16-25?
Want a creative career?
The Saturday Career Mentoring Lounge is a 5 month Saturday Mentoring Lunch Club for 14-25 year olds to help them progress into ‘Good’ jobs and careers. During the mentoring sessions, participants will explore:
● Job and career opportunities workshops
● Healthy Lifestyles and healthy eating
● Supported job search / Applying for jobs
● Group activities
Supported by volunteer professionals, our team supports young people in gaining qualifications such as First Aid, Food Safety and Hygiene, and an AQA Unit Award Digital Skills: Online Communication.
During this project, 1:1 mentoring be framed by our Mentoring Toolkit. The toolkit teaches emotional resilience through the Zones of Regulation.
We thank our partners BME Health Forum and Hackney Quest, along with funders of the Saturday Mentoring Lanch Club Comic Relief, who raise money to support people living incredibly tough lives, The Clothworkers’ Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn and London Youth.
Registration opened on 17th January 2021!
Started: 19th February 2022
Day of the week: Saturdays
Frequency: Fortnightly
End Date: 11th June 2022
Time: One hour appointment between 12-4pm
Location: Hackney Quest, 1 Poole Rd, Hackney, London E9 7AE
Ages: 14-25 years old
Level: n/a
Ability: All
Cost: Free
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for the Saturday Career Mentoring Lounge here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol your interest here
This year, like every year, we remember and focus our energies on the young people who for whatever reason don’t have access to ‘good’ quality career guidance or information about the amazing jobs and careers that will exist in our glorious world.
For 2022 we would like to invite your young people to our free Online Career Mentoring Festival, developed for young people from black and marginalised backgrounds.
Funded by The National Lottery, Online Career Mentoring Festival is also supported by
Free Career Mentoring for 14 – 25 year olds!
Through the use of mini online projects, career guidance sessions and mentoring tools and techniques, we will enable and equip young people from black and marginalised communities, in overcoming barriers to entering sustainable ‘good’ employment and widening their access to opportunities across a range of industries.
Our online career mentoring fest gives young people the opportunity to participate in;
Registration opens on 17th January 2021!
Started: 13th February 2022
Day of the week: Weds,Thurs and Saturdays
End Date: 10 July 2022
Time: 5 – 6.30pm
Location: Online or face to face
Ages: 14-25 years old
Level: n/a
Ability: All
Cost: Free
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for the Career Youth Mentoring Festival here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol your interest here
Starts: Feb 2022
Day of the week: Saturdays
Frequency: Fortnightly
Time: 1-4pm
Location 1: Muga, Nisbet House Estate
Location 2: Muga, Frampton Park Estate
Ages: 8-16 years old
Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Ability: All
Cost: £2 donation per session
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for the Tennis Club here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol your interest here
Ages: 8-16 years old
Ability: All
Cost: Free
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, pre-register for the Game Time (Hackney) here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Pre-register your interest here
Figuring out what to do when you’re older and knowing how to get on the career ladder can seem very confusing. But it’s not as difficult as it seems.
At The Mentoring Lab, we provide a reflective space where young people aged 13 and over can learn how to plan strategically and take lots of action now, even at this young age.
Our network of volunteer professionals gives young people a safe space to reflect on their current situation, their skills, explore opportunities available to them and areas for development. Young people do all of this in just 12 sessions whilst designing a career pathway that suits their values and ambitions.
At the end of the 12 sessions mentoring relationship, young people will be more confident, have a fantastic CV, cover letter, and job options to help them launch and accelerate their careers.*
Register today to be matched with a volunteer career mentor**.
Cost: Free or £5 suggested donation per session.
About Our Mentoring Service: To explore our mentoring services and packages further click here
New Registrations: If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for Career Mentoring here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol to take part here
**Impact of mentoring dependant on the level of the young person’s and parent’s commitment to the mentoring journey and processes.
**Terms and conditions apply. Priority is given to young people from low-income, marginalised backgrounds.
Have fun acting out a radio drama script and learning more about Voice Over Acting. The script was written by our youth members. The Voice Over Training is delivered by professional voice-over artists! You’ll learn about storytelling, scriptwriting, and most of all acting techniques. With the opportunity to record the final script in a professional studio in Hackney, you’ll play a vital role in the development of your character and overall production. The completed radio drama will be available for other young people to listen to and enjoy on YouTube, Spotify and iTunes.
Frequency: Wednesdays and Thursdays during summer holidays
Time: 11am-3pm
Location: Pirate Studios, Hackney Wick, E9 5EP
Ages: 14-25
Level: Beginner – Advanced
Ability: All
Cost: Free
Have a diagnosed or undiagnosed learning need? Join our Career Mentoring Festival starting in February and receive 5 months free career mentoring to develop your confidence and understanding of the careers and jobs within acting and performing arts!
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for the Acting For Radio here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol to take part here
Once a month young people are invited to join our advisory panel to support The Mentoring Lab in improving what we do. From helping us to create content for our up-and-coming TikTok channel, making our resources easy to use, or sharing your ideas on what we should be doing in 2-5 years’ time.
By taking part, you will get free training, AQA Unit Awards, and work-related experiences that will look great on a cv.
Find Out More: Check out what we did in a recent online advisory panel meeting via our YouTube page found here
Frequency: Thursday, once a month
Time: Between 5-6pm
Location: Zoom, Online
Ages: 10-25 years old
Level: Beginner-Advanced
Ability: All
Cost: Free
New Registrations
If you are not already registered with The Mentoring Lab, register for the Youth Advisory Panel here
Already registered with The Mentoring Lab? Enrol to take part here
