Chance Uk

St Patrick’s College is working in partnership with Chance Uk. If you are interested in volunteering and mentoring, please check their webpage for updates about applications or contact a member of Staff at St Patrick's College.

Become A Mentor

As a Chance UK mentor, you’ll make a genuine difference to a child’s life. Over the course of one year, you’ll motivate your matched child to make positive choices, grow in confidence and overcome challenges.

What to expect:

The start: You’ll be carefully matched with a child and will meet with them once every week for a whole year.
Mentoring: You’ll plan fun and engaging mentoring sessions, with the aim of developing the child’s skills and increasing their self-confidence. Our mentors and children enjoy a wide variety of activities together and we encourage our mentors to be really creative in planning their sessions! Popular activities include sightseeing, playing football and creating scrapbooks.
Support: Throughout the year you will receive ongoing support from a Chance UK Programme Manager meeting with them once a month to discuss how the mentoring is going. They are there to make sure everything is going smoothly for both you and the child.
The end: At the end of the mentoring year we’ll invite you to attend a Graduation ceremony with your Chance UK child. This is a very special occasion and your family and friends are invited to come along too. We’ll celebrate the achievements you’ve made together over the course of the year.
This will be the last time you see your Chance UK child so we make sure it’s a really positive ending for everyone involved!