Have a listen to the newly relaunched Sound Women podcast. Every month the Sound Women team will be focussing on a different topic and this one takes an in-depth look at the role of a Mentor. Radio and TV Presenter Kate Thornton is joined in the studio by Caroline Raphael (ex BBC Radio 4 Commissioner, Editorial Director of Audio at… Read more »
Posts Tagged: youth engagement
Gap Years and Pastures New – Guest Blog
I have known Kimberley since January 2010 when she impressed our selection panel at A New Direction looking to recruit 5 out of 35 year 10 students from Stoke Newington Secondary School in Hackney and was chosen to take part in a unique Olympic focussed journalism project including a trip to Vancouver. During that time, I… Read more »
What’s in a role?
By Fran Plowright and Bianca Manu I have recently been pondering precisely what is it that makes a successful mentor/ mentee relationship work? As a friend and colleague – who runs her own mentoring programme for women Angel Investors in the waiting pointed out over lunch, ‘the thing that busy mentors hate the most, is… Read more »
‘Turfed’ at the LIFT Festival – a guest entry by 19 year old blogger Kimberley Nyamhondera
Last Wednesday night, I attended the world premiere of ‘Turfed’, – part of London’s International LIFT Festival – which is a very powerful piece of theatre, spoken word, music and movement, about global homelessness. Using real stories from an amazing group of young people – some of whom have spent time living on the streets… Read more »
Trust and the Media debate
On Monday March 24th, an 80 strong audience of young people aged between 14 – 24 plus professionals, stake holders and interested parties from the worlds of media, education and youth engagement, packed out the lecture theatre at the Free Word Centre for the second in our debate series looking at young people’s trust or lack of trust towards those in positions of… Read more »