The Mentoring Lab engages the best youth experts who safeguard young people and ensure they make progress by overcoming barriers to learning and access wider education, training and career opportunities. 

We are more than just a youth mentoring organisation. We do everything we can to protect the careers of our expert mentors and the young people we serve.

Our founder has worked in the youth sector since 2000 and knows how difficult it can be to find professional youth mentors and practitioners who are skilled in supporting young people's progression. She also understands the impact funding measures, outcomes, cuts and restrictions have on employing and retaining expert practitioners who can get the job done to the highest standard. Elaine Thomas built The Mentoring Lab as not only a solution to these problems but to also establish a community of highly experienced and trained mentors who are capable, trained and prepared to mentor your young people.