The Story
In 2021, Bridging the Future started its Online Mentorship scheme, to keep providing support to young forced migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, while face-to-face programmes have been discontinued due to COVID-19.
What We Do
The Online Mentorship scheme is delivered by STEM, IT and English mentors in weekly 1-2-1 sessions or small group sessions. The volunteer mentors do not only help students with their homework, they also help them advancing their STEM and English knowledge, tailoring each session to the student’s needs.
Our volunteer mentors go the extra mile to help mentees pursue their goals, by helping them with CV, cover letters and university application.
The scheme runs from October until March.
The 2021-22 Online Mentorship scheme in numbers
13
students enrolled
12
mentors
3
subject taught
(STEM, English, IT)
94
sessions delivered
What participants say
“I have got a lot of experience and learned the things and learned the things I don’t know before. It’s a good opportunity in general.”
― STEM Student
“[the programme] increase my academic ability and provide more chances.”
― STEM Student
“The organisation was slick!”
― Volunteer mentor
“It’s a great programme and clearly has a big impact on the students.”
― Volunteer mentor
“Following the students journey, learning about new topics every week and getting excited about Science/English was great. The mentors went above and beyond to help their students, including with their application to University. ”
― Volunteer moderator
“Excellent concept to have gotten up and running, thank you for all your hard work!”
― Volunteer mentor
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