WISE Mentoring is a new community organisation that supports children living in the North East of Glasgow. We focus on the Wellbeing, Inspiration, Support and Empowerment of young people through character education and mentoring.
We offer weekly group mentoring and 1:1 mentoring sessions for children aged 9-11 across primary schools at the end of the school day.
We also run drop-in sessions for previous attendees, to further the impact of the mentoring they have received, and family days, which welcome both children enrolled in the mentoring projects and any other families and community members who wish to join.
During the school holidays we also run enriching school camps in our local community.
We know that children need to grow up loved, safe and respected to be able to unlock their potential. However, we know that there is a lack of support and enriching activities for many and that there is less and less funding for youth work available.
We want to continue responding to this need by providing a safe space and running enriching, educational and supportive projects which will help children develop their self-esteem, to be able to make positive and healthy decisions, and to grow in all aspects of their wellbeing and character.
Our character mentoring curriculum is backed by research gathered and conducted by PhD researcher Hana Butorova at the University of Glasgow. Building on a wealth of evidence in the fields of psychology and education, the work we do draws on the rich understanding that character growth and positive personal relationships are at the heart of human development.
