Mentoring
Fostering opportunity for our student grantees
Our approach to mentoring
A pilot mentoring programme was launched in summer 2022, matching 28 pairs of mentors and mentees from across our alumni and livery network. Taking on board feedback and adapting timelines, the second cohort of mentors and mentees are due to be matched in spring 2024.
Utilising our networks to expand opportunity
Our organisation has access to many talented people with a broad range of experience, from our membership and staff, to alumni of our education and leather portfolios.
Building a community of support
We aim to use our network for the benefit of our student grantees, both current students and graduates, and help build connections to foster opportunity.
Strengthening our Student Grants Programme
Mentees are current or recent recipients of student grants, a programme that has run for over four centuries and that has grown considerably in scale during this period, both the numbers of students supported and the amount of funding available to them.
Learn moreHaving a mentor meant I had someone who had my back…It meant having someone who could rejoice in my success, see my progress and open me up to more and more opportunities.
Ayomikun Bolaji, Leathersellers’ Foundation student grantee
Impact
The Leathersellers Mentor Programme is not just about helping students, says Leathersellers’ member Harriet Stewart, “it’s a co-developmental process where both participants get something out of it. The Leathersellers have a unique platform to connect people at different places in their careers and I was interested to see how I, as a member, could contribute.”
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