Charity Mentors Oxfordshire was registered as an independent charity on 16 November 2015.
Our mission is to provide leaders of the Oxfordshire not-for-profit sector with high quality mentoring and support for strategic decision-making.
To deliver this mission CM adopted a strategy in 2016 which the following 4 components
This mission is fulfilled by bringing together the expertise, skill, good will and resources of experienced business leaders to support charities, voluntary organisations and community enterprises in defining and achieving their strategic goals. This support currently takes the form of pro bono short-term mentoring. There are currently 18 mentors, and the Charity has completed over 100 mentoring projects.
Information about the current Trustees and the Charity’s model is available at https://www.charitymentors.co.uk/about-us/#toggle-id-4
We did an impact report in 2017 available here: https://www.charitymentors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2016/11/Cha...
The Charity addresses its objects by bringing together the expertise, skill, good will and resources of experienced business leaders to support charities, voluntary organisations and community enterprises in Oxfordshire in defining and achieving their strategic goals. This support currently takes the form of pro bono short-term mentoring.
By 30 June 2017 the service and the Charity had worked with over 100 Oxfordshire charity leaders and had 17 mentors, all of whom have had experience of running and growing a business in the private or public sector. When charity leaders ask for support in working through an issue relating to the long-term direction of their organisation, the Charity matches them with one of these mentors. The mentor works with the charity leader for 4 to 5 months, helping them to clarify what their options are, explore the best way forward and plan for the future.
Currently the Charity’s costs are running at just under £8,000 per year. The balance on reserves at 31 March 2018 is currently expected to be £35,000, or approximately four year’s spend at current rates.
