MentorMe Training  


 

Over the last few weeks, the MentorMe team have been training and getting to know a new cohort of wonderful future mentors over the course of four training sessions. 

Session 4 of the mentoring training regularly gets the best feedback - it's when we have the pleasure of hosting special guests from the frontline of our work, a mentor and a mentee, as they give our trainees a window into how a mentoring relationship really works and this pairing was no exception!

Meeting for over a year and having recently transitioned to befriending, M shared that mentoring had made the world of difference knowing that someone was there just for him, and on his side when no-one else was.

His mentor also described to trainees how well-resourced and supported she had felt during the mentoring stage, that she and her mentee had got so much from meeting and wanted to keep doing so as part of the wider 'family' of Sixty-One.

Could you give an hour of your time a week to supporting someone through mentoring? 

Why not come along to our next taster session or our our next training course and find out more about what mentoring is and what it involves. Please contact info@sixty-one to register your place: 

MentorMe Taster Session: 7-8.30pm Tues 28th October

MentorMe Training Course training dates (4-part course)

Saturday 8th November (9.30am-3.30pm)
Tues 11th November (7-9pm)
Saturday 22nd November (9.30am-3.30pm)
Tues 25th November (7-9pm)

Please contact info a_t sixty-one d_o_t org to register your place. 

At the end of this month, we say a fond farewell to Esther as she takes up a new role within the Ministry of Justice. Esther joined Sixty-One back in in 2016. Her background as an Assistant Psychologist and Probation Service Officer at HMP Bristol led to a suggestion: train as a mentor with Sixty-One's MentorMe project – the rest is history!

“Driven by a passion for Criminal Justice and its people, I completed the MentorMe training, and was accepted as a mentor. A year later, I joined MentorMe as a Project Liaison Officer, going back once again into HMP Bristol. Eight years on, it's time to return to the civil service. My time at Sixty-One saw me become interim MentorMe manager, take on a new senior team role within the MentorMe project, and then lead the Hubs project. These eight years have been incredibly enriching, teaching me patience, grace, love, resilience, and the power of small victories.
Leaving Sixty-One, and the colleagues I count as friends (on June 26th), is bittersweet. However, this new opportunity allows me to hopefully influence prison staff and other departments of the Ministry of Justice directly through co-creating and facilitating training, continuing my commitment to a fairer system. Thank you to all of you who have been part of my journey of change over the past 9 years.”

We wish Esther all the very best in her new role, and look forward to keeping connected with her as she takes on this new challenge and continues to provide valuable support to people in the Criminal Justice System.

If you have general queries relating to hubs, please email info a_t sixty-one d_o_t org and the team will be delighted to respond. 

 

Are you: Passionate about supporting people who have experience of the Criminal Justice System?

Do you:  Have experience of working with people with complex needs?

Could you: Bring your excellent people, training and mentoring skills, to our team?

MentorMe, Sixty-One’s mentoring project for people with a criminal conviction, is recruiting for two Project Liaison Officers to join our team:

·        1 x Project Liaison Officer, 4 days a week
·        1 x Project Liaison Officer (Women’s Lead Role) 4 days a week – this post carries an occupational requirement to be a woman.

You can find all of the details on our website along with a job description, person specification and application form.

The closing date is midnight on Sunday 13th July 2025