Become a mentor 2025

SAYes mentorship
programme will make you a better mentor, coach, manager and frankly speaking, person.

DAAN LAMMER, NIKE EMEA MARKETING DIRECTOR, NETHERLANDS

Why become a mentor?

How will you benefit:

You will be equipped with world-class mentorship training.
You will be professionally and personally supported.
You will play a vital role in changing a young person’s life.

How a young person benefits from mentorship:

They develop a deep vision for their life, and grow in every area that matters.
They learn how to make informed decisions, how to plan, and how to manage setbacks.
They develop consistent new practices to support their health and well-being.

How mentorship benefits the world:

Mentorship is a powerful pathway towards a more creative and compassionate world. It ensures the hard-won life lessons of each generation are handed down to the next.

How can high quality mentorship training be free?

The SAYes Mentoring training academy offers courses based on the latest behavioural and social science (including cognitive neuroscience). All volunteer Mentors currently have access to introductory Mentor training, Workshops, Support sessions and Masterclasses.

SAYes Mentoring sources funding from partners and donors to fully sponsor training for our Mentors. From time to time the demand for training funds is not met by our partners and donors, and we may then request that new volunteers consider a nominal contribution towards:
Their fit evaluation (one-to-one Interview with a SAYes Transition Specialist) and
Introductory Mentor Training course.

Currently, all training is fully sponsored, and so your training will be free!

Currently, all training is fully sponsored,
so your training will be free!

Mentorship changes the world

A VISION OF THE WORLD POSSIBLE THROUGH MENTORSHIP

As we move rapidly through immense civilizational change, there is a deep responsibility to pause, and consider one another. If we choose to place mentorship at the heart of connection, then this moment could create a lasting intergenerational future. To arrive at this future, defined by the flourishing of compassion and the highest reaches of human experience, is to enter the era of mentorship.

The SAYes mentor investment

We believe that everyone has a part to play in effective and meaningful social change.

Are you eligible?

SAYes Mentoring encourages applications from volunteers anywhere in the world with a variety of lived experiences. You are best positioned to mentor if you are independent, knowledgeable and experienced , with great networks, a secure relationship style, and a passion for the next generation

Independent Volunteers

SAYes requires mentors:
– to be 26 years or older
– to be able to speak English.
– to commit to 1 hr a week for
9 months
– to complete the Introductory Training Course (24hrs)
– to disclose psychiatric history
– to be willing to undergo a criminal background check

Apply to become a Mentor (Free!)

How we keep your data safe

The training and support given by the SAYes team is amazing – they are there for you throughout the entire process and on hand if you have any worries or concerns. I never thought I would become a mentor, but I am so pleased I challenged myself and took on the role.

JILL, INVER RE MENTOR, UNITED KINGDOM

The impact of becoming a Sayes Mentor

-Mentees report the mentorship relationship as being one of the most positive and powerful relationship they have ever had. To view the impact mentorship has on mentees, click here.
-Mentors also report significant impact in their own lives as a result of their mentorship journeys:

of SAYes mentors said they developed both personally and professionally.

of SAYes mentors experienced their role as impactful 31% ‘Extensively’, 63% ‘A lot’, and 6% ‘a little’

100% of mentors believe the programme realistically achieved the aim of inspiring and informing leaders of social change: 41% ‘Extensively’, 59% ‘A lot’

100% of mentors said the programme led to positive life outcomes for their mentee: 29% ‘Extensively’, 65% ‘A lot’, 6% ‘moderately’ “Seeing my mentor’s mentality about life changing was a constant motivation to be present to their journey... Feeling the impact I had on someone's life made the level of responsibility I carry in my community clear to me.”

of SAYes mentors said they developed both personally and professionally.

of SAYes mentors experienced their role as impactful 31% ‘Extensively’, 63% ‘A lot’, and 6% ‘a little’

100% of mentors believe the programme realistically achieved the aim of inspiring and informing leaders of social change: 41% ‘Extensively’, 59% ‘A lot’

100% of mentors said the programme led to positive life outcomes for their mentee: 29% ‘Extensively’, 65% ‘A lot’, 6% ‘moderately’ “Seeing my mentor’s mentality about life changing was a constant motivation to be present to their journey... Feeling the impact I had on someone's life made the level of responsibility I carry in my community clear to me.”

of SAYes mentors said they developed both personally and professionally.

of SAYes mentors experienced their role as impactful 31% ‘Extensively’, 63% ‘A lot’, and 6% ‘a little’

100% of mentors believe the programme realistically achieved the aim of inspiring and informing leaders of social change: 41% ‘Extensively’, 59% ‘A lot’

100% of mentors said the programme led to positive life outcomes for their mentee: 29% ‘Extensively’, 65% ‘A lot’, 6% ‘moderately’ “Seeing my mentor’s mentality about life changing was a constant motivation to be present to their journey... Feeling the impact I had on someone's life made the level of responsibility I carry in my community clear to me.”

To learn more about how we measure impact, click here.

The impact of becoming a Sayes Mentor

SAYes
Mentorship

Guidance (expanding perspective)
Advocacy (building social capital)
Support (experiencing a safe, secure relationship)

Transition
Planning

Structured and time-bound
Integrated & process-oriented
Person-centred

Tools, tactics &
strategies

Evidence-based
Multi-lever
Personalised and actionable

The details

Mentorship

SAYes mentors are trained on best practices for:

Transition Planning

Mentors support mentees in the development and implementation of a structured and personalised transition plan,through 4 stages over a 9 month programme covering 10 life domains.

Context

Consciousness raising

Raise awareness & acceptance

Options

Enriching opportunities

Explore and discover new interests

Goals

Improving Focus

Plan and pursue goals

Revision

Accountability and Focus

Evaluate and Adjust

SAYes 10 life domains

SAYes programmes target improvements in independence (via the quality of decision making) and well-being (via the consistency of healthy practices) across ten domains:

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Tools, tactics & strategies

Prospective mentors and mentees are taught to understand and contextually apply expertise from interdisciplinary behavourial and social science (including cognitive neuroscience), and have access to actionable and personalised tools, tactics and strategies for positive behavourial and perspective change.
SAYes content is delivered in monthly group settings (workgroups and support sessions) as well as in individual appointments with SAYes Transition Specialists.
All content is designed to be used relationally, that is, with a mentor – and to target multiple levers for behaviour and perspective change.