Mentoring at Tower Hamlets College

"Mentoring secondary school and College students is one of Deloitte's core volunteer projects as part of the firm's Community Investment Programme. It is one of the most popular projects and the feedback we get from both mentors and students is extremely positive.

In our last evaluation, 98% of our mentors would recommend the mentoring scheme to a colleague. It benefits the students as they can talk to an adult, who is not a teacher or parent, about their studies and ideas for the future and benefits our mentors by developing their counselling, coaching and listening skills." Jane Mortimore, Community Investment, Deloitte

The College's Mentoring Programme is designed to help students realise their potential through the ongoing support, advice and encouragement of a role model, and to help business individuals give something back, by supporting their company's Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

It provides and opportunity for mentors to share their first hand experiences in order to help students develop the skills, behaviour and attitudes necessary to succeed in their academic and career goals. Maybe you could commit an hour or so every month to act as a role model and help raise the aspirations and achievements of an individual student or a small group of students?