New Young Peoples' Mentoring Service receives over 200 volunteer mentor registrations
18 September 2014
Organisers of the MCR Foundation’s Pathways scheme has been ‘blown away’ by the response received from people interested in volunteering their time to give something back to the next generation. Pathways, working with the support of The Herald and Glasgow City Council, aims to help to raise the aspirations of Glasgow’s most disadvantaged young people through its mentoring programme. The Pathways Project works with young people from a care background to help them who can help them re-engage with school, find their way into the workplace or take up a place in further or higher education. School pupils are paired with adult mentors, from a variety of sectors, who can help them navigate the path into higher education and employment.
With support from the Herald, Pathways issued a request for volunteer mentors and has been overwhelmed by the response received with volunteer mentors from all walks of life and a variety of professions. Mentors have communicated their main reasons for volunteering are a strong belief in the importance of education, a desire to ensure very best for young people and the next generation and an eagerness to give something back.
Pathways is continuing its mentor recruitment efforts aiming to have 400 mentors in place by Christmas 2014. The project is seeking motivated, committed individuals who can offer an hour of their time each week to help a young person overcome the barriers they face preventing them from progressing to higher and further education.
More information on this Glasgow-based project is available on the MCR Pathways website or by contacting Donna Cunningham at donna.cunningham@glasgow.gov.uk
