Youth charity The Prince’s Trust is launching an appeal for volunteers to support unemployed young people in Milton Keynes. These youngsters want to move forward with their lives, building on the confidence and skills they have gained from recently completing the Prince’s Trust course.
The role will require a commitment of one hour per week for six months. Offering support, advice and encouragement to explore training, education and employment options the mentor will help them to achieve success by working towards idtentified goals.
Mentors will develop a meaningful relationship with young people who are unemployed and often educational under-achievers, care leavers or ex-offenders. Volunteers are the back-bone of the Prince’s Trust with more than 6,000 nationally. A three-day training course will be provided along with support from the Prince’s Trust Staff.
Mentors typically find the experience greatly rewarding and challenging with an opportunity to share in the feelings of success. Michael Pearson, 48, from Eastbourne, has mentored two young people over the past few years. Michael heard about the charity after he and some colleagues visited a Prince’s Trust Team course and decided then that he wanted to become a volunteer mentor.
Michael said “Im lucky that my life is good and my children are also happy. However, I know that for some young people life is a real struggle. It’s easy for me to give some time to these young people, and when you see them succeed it’s a real rush of adrenalin. The investment you put in is so little in comparison to the output and the changes you see in them and their life, so I would definitely recommend becoming a mentor.”
The Trust has a high success rate in the UK with 75% of all young people supported last year moving into employment, education or training. This can be partly attributed to the high quality mentors the Trust has, who are prepared to give up their time for free.
Gill Day, Prince’s Trust Volunteer Executive said “Due to an increase in our activity throughout the counties, we now have a considerable number of opportunities available for new mentors. If you feel you could guide a young person to overcome disadvantages, we would love to hear from you. By sharing your advice, you could make a real difference.”
To become a personal mentor for the Prince’s Trust, please contact Gill Day on 01753 502 302. Volunteer mentors are subject to criminal records bureau check and undergo a three day training programme.
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