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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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14 September
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AUTISTIC residents in Clydebank are being encouraged to take part in a new project aimed at finding employment. 14 September
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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
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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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Events25 September 2018, DYW Perth & Kinross, Saltire House 3 Whitefriars Crescent, Perth PH2 0PA | 6 November 2018, St Paul's and St George's Church, Edinburgh | 28 January 2019, 10am - 1pm, 51 Wilson Street, Brunswick House, Glasgow, G1 1UZ | 05-06 February 2019, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ | 28 February 2019, 11am -1pm , Centre Stage, Kilmarnock Academy, 15 Elmbank Drive, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BS. | 19 March 2019, 11am - 2pm, Financial Conduct Authority, Quayside House, 127 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9QG | 22 May 2019, Link Academy, McKinven House, George Street, Falkirk, FK2 7EY | 28 May 2019, 10:30am -2:30pm Motherwell Concert Hall, Windmillhill St, Motherwell ML1 1AB | 12 June 2019, DC Thomson, 2 Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 1DD | 7 August 2019 | 27 August 2019, 10:30am - 1:30pm Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, 20 Dumbreck Rd, Glasgow, G41 5BW | 2 September 2019, 11am-2pm, Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Mary's St, Edinburgh EH1 1SU | 24 September 2019, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow G1 1UZ | 13 November 2019, St Paul's & St George's Church, 46 York Place, Edinburgh | 18-19 November 2019, Brunswick House, 51 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1UZ |
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