Unfold
Mentors for Women provide emotional, social and practical support to women with children aged 5 and up.
You will Empower women to identify changes they wish to make and goals they wish to achieve. Over 12 to 24 weekly sessions, mentors offer coaching style support to women to help them achieve their goals and get them where they want to be.
- Provide a listening ear and talk thorough the challenges women face.
- Support women to make social connections with the local community or groups, refer and signpost them to other organisations providing more specialist support if needed.
- Your mentoring will help women break cycles of social isolation, improve family cohesion, and wellbeing by providing support in a wide range of issues.
By being part of the Unfold mentor family you will be helping us to have greater reach in making a positive impact in the lives of many vulnerable families and young people, living in Westminster.
Other information on what we provide:
Through our comprehensive training and ongoing support, you will develop skills in positive psychology and coaching style techniques, cover topics including safeguarding, confidentiality, the person-centred approach and the growth mindset all of which will help you to effectively support someone to making steps towards positive change.
Please provide any further info about when you require volunteers:
We ask volunteers to commit to delivering mentoring for 1–2-hours a week, over a period of 24 in person sessions.
Further information on where the opportunity takes place:
Although occasionally session are held online, through mentee and mentor testimonies we have seen the positive impact holding sessions in person VS online has, and so we would ask any perspective volunteers to be prepared to be available for all in person session should this be the required need of your mentee. In person session will take place near to where your mentee lives, within Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea boroughs.
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