CROPS Mentoring is expanding!
In 2017, CROPS Mentoring began in Peterborough secondary schools. Over the last 8 years we have supported hundreds of young people facing difficult circumstances and needing someone to talk to, by holding over 12,000 mentoring sessions.
CROPS Mentoring was set up as a response to the growing mental health needs of the students that the CROPS team were meeting in schools daily. We believe that every young person should have someone they can talk to about the issues they are facing. CROPS mentors meet students once a week, in their schools, to listen and help them build resilience for life’s challenges. Mentors receive initial training in mentoring and safeguarding, as well as ongoing support and supervision
Now in 2025, we’re now expanding to Primary schools, with Year 5 and 6 students.
We recognise that early intervention is vital for young people who need support. It helps to mitigate the need for more specialist services and increases the likelihood of them being able to develop lasting strategies, ultimately equipping them for life and building resilience.
One in five children and young people between the ages of eight and 25 in England are now thought to have a probable mental health disorder (NHS England Nov 23).
Would you like to be part of the solution to this problem? Maybe you’ve heard about CROPS Mentoring but working with secondary schools wasn’t your thing? Or maybe you just love working with primary aged students? To find out more go to https://cropsmentoring.org.uk/work-with-us
Either way, if you’re a good listener and care about the lives of young people who need someone to talk to – please get in touch chris.wild@crops.org.uk