Our mentoring project provides one-to-one emotional and practical support to refugees and asylum seekers. Our mentors are trained volunteers who listen to the needs of their mentees and provide tailored support for up to 6 months.
Our mentors enable refugees and asylum seekers to make their own way in life and helps them to regain confidence and control over their lives. We love seeing the impact of mentoring on our members and are working to ensure more refugees and asylum seekers can lead independent, fulfilled lives through mentoring.
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How can mentors help?
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Support conversational English
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Help find and access services
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Help build confidence
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Engage in new activities and services
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Share their knowledge of the local area and way of life in the UK
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Help apply for work and write a CV (for those with the right to work)
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Accompany mentee to certain appointments
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Help access education and training
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Help to prepare for driving theory test (for refugees)
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Assist in navigating the asylum system
How to get a mentor?
Before making the referral, please read our Guide for Referrers here.
To refer someone to the mentoring project, click here.
If you have any questions about the referral process or would like to talk about specific needs, language requirements, etc., please get in contact with our Mentoring Managers, Olivia and Annora.
The Voices of the Mentoring Project
Listen how our members describe the Mentoring Project in their own languages and read how mentors and mentees describe their experiences with the Mentoring Project!
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Do you have any questions? Get in touch!
Mentoring Manager
olivia@borderlands.org.uk
Olivia Lamont Bishop
Annora Ward
Mentoring Manager
annora@borderlands.org.uk
