About the job

We are looking for youth leaders and anti-racism activists to help us mentor the young people on our Activism Academy programme who are striving for racial justice across the UK. Our Activism Academy is a 6-month leadership development programme for young people interested in creating racial justice solutions.

You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to anti-racism or social justice through your past/current experience, either paid or voluntary.

As a volunteer, you would mentor 1 to 3 students for 13 weeks to help them plan and pilot a racial justice activism campaign of their creation.

Volunteer mentors must commit to:

• Attending a 30 minute onboarding call & completing a 30-minute e-learning training to cover our safeguarding guidelines and how to best support your mentees.
• 4 x 40-minute online mentoring meetings with your mentee. (held on weekdays in a lunchtime or after school slot)
• Taking notes on your mentee's project progress during each mentor session.
• Filling out a short post-session safeguarding form after each mentor session.
• Providing ad-hoc email support as and when needed by your mentee, extra meetings optional and at the mentor's discretion.
• Attend the final pitch event on the 10th May 2025 (optional) 

Deadline is 18th October 2024.