Young fathers mentoring
The young fathers mentoring scheme has been created to match London-based young fathers between the ages of 18 – 25, with professional and business men who will act as a positive role model.
The aim of our scheme to help young fathers:
- Improve their aspirations, resolving the education-vocational decision
- Build on their strengths
- Improve their relationships with family
- Have a better attitude to the future
- Build self-confidence and self-esteem
Who is a young father?
A young father can be described as any male under the age of 25 who has a child or children. In most cases a young father:
- Comes from an economically and/or emotionally disadvantaged background
- Engages in high-risk behaviour (dropped out of school, unemployed and has a low income)
- Has difficulty reconciling the conflicting roles of the adolescence and parenthood as he seeks his identity
- Faces rejection from his family and friends
These facts make young fathers vulnerable young men and they require considerable emotional and practical support in their daily lives - such as understanding the importance of fatherhood, developing and maintaining a positive relationship with the mother of his child, as well as engaging in education, employment and/or training.
Young fathers need to be equipped to be all they can be to their children, as reports demonstrate that positive fathering and increased involvement is significantly related to positive child outcomes such as social competence, focus of control, intellectual achievements and emotional intelligence. (Hirst, 2004)
If you would like to become a mentor, please complete an expression of interest form and you will be contacted to discuss it further.
Find out more:
Becoming a mentor
Who can be a mentor?
