Mentoring changes lives

Research shows that young people who are mentored have a lower level of depression, a higher sense of wellbeing, know where to go for support, and are more likely to find employment and their future path. 

You can help transform lives

Anyone can become a mentor, you don’t need any particular experience or skills. We provide expert training and, once qualified, you can become a trusted mentor to support and empower a young person. 

Through the one-to-one time with your mentee, you will see and feel the difference you make.

Raise in-school programs 

The program runs for one school period at the same time each week throughout term time. All sessions are facilitated and supervised by a qualified Program Counsellor. As a mentor you will work one-to-one with your matched mentee for an hour each week followed by a one hour mentor support session with other mentors and your Program Counsellor.

Two in-school program options

Find out more about our in-school programs

Raise Digital online programs 

For qualified mentors in Queensland, NSW, ACT, Victoria and SA.

You will spend approx 45-50 minutes each week with your mentee and will also have a 30 minute mentor support session with other mentors and your program Counsellor each week. All  sessions are facilitated and supervised by professional Program Counsellors who are online and available at all times during sessions.  

Find out more about Raise Digital

Our program works

We know this because we do robust evaluation to measure our program outcomes. Year after year we see results that show significant improvements in young people's resilience, sense of school belonging, hope for the future and the ability to ask for help.   

They like the program too! 98% of our mentees tell us they enjoyed the program and 93% would recommend it to a friend. 78% of our mentees tell us the program helped them cope with the issues they faced - issues like depression, bullying, anxiety, self harm, financial hardship, discrimination, insecure housing, and disordered eating.

The stories they tell us, no matter how short and sweet, speak volumes to the impact you'll make.

Causing a ripple effect...

Raise mentees aren't the only ones who get something out of the Raise youth mentoring programs. Our mentors consistently tell us how much they benefited from the experience. They are often pleasantly surprised by how applicable the skills they've learnt are to their daily lives.

After the program, 94% of Raise mentors told us that they are more comfortable checking in with young people in their own lives, and feel better equipped to support them. 96% of mentors indicated that their confidence to mentor significantly increased. For our corporate mentors, 94% told us that they learnt skills that they could apply in the workplace. These outcomes help contribute to our broader goal of creating resilient, thriving communities.

	Improved listening skills		Build on parenting skills		Networking opportunity		Improved mental health literacy
	Connection to the community		Understanding young people		Improved leading skills		Sense of purpose and give back