When you are mentoring a young person a variety of matters are likely to come up which you may need to seek some further advice on.  Your programme coordinator should be able to assist. You may also find the fact sheets we have collated and publised here of help too. These cover a wide range of topics from Helping your mentee to explore their identity and culture to dealing with confidentiality in your mentoring relationship. The full list of 19 fact sheets are included here. Click on the links to download.  (the majority are just 2 pages long). 

• Fact sheet 1 - Building a positive relationship with your mentee Building a Positive Relationship
• Fact sheet 2 - Successfully planning and mapping your mentoring journey  Planning and Mapping your Mentoring Journey
• Fact sheet 3 - Actively listening to your mentee Listening to your mentee
• Fact sheet 4 - Helping your mentee explore their identity and culture Exploring Identity and Culture
• Fact sheet 5 - Assisting your mentee to build resilience Building Resilience
• Fact sheet 6 - Helping your mentee set and achieve their own goals Setting and Achieving Goals
• Fact sheet 7 - Managing behavioural issues with your mentee Managing Behavioural Issues
• Fact sheet 8 - Dealing with confidentiality in your mentoring relationship Dealing with Confidentiality
• Fact sheet 9 - Helping your mentee identify and engage in community activities Engaging your Mentee in Community Activites
• Fact sheet 10 - Helping you mentee manage stress at different stages of their life, including exams Managing Stress
• Fact sheet 11 - Assisting your mentee to deal with grief or loss Dealing with Grief
• Fact sheet 12 - Developing positive strategies for mentoring boys Positive Strategies for Mentoring Boys
• Fact sheet 13 - Develop positive strategies for mentoring girls Positive Strategies for Mentoring Girls
• Fact sheet 14 - Building positive mentoring relationships with young Maori Mentees Building Positive Mentoring Relationships with young Maori Mentees
• Fact sheet 15 - Mentoring young people from migrant or diverse backgrounds Mentoring Young People from Migrant or Diverse Backgrounds
• Fact sheet 16 - Managing the school leaving process with your mentee School Leaving Process
• Fact sheet 17 - Assisting your mentee to explore career opportunities Exploring Career Opportunities
• Fact sheet 18 - Assisting your mentee to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol Making safer choices about drugs and alcohol
• Fact sheet 19 - Preparing your mentee for closing the match Closing the match

Youth Mentoring Resources - fun activities to bring to your mentoring sessions

When you are stuck for an idea on what to do with your mentee (young person) at your next meeting then this repository of activities is a great place to start. It covers a wide range of areas including: communication; relationship building; positive attitude and identity; culture and diversity and academic support. Thank you to the University of Auckland, the Great Potentials Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation for making this repository of activities freely available for everyone to use in their mentoring sessions.

Click on the following link to access these activities: http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/current-students/facilities-and-resources/youth-mentoring-resources.html