Big Brothers Big Sisters of Queensland

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Windsor
Big Brothers Big Sisters is Australia's leading mentoring program for vulnerable young people supported by 100 years of international experience and expertise. We provide young people, in need with additional support, guidance and friendship, by matching them with a caring volunteer mentor, who is a long-term positive role model. At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we believe that every young person in Australia should feel valued and important. [ more info... ]

Cairns Youth Mentoring Scheme

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Manunda
Cairns Youth Mentoring Scheme assists young people access a reliable trustworthy adult in the community, whom is outside their family circle. [ more info... ]

Career Keys Mentoring Project

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Marsden
The project is an early intervention and prevention project, focusing on family support through the minimisation and prevention of: family dysfunction, social exclusion, domestic violence, child abuse and school truancy. The project seeks to enhance the social and emotional well-being of young parents, expectant parents and their families, to build self resilience, increase their social participation, develop a positive relationship to education for young parents to support their children and engage parents/expectant parents where appropriate in educational and economic pathways in the community. [ more info... ]

Career Mentoring

QLD Type of Program: One to One, E-Mentoring
Location: Toowoomba
We match 2nd, 3rd, 4th year and postgraduate students with mentors from a range of different disciplines to assist students to develop networks for career success and acquire the employability skills neccessary to excel in the world of work. [ more info... ]

Connect2Mentoring

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group
Location: Tewantin
Mentoring is an important tool that will be an integral part of the new United Synergies' Youth Connections program. Youth Connections provides a safety net for young people who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from education, offering flexible case managed support and services that recognise the role that family and community play in a young person’s wellbeing and development. [ more info... ]

Fraser Coast Youth Mentoring Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group, Peer
Location: Hervey Bay
The program has a dual focus. The Fraser Coast Youth Mentoring Program recruits and trains multigenerational volunteers, who are linked with young people who have been identified of, at risk of leavig school prematurely. Mentors support young people from primary and secondary cohorts, on school premises. [ more info... ]

Glendyne Mentoring Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group
Location: Hervey Bay
The Glendyne Mentoring Program will provide role models for youth, aged between 12 and 18 years, who are from dysfunctional families. The mentoring program will enable the youth to undertake activities that strengthen links, where possible, between youth and parents / guardians. The program will work with youth and the parent/guardian/role model, over the long-term enabling time to deal with individual issues, networking with a variety of community agencies. [ more info... ]

Intergenerational Project Volunteering: Wii Sports

QLD Type of Program: Team
Location: Brisbane
Wii Sports consoles provide the perfect opportunity for young people to share their skills and expertise with elders in our community. This project is a nationwide promotion of volunteering, which values the contribution of young participants in making a difference to the lives of others. By teaching gaming skills with the motion sensitive Wii console, young volunteers bring diverse benefits to residents in aged care or rehabilitation facilities across Australia. [ more info... ]

iTrack

QLD Type of Program: One to One, E-Mentoring
Location: South Brisbane
Make a difference from the comfort of your own desk! On-line mentoring 1 hour per week during class time during Terms 2 & 3, using a secure chatroom and the IBM Mentor Place website to stimulate relationship building and to work on projects together. The aim is to support disadvantaged young people develop realistic post-school plans. Full training and ongoing support is provided. [ more info... ]

Mentorworx

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group
Location: Milton
The goal of Mentorworx program is to provide mentors for young people in our community who are ‘disengaging’ from their schooling. Disengagement from schooling means that young people do not find school has much meaning for them. School may seem boring, pointless, too hard, too easy or just not for them. [ more info... ]

Project K

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Bulimba
Project K is for selected Year 9 students' with untapped potential. Through a 14 month programme consisting of a Wilderness Adventure, Community Challenge and Mentoring the programme builds self-confidence, promotes health and education skills and supports students to set and achieve goals. Trained community mentors work with the students throughout the 14 months. [ more info... ]

Stars

QLD Type of Program: Group, Peer
Location: Bulimba
Stars is a Foundation for Youth Development programme that supports Year 8 students during their first year of high school through five planned and fully integrated phases - Adventure Camp, Community Project, Community Adventure, Careers Expo and Peer Mentoring. [ more info... ]

Tertiary Mentor Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Newstead
The students, as recipients of the Learning for Life educational scholarships, are from disadvantaged backgrounds so most do not have access to professional networks or even know anyone who has experience with further study. The support and advice of a mentor who has experienced University/TAFE study and is now working in the student's chosen field can make all the difference. The mentor provides support and encouragement, educational and career advice if needed, access to professional networks and opportunites to liaise with those employed in the student's field of study. [ more info... ]

VSMP (Volunteer Support Mentoring Program)

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Inala
The VSMP aims to establish and maintain positive, trusting, long term mentoring friendships between adult volunteers and children and young people in the foster care system. The VSMP was established to address the often unmet needs of children and young people in the foster care system: to have a consistent, caring adult to stay with them throughout their journey through the care system; to have increased access to recreational activities; to have a positive role model; and to have individual attention. The VSMP consists of a paid Coordinator and 25 Volunteer Mentors. [ more info... ]

Young Artsworker Mentoring Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One
Location: Fortitude Valley
In 2010, YAMP stands for Young Artsworkers Mentoring Program and is open to young and emerging producers, curators, arts administrators and marketers, events and technical coordinators, lighting and sound designers and other cultural workers of up to 30 years of age. Seven places are available this year - five for artsworkers who propose their own mentors and twho in technical coordination and lighting - and we invite applications from artsworkers from across Queensland. Participating in YAMP will give mentee's a unique opportunity to partner with a professional in their field. [ more info... ]

Young Parents Mentoring Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group
Location: 
Lifehouse mentors are volunteers from the Gold Coast region who wish to support pregnant or parenting young people. This program nurtures caring and supportive friendships. Lifehouse Project believes young parents benefit from a mentoring relationship that supports and values them. [ more info... ]

Young Parents Support Program

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group, Team, Peer
Location: Beenleigh
Beenleigh Young Parents Support Program offers support and education to pregnant and parenting young people under 25 years of age. Through antenatal classes delivered in collaboration with midwives from Logan Hospital and through young parents groups providing family and life skills education along with assistance from a community child health nurse. [ more info... ]

Youth Mentoring

QLD Type of Program: One to One, Group
Location: Broadbeach
SCISCO's youth mentoring programs are dedicated to young people aged between 14 and 18 who have left school prior to completing year 12, or contemplate leaving school early. SCISCO’s youth mentoring programs aim to help young people move forward and work towards an exciting and successful future. [ more info... ]