Touchstone supports Mentoring Plus
One of Touchstone’s chosen charities this year is Mentoring Plus.
Working across Bath & North-East Somerset, the charity supports our young and most vulnerable by connecting people within the local community.
Mentoring Plus train and support adult volunteers to mentor seven to 21 year olds needing extra support with family, education, emotional needs and employability. These volunteer mentors are given knowledge, techniques and support to help a young person.
The work the charity does can often be a real lifeline to the children they work and engage with. They link each mentee with a volunteer mentor from their own community who they think they’ll get along with, and they support that relationship all the way. They provide expert supervision to mentors, just like professional counsellors receive.
Mentoring Plus also employ professional case workers to listen to young people and understand what they want and need.
Last week Mentoring Plus ran a pop up shop in Bath town centre. Some of Touchstone’s Bath office popped down to see the team and the mentees hard at work, raising awareness and funds. We also dropped off an impressive £2,500 donation while we were there!
You can find out more about Mentoring Plus here
