Mentoring Plus

Mentoring Plus is a youth crime prevention project working with vulnerable young people, living in Bath and North East Somerset, who are at risk of offending. Minerva Bath rowing club has been working with the local council on this project and supports the council's aims of using sport;

+To offer participants a consistent and supportive role model via their relationshipwith a volunteer mentor
+To provide participants with the opportunities and support to positively altertheir lifestyles
+To assist participants to develop and achieve personal goals
+To introduce participants to local community resources and encourage constructiveuse of leisure time
+To enhance participants’ sense of personal responsibility, self-worth and self-confidence

The project provides a mentoring and education support programme structured over one year. Minerva Bath rowing club offers access to rowing during the summer months. The project is overseen at Minerva by Sue Lees our Welfare Officer.

For more information please visit the B&NES Mentoring Plus website.