Become one of our mentors
BECOME A Volunteer
OUR VOLUNTEER MENTORS HELP SUPPORT AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE
Would you like to support a young person in your local community develop their confidence and character? You’ve come to the right place!
At ReachOut we believe that academic skills and character strengths go hand-in-hand to help our young people to achieve positive outcomes and to go on to lead good, happy and successful lives. Support from a mentor can help to develop those key skills and strengths.
ReachOut partners with schools in under resourced areas to support amazing young people aged 9 to 16. Mentees are referred to us by their school and are often students who want to increase their social and academic confidence, focus on their character development, achieve improvement in behaviour or meet their aspirations for the future. Our mentors act as role-models, working with mentees to understand their goals and how they can achieve them.
Young people meet weekly with their ReachOut mentor at after-school projects that take place in a classroom in our partner schools. There are up to sixteen young people on each project, each paired with a mentor, and supervised by a Project Leader.
WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE AS A MENTOR
As one of our volunteer mentors, you’ll be supporting young people in your local community, helping them grow in character and confidence. You will also develop your skills:
- See a long-term impact by dedicating just two hours per week to your mentee for at least one academic year
- Volunteer alongside likeminded people and have the opportunity to form lifelong friendships
- Feel part of your local community by making a difference at the ground level
- Develop your skills. Former mentors have told us that volunteering really helped to build their confidence, communication and team working abilities
- Come away with scenarios and situations where you will have used your commitment and resilience, which can be perfect for bringing up in job applications and interviews
- Brush up on your maths and english skills!
What does a mentoring project look like?
We run weekly projects across London, Liverpool, Manchester and Oldham during term time.
ReachOut
Club
15:30 - 17:30
You work with young people in either Year 5 or Year 6
Volunteers are involved the whole way through
ReachOut academy
18:00 - 20:00
You work with young people in Year 7 – 11
Volunteers stay for the first hour, and the second hour of sports/drama is optional
Material to support you as a mentor
Has your ReachOut Mentor Training left you wanting to find out more about some of the topics we discussed? We’ve put together a collection of interesting and useful resources for you to download and read in your own time to support you as a volunteer
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REACHOUT LEVEL UP EXPERIENCE
WHAT IS THE REACHOUT LEVEL UP EXPERIENCE?
The ReachOut Level Up Experience is a volunteering scheme for university students. We‘ve partnered with some amazing employers and huge brands to ensure our volunteers get maximum value from their ReachOut experience by giving them exclusive access to incredible career development opportunities.
By volunteering as a mentor you will:
- Develop a broad range of transferable skills, from problem-solving and time-management to communication, teamwork and leadership
- Have a real impact on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and will help your mentee set up a bright and positive future
- Get access to ReachOut’s growing network, with chances to meet some major graduate employers and to attend workshops on how to prepare for an interview, assessment centre or a psychometric test
- Best of all, when you complete your volunteering year (approximately 20 mentoring sessions) you will become eligible for fast-track access to graduate schemes and internships at our corporate partners
HOW IT WORKS
If you’re interested in the joining the ReachOut Level Up Experience and taking advantage of the benefits:
- Join the ReachOut Level Up Experience and train as a mentor by the end of October 2022
- Get a ticket to our exclusive ReachOut Level Up Experience Launch event in November 2022
- Make a difference by volunteering for 2 hours per week, mentoring a child at a local primary school in a ReachOut Club (term-time only, October – April)
- Meet our graduate employers
- Get the chance to attend training workshops and network with our corporate partners
- Complete your year of volunteering and graduate from the ReachOut Level Up Experience
- Get fast track grad scheme access with our corporate partners!
Leadership Programme for Project Leaders
We're recruiting for new project leaders!
We’re recruiting for new Project Leaders! Paid for 5 hours a week, our Project Leaders are part of the ReachOut team, they plan and deliver ReachOut sessions and lead a group of 10-16 young people and volunteer mentors. The hourly rate is £11.05 in London and £9.90 in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Oldham & Leeds.
As a Project Leader, you’ll be part of our Leadership Development Programme where you can receive a wide range of interesting and useful training, exciting career mentoring as well as networking and social opportunities!
Apply Now
We are looking for enthusiastic, collaborative and positive individuals to join our Leadership Programme and become Project Leaders for the 2021/2022 academic year.
Applicants must ensure they are available to attend evening and weekend online training throughout September 2021. Upon completion of the induction training, all Project Leaders will be paid a lump sum of £50.
We aim to respond to applications within 2 weeks. We will review applications on a rolling basis so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please send your completed application form and CV to leadership.programme@reachoutuk.org. Please also complete our equality and diversity monitoring form.
At ReachOut, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We aim to be an organisation that represents the young people that we mentor. We actively encourage applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates as these are under-represented within our organisation.
Applications are now open!
