Mentors must be 26-years-old or over.
One-to-one weekly meetings for a 9-month duration.
Weekly meetings are pre-arranged to a time that suits both mentor and mentee.
Meetings are online via WhatsApp video call.
Mentor matches will be with a young Londoner aged 16-24.
All courses are fully funded.
Mentors are rigorously selected through an online application process; undergo intensive training, and are supported throughout their mentorship by a team of transition specialists with rich domain expertise.
All SAYes programmes integrate transition planning with the skilled application of effective techniques for guidance, advocacy and support.
Mentees work on developing a personalised Individual Transition Plan (ITP) focused on improving the quality of their decision-making and the consistency of healthy practices across domains relevant to both independence and well-being.

We launched UK based programmes in 2021. In 2023, we were one of the recipients of funding for the Mayor of London’s ‘New Deal for Young People’, part of the Propel collaboration.

Mentee applications are welcomed from young people (16-24) within the following demographics:

living in poverty and from low-income families
with a social worker (looked-after children, care-experienced, those under a Child Protection Plan, children in need)
refugees and asylum seekers
who are NEET
with a disability
with special educational needs (SEN)
who are excluded from school or college
who are associated with gangs or impacted by exploitation
who are not in education, employment, or training
who are at moments of key transition
who are experiencing, or have been impacted by, domestic abuse
who are caring for pre-school children
are young carers and parents
are members of the Gypsy, Romany and Traveller communities