Mentoring
A trained mentor who meets you regularly, actually listens, and sticks around for as long as it helps. Not a box-ticking exercise.
About mentoringWhat we do
One charity, several ways in. Young people start wherever feels right and move between them as life changes.
How FAM works
One pathway, from 11 to 25
Nobody walks through our door with one neat problem. The lad who comes for football often ends up asking for help with a CV. The girl referred for mentoring often stays for the netball. So rather than run separate projects that don't talk to each other, we run one pathway from 11 to 25, and the same faces are there the whole way along.
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11
Stay on track
Ages 11 to 16
Mentoring, sport and positive activities that keep young people in school, out of trouble and connected to people who believe in them.
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16
Next steps
Ages 16 to 18
Steady support through the jump from school to college, training or an apprenticeship, which is exactly when many young people drift.
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18
Futures
Ages 18 to 25
Confidence, skills and a real route into learning or work for young people who are not in education, employment or training, in line with the government's Youth Guarantee.
Ways in
Sport and activities
Football, netball, fitness, boxing and multi-sport. Free, kit provided, and nobody gets picked last. More than 2,000 people took part in our sport and activities in 2021 to 2022 alone.
About sport
Skills and work
CVs, mock interviews, placements and volunteering, plus help getting to Youth Hubs, training and apprenticeships. Over 100 young people came through our employability programme in 2023 to 2024.
About skills and work
Outreach
Youth workers out in the parks and on the streets of Little Harwood, Whitebirk and Daisyfield, at the times young people are actually there.
About outreach
New to the UK
For young refugees and asylum seekers aged 11 to 25: English (ESOL) support, friends, a mentor, and help finding your feet in a new town.
About New to the UKBuilt into every programme
- Free to the young person, every time
- Open to young people aged 11 to 25, in school or not
- Every FAM programme builds young people's digital and AI confidence
- Sessions planned so young people with SEND can take part
- Girls-only sessions and support built around young women
- Parents and carers pointed to adult support organisations when they need it
- Connections to employers and organisations for placements, volunteering and interviews
- Run by trained staff and checked volunteers
Not sure where to start?
Tell us a bit about the young person. We'll tell you straight whether we can help, and if we can't, we'll point you to someone who can.