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    • Supporting the next generation of creatives

    • Meet a Mentor is a four-month mentoring programme for 18-26 year olds from underrepresented groups who are breaking into roles in the creative industries.

       

      Our methodology is simple, we carefully pair up young creatives with a mentor who works in their chosen sector over a four month period.

       

      The role of the mentor is to support, champion, encourage and occasionally challenge their mentee whilst creating opportunities for them to move into jobs in a fast-changing, competitive and highly networked workplace.

       

      We have found that by encouraging the building of relationships between our mentees and mentors, they develop bonds that stretch beyond the programme, creating new networks and renewed confidence to proceed in a world that all too often is about who you know rather than what you know or how well you do it.

    • Figures

      Since its inception

      307

      people have helped make Meet a Mentor happen

      90

      jobs and work placements were secured through connections made during Meet a Mentor

      18

      venues around London played host to Meet a Mentor

      139

      mentees were paired with mentors

    • Programmes

      Click for more information on our programmes

      One

      April - July 2016

      Two

      November 2016 -

      March 2017

      Three

      April - July 2017

      Four

      February - May 2018

      Five

      March - June 2019

      Six

      September -

      December 2019

      Seven

      February - May 2020

      Eight

      July - October 2020

      Nine

      February - May 2021

    • ". . . a really nice atmosphere throughout - informal but focused . . . I think the whole initiative provides a really good example of how to tackle the kind of [inequality] issues we have uncovered in terms of those from working-class backgrounds failing to progress as quickly in the professions. In particular, mentors seem key agents in demystifying the process of career progression, giving practical steps on how to navigate from A to B to . . . arming early-career professionals with the kind of tacit knowledge about how to get ahead."

      - Dr Sam Friedman, Associate Professor in Sociology at LSE

    Photos: Emilie Dubois

    Logo: Lucy Carasco

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