SAYes Youth Mentoring Programmes South Africa

Matching Success in the UK

Our Greater London Authority (GLA) and ‘New Deal for Young People’ programme is truly up and running now.

In September alone, our Transition Specialists have matched and contracted more than ever - pairing young Londoners with new, and returning mentors, from around the globe. But we still need more volunteers to reach our ongoing targets. We're actively recruiting now, seeking even more mentors before the end of this year. Email: volunteer@sayesmentoring.org to apply.

Harnessing the Power of Sport to Inspire Young People

After continuing successful partnerships with Nike and Waves for Change, SAYes was delighted to be invited to present at the prestigious Laureus Sport for Good event in Johannesburg. We were able to engage with organisations, and young people alike, to describe the work of SAYes; what we do; and the power of mentoring.

SAYes Ambassador Michel joined Bridget for a Q&A, where they highlighted the power of mentorship, then Michel explained the impact that the SAYes programme has had on his success. He believes that it changes lives, opens doors, and creates opportunities.

To cap it all off, we were excited to listen to SAYes Patron, and South Africa rugby legend, Jean De Villiers, who was also a guest speaker at the event.

Investing in the Future

We were recently invited to attend a workshop on Financial Education, organised by one of our partners, Netto Invest. The SAYes Alumni, and mentees from some of our partner Child and Youth Centres (St George’s and SOS Children’s Villages), had the opportunity to learn important aspects of financial literacy, and dealing with money.

After the event, Netto Invest Communications Manager, Annuschka du Preez, commended the young people who people attended:

“It was such a pleasure doing this event with SAYes. The planning process was seamless and on the day all the guests arrived in good spirits. We were pleasantly surprised with their confidence in asking questions and their general interest in what the presenters had to say. Everyone was so interactive and enjoyable. Looking forward to our next experience with SAYes!”

SAYes and Nike e-mentoring Programme

We’re excited to announce that our continuing partnership with Nike will launch again next year. More news coming soon…

As always, we couldn't do all this without your support.
Kind Regards, Michelle

Links:

• Founder Gillian Anderson makes a new appeal for mentors
• Apply to be mentored
• Volunteer to be a SAYes Mentor

Welcome to our project update. In this edition, we're looking at the work of our South African Alumni, Ambassadors and Mentee Liaisons.

We recently started our new Ambassador Programme which allows young people, who have been a part of the SAYes Programme, to become advocates and representatives of SAYes, as part of the community.

Our South African Ambassadors have been delivering workshops in all of our partner Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCC). The focus each week is one of the many domains from our mentoring programme such as: Work and Money; Identity Health; or Physical Health. The response from the young people has been fantastic, and everyone looks forward to the weekly workshops.

Meanwhile, the Alumni is extremely active and is growing in numbers. The group meet regulary to share ideas, work on initiatives and to importantly, support one another. There's always good fun and chat to be had at their regular meet-ups.

The glue holding all this great work together is our Mentee Liaisons. They co-ordinate, communicate with, and support all of the young people who are part of SAYes.

Volunteer to be a SAYes Mentor, by emailing: volunteer@sayesmentoring.org

As always, this is only possible with your continued support. We couldn't do it without you.

Links:

• Become a mentor