A COACH mentor is a friend with purpose, offering practical help and mentoring towards life goals. We will walk alongside you to identify two or three life goals that you want to work towards such as education, employment, parenting, increase in community connection, and improved physical and emotional wellbeing. Your mentor will meet and support you for an hour a week over a one year period.
Our COACH Community Mentoring program supports three distinct groups of people: Families (both English and Chinese speaking), young people and children.
Family mentoring – Mentoring adults who are either single or in a family unit. This can strengthen the individual or the whole family through a one-to-one mentoring relationship between a volunteer mentor and a participant. Interactions take place in the participant’s home or out in the local community.
Youth mentoring – Helps a young person (age 12-16 years) learn and benefit from a positive older role model. Similarly to family mentoring, youth mentoring is community based and takes place outside of school hours.
Kids mentoring – Provides one to one support for a primary school student during school hours, on the school property, for the purpose of strengthening the student emotionally, educationally and socially. The mentoring aims to build resilience while offering practical help and a positive role model.