They are just about to complete their 3 day mentor training programme based at The Barn, Bidford-on-Avon, delivered by Mentoring and Training Co-ordinator, Kate Cocker and Director, Chris Spriggs. This will grow the community of Lifespace mentors to 49... which is great news for reaching more young people who face difficulty and distress, more speedily and effectively. Every mentor teams up with an individual supervisor.
All their mini-biographies and photos are on our new website in
the gallery of mentors:
Welcome to...
Cher-Anne Beard, Jo Broughton, Lorraine Cattrell, Janette Del Monaco, Fran Foster
Liz Gregson, Jo Harper, Sara Le Grice, Fiona Legros, Isabelle Mullon, Bethan Pierce-Jones, Debbie Seaborn, Gill Thomas, Sam Wehby.
The Mentor Training programme includes:
- Understanding the role of a mentor and the qualities required
- What mentoring is ...and isn't!
- How mentoring differs from counselling, befriending and coaching
- The mentoring life spiral as a process for mentoring relationships
- How to start and end mentoring relationships well
- Role plays and mentoring resources
- Young people and mental health
- Mindfulness and resilience in mentoring
- Creating positive outcomes
- Mentoring techniques and questioning styles
We deliver mentoring training approximately every 9 months to
give time to making sure all our new mentors are effectively inducted and
matched to an individual supervisor. To enquire about our next training
(scheduled for April - June 2016) please call the office on 01789 297400 and
ask to speak to Kate Cocker.
The training currently costs £195
which is payable in advance by a trainee. This is reimbursed in full once a
mentor has completed 24 hours of mentoring with Lifespace as a volunteer. If the cost is a barrier to your participation but you are still interested in volunteering with us, please contact us and we are open to discussing possibiities.
Volunteers are accepted only after a full interview, two
references and a DBS Enhanced Disclosure.
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