Our Place Mentoring Scheme Walk for Wellbeing

The Our Place Mentoring Scheme team know the importance of physical activity on wellbeing and the impact that walking has on our mental health. The team have set themselves a challenge of walking to wellbeing in April, looking to reach over 1,000,000 steps collectively as team and aim to raise £1000. 

Sponsors and donations for this challenge will go towards Our Place Support and the work we do supporting children and young people with their emotional, mental and social wellbeing. 

The Our Place Mentoring Scheme: 

Working in partnership with local primary and secondary schools, the Our Place Mentoring Scheme has a team of skilled mentors that support children and young people 6 years – 18 years old with their emotional, mental, and social wellbeing.

By providing a safe and empowering environment, our mentors work closely with their mentees to explore tools and strategies to help the mentee overcome barriers they may be experiencing and to help them make positive changes in their lives.

As a service, the mentees accessing the mentoring scheme are at the heart of all the work that we do and we understand that every mentee and their experiences are unique, therefore all sessions are bespoke and tailored to meet the mentee’s individual needs, experiences, and goals. We work with a mentee on a weekly basis for up to 20 sessions, allowing us the time to implement long term strategies depending on these needs and goals.
Through this one-to-one specialised mentoring service, we support mentees on a range of topics and issues including (but not limited to): anxiety, anger, neurodivergences, managing emotions, mental health issues, bereavement, loss, change, domestic abuse, family breakdown, low mood, friendships, family relationships, low self-esteem and confidence, identity, gender identity, and social skills.