Volunteer Mentor
The Diana Award
We are thrilled to invite you to volunteer for The Diana Award Mentoring Programme this Autumn!
We are thrilled to invite you to volunteer for The Diana Award Mentoring Programme this Autumn! We collaborate with volunteer mentors to support young people aged 14-18 who are at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) through mentoring interventions, career skills development programmes and support with their youth-led social action projects. Who can volunteer as a mentor? We welcome applicants of all industries and levels of experience. Through mentoring you will gain skills in communication and leadership, building empathy and understanding of issues and barriers facing young people in their communities. We will be running our 12 week mentoring programme from October 2025 – February 2026. The programme will involve: • 12 weeks of in person weekly mentoring sessions that last one hour (excluding travel) and are delivered on the same day and time each week. • Group mentoring, where a group of volunteer mentors work together to support a group of mentees with the help of a Diana Award Facilitator • Volunteer mentors will share advice and guidance with young people whoa re at risk of becoming NEET We will train you to mentor and provide ongoing support for the duration of your programme. APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: 6th August 2025
Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring,Youth Work
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Skills needed: • Passion for working with young people and an interest in youth-led social action. • Has developed or willing to develop active listening skills. • Ability to see solutions and opportunities when working with people or in a group setting. Experience / Knowledge: • Has some experience of work: this can be professional or from previous volunteering, or social action initiatives. • Developed or willing to develop experience of picking, planning, and delivering a social action campaign.
Participating in our programmes as a volunteer mentor is a lot of fun, incredibly inspiring and fulfilling. You will gain so much in the process, and learn and enhance transferrable skills such as: strong communication and presentation skills, leadership and teamwork, project management, building empathy and youth engagement and increased self-confidence and self-awareness.
• Autumn (October-February) and Spring (March-July). • The programme consists of twelve group sessions. Sessions last around an hour (excluding travel) and are delivered on the same day and time each week. • The Autumn 2025 Mentoring Programme runs from October 2025 to February 2026. The programme is paused during school holidays. Mentor onboarding and training runs from August to September 2025.
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