West Midlands
Many of us have benefited, at some point in our lives, from family, friends or colleagues who gave us words of encouragement or professional advice in order to make life-changing decisions. We want to ensure that all young people in the UK benefit from high-quality mentoring to help them prepare for the world of work. We believe the full potential of One Million Mentors could be transformational in increasing employability skills, unlocking new opportunities and networks, promoting social mobility and social cohesion.
Rushanara Ali MP, Chair & Co-founder of 1MM
In October 2018, 1MM launched in the region, supported by the Mayor of West Midlands to see mentoring play a key role in supporting young people locally. We have since expanded delivery across several cities including: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, and Wolverhampton. And in 2022, 1MM were key partners of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, so young people can feel supported long after the games as part of the legacy Gen22 programme.
The West Midlands is home to some of the highest rates of deprivation in the country, and due to low skill levels, employers face persistent skills shortages.
Mentoring provides a crucial intervention to enable young people living in this region to increase their access to social capital, improve their employability skills and close the significant skills gap in the region
Want to get involved?
- Click here to see the latest mentoring opportunities.
- If you have five years general working experience or two years post-graduate working experience, and are working, retired or on a career break and can commit to one hour, once a month for a period of up to one year, click here to find out how to become a mentor. You’ll get online training, as well as ongoing support in your mentoring relationship.
- Schools, colleges, universities, charities or employment programmes wanting your young people to join our mentoring programme can click
- Employers working for a small, medium or large organisation who would like to get involved in our mentoring programme, click here for more information.
- Or if you’re interested in 1MM coming to your region, click here.
