Mentors
Our Programmes
To be a mentor, we are not necessarily looking for those with extensive STEM based careers. Most importantly, we are looking for patient, kind and thoughtful adults that have a passion for helping young people.
Your own experience from your working life could be in finance, HR, legal, support- it really doesn’t matter, so long as your commitment is to help understand young people and encourage them become a little but more confident and able to communicate with adults, due to your involvement.
Although the programmes are STEM based, there is also a strong life-skills component woven in. Part of this is the ‘Best Self’ points that we introduce to students and ask mentors to encourage them to follow these on a weekly basis. They are:
- Be respectful to others and you will be respected
- A firm handshake will show confidence
- Eye contact will show honesty
- A please and thank you are simply polite
- Hats, caps and hoodies are for outside only
- If you are on time, you are probably late
- Always reply to texts with at least one whole sentence
- Tell us if you can’t make it
- Be kind
- Smile, laugh often and make it fun for everyone
For more information on how to become a mentor, please get in touch by emailing: gfgfoundationteam@gfgfoundation.com