SATRO Impact Report 2019

Mentoring
Our mentoring programme managers work with corporate
sponsors and schools to help students for whom there is
often no other provision. Volunteers are recruited from
the business community to mentor students who need
an impartial “critical friend” to listen to them and help
them grow in confidence and realise their full potential.
In 2018-2019 we recruited, trained, and supported 98 mentors
who we matched with students from years 10 and 11 over ten
schools throughout Surrey.
We also ran programmes funded by the Higher Education Outreach
Network and the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Organisations who provide mentors find that it is a rewarding and
effective way to support staff development.
10
92%
92% said that they
would recommend
having a mentor to
other students
87%
of mentees felt that their
mentor had helped them
understand and develop
the skills they would
need to use when
they left school
98
Students
mentored
c1700
Hours of
mentoring
“The best thing about having a
mentor is that it has helped me to
accept more difficult things in my life
and feel more confident about my
future.”
Student Quote
“We have been partnering with
SATRO for several years to deliver
a really successful mentoring
programme at Therfield School,
Leatherhead. Our employees find
it such a rewarding and insightful
opportunity to support the students
on a one-to-one basis throughout
the academic year, whilst also
supporting their own coaching skills.
SATRO is a fantastic organisation
to partner with to support our
educational giving programme
and the training and support our
mentors receive is first class.”
Susan Sanderson, UNUM
“I joined SATRO thinking that it
would be like Good Will Hunting, I
thought there would be this Math’s
genius who needed help setting their
talent free but she just needed to
know that she was worthy of being
listened to. So if you’re thinking of
volunteering…go do it, it might just
change lives.”
Mentor Quote