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Catch up on this month's activity on the Scottish Mentoring Network website. Click the headlines to read more...

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	SMN: Apply now for the 2018 Recognition Awards We are now accepting applications for the 2018 SMN Recognition Awards. Our annual awards are designed to acknowledge mentoring projects that have made a significant impact over the past year and is open to members of SMN.   25 September
	BOOK NOW: SMN National Event 2018 We are pleased to confirm the date of the SMN National Event and Recognition Awards 2018 which will take place at St Paul's and St George's Church in Edinburgh on Tuesday the 6th of November and will run from 10am until no later than 4:30pm. 25 September
	MEMBER NEWS: Hospice launches volunteer mentoring service for young people This month the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice officially launches its Volunteer Mentor Service.  This exciting new pilot has been a long time in the planning and the hospice is delighted to introduce their Volunteer Mentors. 24 September
	NEWS: Toni Twigg selected as the First Minister’s mentee Toni Twigg, 21-year-old volunteer with the Care Inspectorate has been selected as the First Minister’s next mentee, as part of the ‘First Mentor’ initiative. 24 September
	SMN NEWS: welcome to SMN's new Administrator Katya is the Administrator for Scottish Mentoring Network. She is responsible for the day to day running of Scottish Mentoring Network, and provides support to the rest of the SMN team.     23 September
	MEMBER NEWS: PIONEERING SCOTTISH PROJECT COULD BE ROLLED OUT IN ENGLAND The initiative pioneered by the Scottish director of charity Action for Children, Paul Carberry, sees specially trained mentors – some of them former criminals – win the trust of young people aged 12 to 18, then support them as they go through employability training and eventually leave their old life behind. 19 September
	NEWS: Lauren Brown: Mentor scheme is just the job to prepare youngsters for world of work Getting today’s school ­leavers prepared for work is much more than simply offering them a job. The rate of change in the jobs market has grown exponentially in the last ten years, with today’s pupils set to eventually work in job roles  17 September
	MEMBER NEWS: Inspiring Scotland (We need to be there for young people looked after at home) 14 September
	MEMBER NEWS: Mentors available to help autistic residents find work AUTISTIC residents in Clydebank are being encouraged to take part in a new project aimed at finding employment. 14 September
	FUNDING: Big Lottery Fund Relaunches Young Start Programme with £18m Groups across Scotland can apply now for funding to help change the lives of young people. The Big Lottery Fund has reopened the Young Start Programme with £18 million in dormant banks account funding for projects that involve young people (aged 8 to 24 years) in their design, running and evaluation. 10 September
	We know mentoring works for Scottish young people Joe Connelly Chief Executive Officer of Ypeople defends the value of youth mentoring against suggestions it has little impact on academic achievement. 6 September

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