by Robin Cox | Mar 6, 2008 | GR8MATES
The training of the third group of mentors is into it’s second week. There are only 7 potential mentors in this group, but we decided to go ahead in the hope that once the program is up and running we will be able to attract more mentors. The need in the...
by Robin Cox | Feb 22, 2008 | GR8MATES
This has been a busy week.The mentors and mentees met up again and all is going well with the program. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that these are moody adolescents, very normal …….. one mentor battled this week as his mentee was in one of those...
by Robin Cox | Feb 18, 2008 | GR8MATES
The second meeting of the new school year was a positive one for most of the mentors and their mentees. More and more sharing of personal stuff is taking place, together with the exploration of possible careers in the future and what will be required to get there.A...
by Robin Cox | Feb 7, 2008 | GR8MATES
We had another article in the Penrith community newspaper this week promoting the mentoring program. It was superbly written, yet I only received two phone calls as a result of the article in an area with a population of 160,000! It will be interesting to see if I...
by Robin Cox | Feb 7, 2008 | GR8MATES
A very interesting gathering on Tuesday, as mentors and mentees met up for the first time since the Christmas break. Some of the mentees were enthusiastic, focused and keen to move forward. Some had acquired part-time jobs during the holidays. A few were still...
by Robin Cox | Jan 25, 2008 | GR8MATES
Even though we are still creating the networks for our recruitment process, we have taken the decision to run new programs in three schools in 2008/09. That could mean running a second program in the schools already identified or running new programs at new schools....
