We Are Youth Mentors
Membership | Standards | Community
The global membership platform for youth mentors
The professional home for every youth mentor across the world. Wherever you are, whoever you serve — access world-class resources, earn internationally recognised qualifications, meet professional standards, and connect with a global community of practice. Made in the UK. Built for the world.
20+
Years of expertise
500+
Young people supported annually
Global
Platform
CPD
Accredited training
CPD Accredited Training
Quality Standards Framework
Evidence-Based Toolkit
Safeguarding Compliant
Global Platform
Made in the UK
Formerly The Mentoring Lab
Who We Serve
Built for youth mentors everywhere
Individual Youth Mentors Worldwide
Whether you are in the UK, Africa, the Caribbean, North America, or anywhere else in the world — this is your professional home. Access the tools, training, and community you need to mentor with confidence and credibility.
Organisations and Programmes
Schools, charities, local authorities, NGOs, and social care organisations across the globe. Equip your team with quality assured training, earn our quality mark, and demonstrate the impact of your mentoring programme.
Training Providers
Become a licensed provider of We Are Youth Mentors CPD training anywhere in the world. Deliver our methodology to your network and earn licensing income while raising the standard of mentoring in your region.
Emerging Mentors and Students
Just starting out in youth work, social care, or education? Wherever you are in the world, build your professional foundation from day one. Access our toolkit, earn your first CPD certificate, and get listed in our global directory.
Mentoring in Action
Real conversations, real progress, real outcomes for young people.
What You Get
Comprehensive membership benefits tailored to your role
The Youth Mentoring Toolkit
The complete digital Mentoring Toolkit — developed over 20 years of real-world practice. Tools for reflection, goal setting, emotional regulation, strengths assessment, career development, and more. All evidence-based. All ready to use in your next session.
- •Full digital access to all toolkit tools and activities
- •Downloadable worksheets and session resources
- •Subject specific wheels for maths, English, and science
- •Zones of Regulation resources
- •GROW Model, SWOT, Johari Window, CBT Triangle, and more
- •New resources added monthly
CPD Training and Courses
Earn CPD certificates that are recognised internationally. Whether you prefer to learn online, in a group, or through tutor-led sessions, we have a training pathway for you.
- •Introduction to Youth Mentoring — flagship online course
- •Advanced Mentoring Techniques
- •Safeguarding in Youth Mentoring
- •Working with Neurodiverse Young People
- •Leadership and Supervision for Senior Mentors
- •Bi-monthly live online training sessions
- •Automatic CPD hour tracker
- •Downloadable CPD certificates
- •Space for international learners in all online courses
Quality Standards Framework
Know that your practice meets professional standards — and prove it to the organisations and commissioners you work with.
- •Access to the We Are Youth Mentors Quality Standards Framework
- •Online self-assessment tool
- •Evidence submission portal
- •QA observation booking
- •Quality mark for verified members
- •Annual renewal and re-assessment
Global Jobs Board
The world's only dedicated youth mentoring jobs board. Find roles that match your skills, location, and ambitions — across the UK and internationally.
- •Full access to all job listings
- •Filter by location, role type, salary, and sector
- •Job alerts to your email for new relevant listings
- •Access to UK, international, and remote roles
- •Volunteer, paid, and freelance opportunities
Global Professional Directory
Be found. Get listed in the global directory of verified youth mentoring professionals and let schools, charities, NGOs, and families find you.
- •Personal profile page in the directory
- •Searchable by name, location, specialism, and country
- •Verified badge for quality standard holders
- •Contact button for organisations to reach you
- •Visible to commissioners, funders, and employers worldwide
Global Community and Peer Network
You are not alone in this work. Connect with youth mentors across the world — share practice, ask questions, and find peer supervision from people who truly understand what you do.
- •Access to the members only community platform
- •Peer supervision groups
- •Regional and international sub-groups
- •Monthly community events and discussions
- •Direct messaging with other members
- •Mentor matching for peer support partnerships
Quality Standards
Our quality standards framework gives organisations anywhere in the world a clear, credible, and independently assessed benchmark for their mentoring programmes.
Developed in the UK. Recognised globally.
Schools
Local Authorities
Charities
NGOs
Social Care
NHS & Health
International
Simple, Flexible Pricing
All plans include access to toolkit, jobs board, and community. Upgrade at any time.
Associate Member
£10/month standard · £90/year annual
£120/year
- ✓Full digital Mentoring Toolkit access
- ✓Introduction to Youth Mentoring CPD course
- ✓Basic directory listing
- ✓Global jobs board access
- ✓Monthly resources and newsletter
Professional Member
£25/month standard · £190/year annual
£300/year
- ✓Everything in Associate
- ✓All CPD courses included
- ✓Automatic CPD tracker and certificates
- ✓Full resource library
- ✓Enhanced directory profile
Small Organisation
£100/month standard · £990/year annual
£1200/year
- ✓5 Professional memberships for your team
- ✓Organisation listed in the global directory
- ✓Access to quality standards framework
- ✓2 featured job listings per month
- ✓Toolkit licensed for internal use
This is not just a membership. This is the professional recognition that youth mentors everywhere have always deserved.
Our Mission
Elaine Isadora Thomas has spent over 20 years developing the tools, training, and frameworks that are now at the heart of this platform. Founded in the UK through The Mentoring Lab — now We Are Youth Mentors — this is a platform born from real practice, real young people, and real results. Everything in this membership has been tested, refined, and proven in the field. When you join, you are not buying access to a generic training library. You are joining a living, growing professional community built by someone who has done this work and built it for people who do it too.
Made in the UK. Built for the world.
What Our Members Say
Trusted by mentors and organisations across the UK, Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and beyond.
Rarely have I seen an organisation with this quality of mentoring model. It has a lot to offer the sector.
Vicky Torrance
JNC qualified youth worker, 23+ years experience
You have been a great listener and advocate and one thing I love about you and your team is… you don't judge.
Parent Ms S Francis
Parent and mentor advocate
The toolkit and training have genuinely transformed how our team approaches mentoring. It is evidence-based, practical, and immediately applicable.
Partner Organisation
Charnia UK
Join 1,000+ mentors and 100+ organisations trusting We Are Youth Mentors for their professional development.
Jobs Board
Global opportunities for paid, volunteer, and freelance mentoring roles.
Youth Mentor — Secondary School Programme
Compass Wellbeing CIC
Full-time youth mentor needed for our secondary school partnership programme.
Senior Youth Mentoring Coordinator
Barnardo's
Lead our mentoring team and develop quality standards across the region.
Youth Mentoring Programme Lead
NGO Partner
Launch and scale our mentoring programme across West Africa.
Volunteer Youth Mentor — Community Programme
Hackney Community Voluntary Service
Make an impact with 2-3 hours per week mentoring young people in our community.
Member-only Listing
Premium Partners
Join as a member to view exclusive international role opportunities.
Member-only Listing
Premium Partners
Join as a member to view exclusive international role opportunities.
Your professional home starts here. Wherever you are.
Young people across the world need great mentors. Great mentors need great support. That is what We Are Youth Mentors is here for — wherever you are, whatever your background, however you serve. Join us today.
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