Do you work with children and young people? Do you know a young person who would benefit from having a Creative Mentor
SCEP is offering a mentoring opportunity for six young people (aged 11 to 18) with one of our Creative Mentors, as part of the Better Lives Through Culture Programme:
- One-to-one mentoring for young people from our trained Creative Mentors (early career creatives) from Southampton
- Fortnightly mentoring sessions (approximately one to two hours) from January to March 2023
- Mentors from a range of backgrounds including Photography, Visual Art, Theatre and Drama, Craft, Textiles, Film, Music, Sound Technology, Spoken Word and Poetry
- All Mentors DBS Enhance checked
The Young Person will receive:
- Bespoke Creative mentoring experience with an artist/creative in a relevant creative field or background
- Gain confidence, skills and knowledge in their chosen creative area and explore their own aspirations
- Undertake and achieve an Arts Award Discover certificate, national qualification
We are seeking Two Referral Partners to join us on the Creative Mentoring Scheme, who can commit to*:
- Support a young person/s and nominate them for a place on the scheme
- Provide for a suitable space to hold the mentoring sessions at agreed time/place
- Be responsible for duty of care and provide appropriate supervision for the young person during mentoring sessions, outside of school hours
- Engage with SCEP Programme Manager in regular communication, giving feedback to provide the young person the best possible mentoring experience
- Participate in the evaluation of the Creative Mentoring Scheme
How to Apply
If you would like to become a SCEP Referral Partner and nominate a young person/s to take part in the scheme, complete the short application form and email to scep@soton.ac.uk by Wednesday 14 December 5pm
*We want to ensure this is an inclusive scheme and aim to remove any barriers to Referral Partners or young people’s participation. If you would like to discuss this opportunity, or your access requirements, please contact Jodie Sadler, Programme Manager via scep@soton.ac.uk
The Southampton Cultural Education Partnership (SCEP) works to nurture creative and cultural education for all children and young people in the City. We are a consortium of organisations working together, in partnership with Artswork.
The SCEP’s Better Lives Through Culture Programme (BLTC) is part of a large-scale investment of over £130K by Artswork to support an ambitious two-year programme set to directly benefit hundreds of children and young people across the city and focuses specifically on engaging young people at risk of exclusion.
Creative Mentors, part of BLTC, is a paid training opportunity open to early career creatives in Southampton to develop mentoring skills and provide 1-2-1 support to young people aged 11 – 18 years. A dynamic cohort of practitioners, from a diverse range of artforms have been recruited and will be trained by SoCo Music Project to become Creative Mentors, developing their mentoring skills, knowledge and experience. Throughout the programme they will be supported to mentor a Southampton-based young person (mentee) to achieve their goals. Meet our Creative Mentors
In partnership with Artswork
