Becoming a Mentor
Unlocking
Care-Experienced
Potential
Mentoring Membership:
You can either mentor as part of your firm/organisation/chambers (click here) or offer to mentor individually.
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2+ year commitment of 1 hour per month;
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Training on care-experience and trauma-informed practices;
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Helping mentees navigate the profession and facilitating networking;
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Specific requirements are provided on registration of interest below.
Why become a mentor?
Receiving Tailored Training
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Trauma-informed and 'care-aware' training is provided and facilitated by our partner organisation, to help you understand the unique skills and needs of CEP.
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Support groups facilitated by our partner organisation to support mentors.
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Specific requirements are provided on registration of interest below.
Inspiring Potential
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Being a part of inspiring a young person to believe in themselves and their unique strengths and talents they can gift the industry.
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Specific requirements are provided on registration of interest below.
Diversifying the Legal Profession
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Being a part of diversifying the profession to enhance it with the many skills built in care-experienced young people, such as resilience, resourcefulness, independence, interpersonal skills and hard-work.
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Specific requirements are provided on registration of interest below.
The impact of mentoring
Our Chief Operations Officer
(Gemma Creamer)'s story
After growing up in care, building relationships was not my strong point. Trust was not a skill I had mastered. When I met my mentor at the age of 16, I didn’t realise the profound impact it had until I now look back. Not only did my perspective on my career choice change but along with that, so did my self-belief in accessing a profession that I otherwise felt like an outsider to. Having a mentor has been one of the most powerful catalysts for both my personal and professional growth.
My mentor was the first person to ever tell me to own my story and to play the cards I was dealt with because they are what have built me into the incredible young woman I am today. He told me he believed in me and hearing that from someone already standing in the shoes you want to step into at a young age means more than most know. He offered guidance and support wherever it was needed not only on my goals but also on developing the skills necessary to achieve them. He told me he would support me on my journey into law.
He stuck to that promise.
7 years later he is still one of my biggest champions and he equipped me with the skills and confidence I needed to move alone in my career without his help.
Sometimes it just takes ONE person to make the biggest change in someone's life – I hope that it can be you next.
