 May 2020, Online Zoom (11am-1pm)

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE GrowBiz: How to use Zoom Effectively

2 July 2020, Zoom

SMN: Glasgow Network Event

12 August 2020, Zoom

SMN: Topical Event - Introduction to SMN’s new online training programme

9 September 2020, Zoom

SMN: Fife & Tayside Network Event

30 September 2020, Zoom

SMN: Edinburgh & Lothians Network Event

14 October 2020, Zoom

SMN: Ayrshire Network Event

11 November 2020, Zoom

Scottish Mentoring Network's Online National Event

3 December 2020

SMN: Central Network Event

8 December 2020, Zoom

SMN: Taking Stock

20 January 2021, Zoom

SMN: North Network Event

3 February 2021, Zoom

SMN: Virtual AGM

19 February 2021, Zoom

SMN: Youth Event

18 March 2021, Zoom

SMN: Glasgow & Surrounding Areas Network Event

21 April 2021, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event - Overview of Near Me Service POSTPONED

20 May 2021, Zoom

SMN: Fife & Tayside Network Event

22 June 2021, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event - Near Me Service

25 August 2021, Zoom

SMN: Edinburgh & Lothians Network Event

21 September 2021, Zoom

SMN: Mentoring Information Event

27 October 2021, Zoom

SMN: Online National Event

8 December 2021, Zoom

SMN: Taking Stock of the Year Event

26 January 2022, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event (TBC)

22 March 2022, Zoom

SMN: New Members - Welcome to the Network!

19 May 2022, Zoom

SMN: All Members Networking Event

22 September 2022, Zoom

SMN: National Event

27 October 2022, The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 6AE

SMN: AGM 2022

14 December 2022, Zoom

SMN: Taking Stock Event

19 January 2023, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

28 April 2023, Zoom

SMN: General Meeting

30 June 2023, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

7 September 2023, Zoom

SMN: National Event

25 October 2023, The Studio, Glasgow

SMN: Taking Stock of the Year Event

19 January 2024, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

26 March 2024, Zoom


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