Organisations push for mentors
Wimmera organisations have joined forces this month to promote the region’s mentoring programs.
Centre for Participation, Wimmera Southern Mallee Local Learning and Employment Network and Uniting Wimmera are encouraging people to sign up to become mentors.
The groups run various programs where mentors help people develop skills and confidence.
March is Mentor Awareness Month in the Wimmera and involves celebrating mentors and encouraging more people to get involved in mentoring programs.
Centre for Partication runs an L2P program, helping people get driving licences, Wimmera Southern Mallee LLEN runs a Mates Mentoring Program and Uniting Wimmera runs a Better Futures Mentoring program.
Leaders from all programs have identified a need for more male mentors, specifically in a 20 to 30-year age group.
Activities promoting mentors include Horsham Holy Trinity Lutheran College students preparing ‘hats’ to place across Horsham as part of a ‘taking hats off to mentors’ program. Inside the hats is information about mentoring and the programs.
There will also be an online youth-mentoring information session with program co-ordinators and mentors at 12.30pm on Friday, via ZOOM. People can register on Eventbrite.
L2P mentor training will also occur at Centre for Participation in Horsham on Saturday.
More information about the mentoring push is on the Facebook pages of all three organisations.