Becoming a mentor as part of the NDN Mentoring program is a great way to volunteer time back into the community. You will be helping countless individuals gain support in their careers through your sharing of your wisdom and knowledge.
Why Become a Mentor?
Join The Neurodiversity Network’s mission to lower the barrier to sustainable, meaningful careers by becoming a mentor. Your guidance and support can make a lasting impact on someone’s life while enriching your own in the process.
Share your experience
As a mentor, you’ll have the opportunity to share your experience and help others learn and grow by “paying it forward.
Build Confidence
Help your mentee build confidence as well as reinforce your own. Recognise the value in your experience and your skills, and use it to transform the lives of others.
Personal Growth
Mentorship isn’t just about giving; it’s also about personal growth for yourself, and what you can gain from the mentoring experience.
Feeling nervous and that you’re not sure you’re good enough to be a mentor?
We thought you might feel this way – I know I (April, hehe) certainly did when I first started mentoring! That’s why we’ve put together a 60 minute introduction to mentoring workshop. The workshop is designed to equip you with the skills and confidence to be an effective, neuro-affirming mentor.
Check out what our newly-minted mentors have said about the workshop
Thanks so much for your email and for the Mentoring Workshop session last week.
I found the workshop content not only aesthetically pleasing but also easy to process and comprehend as well as being very explicit in expectations and desired outcomes. I really appreciate presentations/workshops that are designed and executed this way, so thank you again!
A really nice refresher on some skills that I actually use on a daily basis but have never thought of in this context!
How does it work?
You sign up to be a mentor
Community members just like you fill out the form to become a mentor
You register for the Mentor Workshop
To equip our Mentors with the readiness and tools to be effective mentors we invite you to participate in a Mentoring workshop held by our founder, April Lea.
You complete your mentor profile
You create your mentoring profile, which we put live in the mentoring platform for Mentees to browse (you can browse too!).
You pair with a mentee
When our next mentoring cohort is due to kick off (it runs 3 times per year) you and mentees have the opportunity browse each other’s profiles to find the perfect match.
Mentoring begins!
The date is set and your first mentoring session begins!
Ready to get started?
Join us in creating a brighter, more inclusive future where every voice is valued, and every individual has the opportunity to succeed.
To become a mentor, fill out the form below. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll do our best to help you!