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What is Time Together?
Time Together is an exciting initiative from TimeBank, the volunteering charity.
How does it work?
The scheme matches refugees with volunteer mentors to give them support and encouragement as they settle into their new communities.
Volunteer mentors spend about 5 hours a month with their mentee, supporting them as they pursue their goals- in education, training, employment and integration.
The mentor role:
Mentors guide and coach, motivate, encourage and inspire. They are friends and networkers, giving knowledge where they can, and advice about where to get information when they don’t have all answers. Mentors don’t have to be professional advisors or counsellors- they just need to be resourceful and to empower their mentee to make positive changes in their life in order to achieve fuller integration.
The role of a mentor is to:
- Provide support, structure, ideas and inspiration as the mentee works towards their own individual goals
- Help to build self- confidence and assist with communication, the gaining of knowledge and cultural awareness
- Help the mentee to focus and identify the actions they need to take in order to achieve what they want
- Offer friendship and a non-judgmental attitude towards the mentee’s problems
- Guide the mentee by referring them to others when their own experience is insufficient
UK citizens can use their professional experience to benefit a refugee from the same professional background, or simply introduce a newcomer to the UK and make it seem more like home.
Do you want to take part in Time Together?
Register online
If you think you have what it takes to be a mentor, you can register on line at
A Mentor is given full training before meeting their mentee and ongoing support throughout the mentoring relationship.
If you are a refugee and would like a mentor then you can resister inline at
or by calling: 0845 456 1668.
If you have any questions contact:
mentor@timebank.org.uk or call 0845 456 1668.
Contact: Suzanne Shaw- project coordinator
Tel: 01752 512284