Our first session took place at The Good Growth Hub with a blended session comprising most pairings joining us in the Hub in real life (IRL) for their first meeting to look at their goals and to work out a plan for how they wanted to work with each other over the coming four months on the programme.The evening ended on an inspirational talk from Tuskar Founder, Broadcaster, Producer & Author Dermot O' Leary about his job, his journey to his job and why the TV and content creation needs to be more diverse.

Our third and penultimate session took place online. Mentors and Mentees joined each other in random breakout rooms to get to know each other a bit better. The theme for the evening centred around encouraging positive mental health for those working in the creative sector and we had a group discussion about the importance of setting boundaries & why it’s important to value ourselves and appreciate ourselves more. This conversation was instigated by two of our mentors saying how much they were also learning from the mentoring relationship and specifically their mentees. The evening ended with an inspirational talk from mentor and Series Producer Adeel Amini, who talked candidly about his own battles with his mental health whilst starting out working in television, how he came back from burn out and how he has learnt to approach his work and life with more compassion for himself and others.