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Our team makes a real difference
to the lives of young people.

Our Commitment

Routes2Success prides itself for providing young people in schools, and other educational settings, with positive role-models and dedicated mentors from similar backgrounds. These volunteers play a key role in supporting young people with careers advice, entrepreneurial skills, making positive choices and provide tips and guidance on overcoming obstacles.

Role-models and mentors come from a range of backgrounds and experiences, but share a commitment to equal opportunities and helping all young people reach their potential.

“I love how the role-model was able to change his life by doing something he is passionate about.”
Heron Hall Academy, Student, 2020

Volunteer role

Role-models

Our role-models work as a team to deliver three sessions to the same cohort of young people over three weeks.

Role-models will…
  • Inspire through life experiences and experiential opportunities;
  • Communicate by providing opportunities for pathway challenges and opportunities
  • Share best practice, offer tips and access opportunities for success
Volunteer role

Mentors

Our mentors work one-to-one with a young person identified as needing extra support over a period of six months.

Mentors will…
  • be a confidante for the young person they work with
  • help the young person to challenge their own behaviour and decisions
  • help the young person to discuss challenges and personal issues
  • support the young person to develop the skills and tools to manage their social and emotional difficulties
  • use their own experiences for the benefit of the young person by sharing their own journey

Freelance (paid)

Expert role-models

Our expert role models work with young people over the course of 6-10 sessions, leveraging their expertise to help young people execute their own Race Equality Action Projects (REAPs).

Expert role-models will…
  • Work with young people over 6-10 sessions 
  • Use their expertise to ensure the completion of REAPs 
  • Share their knowledge and skills 
  • Be paid between £100-£150 per session 
become a role-model or mentor
ROLE-MODEL VS MENTORING: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Meet our amazing role-models & mentors

Angelique Vassell

Founder and Public Speaker

    Ashleigh Savannah Pearce

    Senior Communications Manager

      Ashton Gregoire

      Senior Safeguarding Manager

        Brendon Dias Sapeco

        Customer Success Manager 

          Bayo Igoh

          Executive Coach & Mentor

            Bola Abisogun OBE

            Founder & Exec. Director, Urbanis

              Cherron Inko-Tariah MBE

              Founder, Consultant, Coach

                Chirag Gaind

                Senior Associate

                  DD Armstrong

                  Author, Director and Playwright

                    Greg Bonsu

                    Senior Data Strategy Director

                      Hepburn Harrison Graham

                      Actor/Broadcaster Teacher

                        Jacqueline Adusei

                        CEO/Personal Development & Business Coach

                          Jeff Ofori

                          Boxer

                            Laura Durrant

                            Self-employed consultant, director, trustee  

                              Lee Pinkerton

                              Communications and media consultant

                                Maddy Durant

                                D&I and Change Consultant

                                  Michael Ohajuru

                                  Independent Art and Cultural Historian.

                                    Paulina Collins

                                    HR Professional

                                      Peju Abuchi

                                      Author & Motivational Coach

                                        Saba Ali

                                        Independent Advisory on Gender and Hate Crime

                                          Selina Vernal

                                          Chief of Staff, Risk and Compliance

                                            Tony Henry 

                                            Director, Elevation7 

                                              Joining is simple. Complete your registration here, and we’ll be in touch.

                                              We are looking for role models and mentors from African, Caribbean, Asian, Arab and Mixed Heritage backgrounds to work with young people aged 10 – 25 years old across London.

                                              1.

                                              Register your interest

                                              Complete a short online form so we can assess your interest and suitability

                                              2.

                                              Complete checks & training

                                              We’ll ask for some more information so we can complete essential safeguarding checks and training

                                              3.

                                              Start your volunteering journey

                                              You’ll be invited to shadow a current role-model or mentor, to see how it’s done!

                                              Are you an organisation, looking to support us?

                                              We’ve previously been supported by corporates and local government through donations, opportunties to platform our project, and through access to company-wide volunteer pools to help us find talented colleagues to recruit as role-models.

                                              If you’d like to support us, get in touch.

                                              “Blackbaud’s funding will specifically support ARE’s Routes2Success programme, a long-running ethnic minority role model and mentoring programme, for the benefit of children and young people ages 10–25 who live in London.“

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                                              I love how the role-model was able to change his life by doing something he is passionate about. 

                                              Heron Hall Academy, Student, 2020
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