Yesterday, Fay Jones MP joined over 100 MP’s and Peer’s across the UK to support The APPG for Mentoring and The Diana Award’s ‘One Hour, One Young Person, One Parliamentarian’ mentoring campaign’ to mark National Mentoring Day 2020.
Young people are urgently seeking navigation in these particularly challenging times. Just one hour can generate new thoughts, challenge ideas and inspire change. Fay Jones MP took part in a virtual one hour mentoring session with a young person who has requested support through The Diana Award, providing guidance, advice and speaking about her experiences.
The Diana Award is the Secretariat for The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mentoring and believes that mentoring is fundamental to breaking down the barriers of social mobility in the lives of vulnerable young people.
Last week,National Mentoring Day (27 October 2020) was marked by a celebration event bringing together professionals across sectors, including people from the entertainment industry such as Chizzy Akudolu (Holby City and Strictly star) to understand how to best support young people with practical mentoring solutions. Young mentees talked about their experiences alongside conversations with Lord Michael Hastings and Tessy Ojo CBE, CEO of The Diana Award.
Fay Jones MP said:
"The Diana Award does brilliant work, breaking down barriers to social mobility and inspiring positive change in the lives of young people.
"It was a pleasure to meet with my mentee. I very much enjoyed listening and learning from her, as well as sharing my own experience. I have absolutely no doubt that my mentee is on course to achieve great things.
"Mentoring benefits the mentee and the mentor alike. I was absolutely honoured to take part in the 'One Hour, One Young Person, One Parliamentarian’ mentoring campaign"
Tessy Ojo CBE, CEO of The Diana Award says:
“We are delighted with the overwhelming response from MP’s to support youth mentoring. We know that mentoring can be life-changing for a young person and enhances their future prospects.
"For a young person without a positive role model in their life, a mentor can be the voice that says ‘you can do it and this is how’ – words they may have never heard before. ”