Volunteer mentors needed to support vulnerable young people in Westbury

Local youth development charity, the Youth Adventure Trust, is looking for committed and enthusiastic volunteers who can mentor a vulnerable young person for approximately two hours every fortnight for up to one year from September. 

Mentors will be matched with a young person based in Westbury and provide one-to-one, personalised support to help them achieve their full potential.

The Youth Adventure Trust’s bespoke mentoring scheme focuses on young people who have completed the three-year programme designed to build resilience, develop confidence and teach essential life skills that will help the participants face the challenges in their daily lives. 

The scheme provides additional support for a select number of young people who would benefit from further individualised support. After a comprehensive training programme and with ongoing support from the charity’s mentoring manager, mentors will be required to give support, guidance, empathy and encouragement to their mentee.

Shaun, current mentor for the Youth Adventure Trust says, “When I joined the mentoring scheme I was hopeful I might be able to help someone else. I just never imagined how positive and rewarding the journey would be for me too.”

By becoming a mentor, you will be making a very real difference to the lives of vulnerable young people: “It’s helped me with my confidence most definitely and with my trust – definitely helped me with my trust. I just want to say a big thank you because without everything that the YAT has done, I would be so different and it’s like you guys have changed me and for the better.”

To find out more about the role please visit www. youthadventuretrust.org.uk/mentor or contact Becky Brown on 07592 644679 or becky@youthadventure trust.org.uk