Bath-based charity Mentoring Plus is looking for local businesses to partner with to help support its work with vulnerable young people across the city.
The charity trains adult volunteers to mentor young people aged between 7 and 21 who need extra support with family, education, emotional needs or employment.
But training and supporting an adult volunteer to mentor a young person for a year costs over £1,500 so the charity is looking for support from local organisations.
New mentors include staff from the Bath firm Epoch Wealth Management. Tom Annear, who is head of business development and Mel Gogarty, an administrator at the firm, have both completed their training with the charity and are now mentoring young people.
As well as funding Tom’s training, Epoch has also paid for Mentoring Plus to enter a team in June’s Bath Boules tournament in Queen’s Square, which the firm has co-sponsored.
Jamie Luck, director at Mentoring Plus, is leading the charity’s Bath Boules team of volunteers, staff and trustees.
He said: “We’re very grateful to businesses like Epoch that have made a commitment to supporting our vulnerable young people.
“Being at the Bath Boules tournament provides a great opportunity for some of our senior team and trustees to network with local businesses.
“We’re really keen to engage with more local organisations; to find ways that they can partner with us and help us raise much-needed funds and recruit volunteer mentors.
“Not only is mentoring immensely rewarding, it can also help to transform the life of a vulnerable young person.”
For more information, and to find out more about working with the charity, visit www.mentoringplus.net.