Good work!
23 May 2013
Your chance to mentor the next generation.
University staff and youngsters from Gorton celebrated a job well done with a celebration of our School Mentoring Programme 2013.
As youth unemployment continues to grow, the programme – involving the Directorate of Human Resources and the Directorate of Estates and Facilities – gives our staff the opportunity to support local young people as they begin to think about their futures.
It is aimed at students who are unlikely to continue into further and higher education and sees our volunteers using their work experience and wider life skills to support, mentor and encourage the young people, who also get work experience.
This year’s programme involved students from Cedar Mount Academy, a secondary school in Gorton.
The mentors were Colin Gorman, Hayley Teixeira-Roxburgh, Louisa Jane McAvoy, Sudeh Chergahi-sohi, Carly Moseley, Rachel Sinnott, Paul Yates, Christie Finegan, Liz Foster, Sarah Evans, Jon Mossman, Steven May, Nicola Scott and Claire Lynas. The mentees were Natalie Gavin, Shaana Robertson, Khulood Alanhari, Mariam Rehman, Vinci Aisyah and Sharon Uwadiale.
The University is calling for volunteers from a range of job roles and backgrounds to contribute to this initiative.
A mentor gives around two hours a week to helping a Year 10 student. There is plenty of support for mentors and the only condition is they have been employed by the University for a minimum of two years.
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