I'm putting together a list of great organisations that help people find mentors. Any suggestions/top tips?

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  • The BFI have a great scheme along with The Rank Foundation. Who teach, mentor and guide young people into the creative arts.
  • Enterprise Steps in Stratford offer free business mentoring to startups, really helpful for anyone wanting to start their own thing.

    Not sure anyone does this but I'd really love it if something existed to provide trickle down mentoring. Mid weight level people helping graduates and juniors, seniors mentoring mid weight, and then director level mentoring seniors.
  • Hi Pip, We run EDIFY https://www.ferarts.org/edify which is a creative mentorship programme in the Arts and Media Industry supporting 18-24s from marginalised areas in West + NW London. We have worked closely with the following: 
    Arts Emergency 
    Creative Mentor Network
    LIVITY 
    Create Jobs - A.N.D 
    Creative Society 
    Soho House 

    All of the above cater for different areas of the creative industry but support young people through placements and Mentorship programmes 

    Hope this helps,
    Amanda!
  • YCN (You Can Now) - they collaborate with organisations to help grow and enrich the mindsets and skillsets and develop tailored partnerships to build capability around specific business challenges, pulling in the most relevant expertise from our network when needed.
  • A great scheme for 18-25 year olds is Meet a Mentor, which tends to focus on the creative and digital sector: https://www.createjobslondon.org/meet-a-mentor
  • Creative Mentor Network train professionals to become great mentors. They partner many young people with said mentors to share their expertise in a valuable way: https://www.creativementornetwork.org
  • Have you seen Limit Break? 'A London based mentorship program aimed at people of underrepresented genders in the games industry'.

    https://www.limitbreak.co.uk/
    https://twitter.com/LBMentorship
  • I'm with the DBA mentoring programme 20/20, which is going really well.
    https://www.dba.org.uk/events-training/mentoring/?tabs

    I also noticed that Soho House have started something, which might be quite interesting.
    https://sohoimpact.sohohouse.com
  • https://www.yellwzine.com/night-school

    Night School is a free eight-week training programme, open to
    18-25 year-olds from ethnic minority backgrounds, designed to unlock creative potential and open doors to a future career within the creative industries. No experience or qualifications necessary.
  • The Fashion Photography Podcast
    https://photographypodcast.net/


    "The Fashion Photography Podcast is the show where we talk with the top fashion photography professionals from all over the world, revealing tips and tricks on how to spark your creativity and jump start your career.
    Each week, we work really hard to bring you top-notch content and meet you with amazing guests. Our mission is not only to educate but also to inspire the new generation of fashion photography artists and grow as an amazing community-together."
  • Hi Pip,
    From ADCE we are working on a program about mentors. At the moment we can't offer it but we would love to be on your list because if there is a demand we could come out with some suggestions/solutions.
    So, thanks for counting on us.
  • If in Berlin or Heidelberg, do check out Migration Hub which focus on creative and entrepreneurial opportunities with a mentor backing. https://www.migrationhub.network

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