SMN Welcomes its Newest Members
21 October 2014
In the past 6 months the membership of Scottish Mentoring Network has continued to grow with the addition of a number of new member projects from different local and thematic areas. Our new members each have a profile on our website so please use our ‘Mentoring Map’ to search for them and find out a bit more about their mentoring activities. The contact details of the lead contact for any mentoring activities within each project is shown on each individual profile.
Below is a list of our newest members and a little bit about their work and interest in mentoring:
- Aberlour Family Outreach (Edinburgh) – Aberlour work with Scotland’s most vulnerable children, young people and their families who have suffered from neglect, trauma, abuse or family breakdown. Aberlour is Scotland’s largest Children’s Charity. The Family Outreach service in Edinburgh work across the city with families who are experiencing difficulties with substance use. Working in individuals’ own homes or in community settings, Aberlour Family Outreach (Edinburgh) helps and supports parents to make positive changes in their lives. This positive influence will improve family living and make it safer and healthier for them and their children.
- Aberlour LifeWorks (Fife) – This Fife based project helps young people to make the transition to independent living by boosting their confidence, skills and self-esteem. Run in partnership with Fife Council, this service aims to improve life chances for vulnerable young people and help them develop important life skills for the future. The project expands on the work of Aberlour’s existing Throughcare and Aftercare Team. It offers support to young people who have left or are preparing to leave Local Authority care, but who are not eligible for statutory Aftercare support, either because they left care before their official school leaving age, or because they are unwilling or unable to engage with the Aftercare support available.
- Action for Children: Side Step Intervention is a voluntary organisation that supports young people from the ages of 12 years to 18 years old who have been involved in offending behaviour within the community. The project takes a holistic and whole system approach into identifying barriers and patterns of behaviour effecting young people and implementing counter measure to tackle these issues.
- Apex Scotland (North) – Abriachan & Community Challenges – Apex Scotland is a specialist organisation that works with offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending to give them the necessary skills to change their behaviour and lead fulfilling lives. Apex Highland has been providing services to Inverness and its surrounding areas for just over 20 years. The project offers a modest range of interventions to address motivation, employment readiness and recovery from dependency on drugs and alcohol.
- MCR Pathways is as a cross-institutional partnership initiated by Iain MacRitchie through his MCR Foundation and including Glasgow City Council Education Department, Strathclyde University and CELCIS. The project aims to support Glasgow’s most vulnerable looked after young people who need support to build and sustain their own motivation, commitment and resilience (MCR) and to empower their talent to overcome disadvantages they experienced through no fault of their own.
- Queen Margaret University: Employment Mentoring Programme is in its second year after a successful pilot in 2013-2014. The programme works with QMU Alumni and industry professionals seeking to offer employment mentoring to groups for whom statistics show that it can be difficult to find employment. The programme gives committed and enthusiastic students the opportunity to meet with an experienced individual from a relevant sector, who is willing to offer their time, advice and inside knowledge surrounding the world of work.
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a Higher Education Institution for the performing arts with degree awarding powers in the areas of music, drama, dance, production and screen. Joint degrees in teaching and research and a wide range of open access short courses for all ages and stages are also offered. The Conservatoire has a particular interest in mentoring as a positive action tool for assisting the development of under-represented groups.
- Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) is the national voluntary organisation concerned with new and long term spinal cord injured people, their relatives and friends along with those involved in the management, care and rehabilitation of those with spinal injuries. SIS is in the process of introducing a mentoring scheme for its Peer Support Volunteers with the aim of expanding this to a Scottish-wide mentoring scheme for those who have suffered a spinal cord injury, their relatives, carers and friends.
To view our newest member projects or to find existing projects in your local or thematic area please visit our Mentoring Map via the link below.
