IntoTech Mentoring
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Brightside is a social mobility charity that empowers young people to make confident, informed decisions about their future. Through high-quality mentoring programmes, trained volunteer mentors provide personalised guidance, relatable role models and encouragement to help young people build confidence, broaden their horizons and explore education and career opportunities. Working alongside schools, colleges, employers and funders, Brightside helps break down barriers and open doors to brighter futures.
All of the mentoring takes place on our Brightside mentoring platform so mentors and mentees do not need to exchange any personal information with each other. It is a safe, secure and protected platform.
Founded in 2003, Brightside was created to tackle the unequal access many young people face when it comes to careers advice, higher education information and professional networks. By pioneering online mentoring, the charity has connected thousands of young people across the UK with volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and professions. More than 20 years on, Brightside continues to inspire confidence, raise aspirations and improve social mobility by ensuring every young person has access to the support they need to thrive.
Role
Do you have a background in tech? We need your support!
We’re looking for mentors to support us with our new technology based programme IntoTech, in partnership with Futures for All and The HG Foundation. The programme will connect 2,000 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with professionals working across different technology roles, helping them explore future career opportunities and build confidence in their next steps. We need mentors to support us with the online mentoring aspect of the programme. Alongside the mentoring young people will be receiving work experience, industry insights and aspirational talks from those within he UK Technology sector. Our mentors will be available to support a wrap around service to support young people on the programme.
Full training, resources and DBS will be provided by Brightside. No prior experience required.
What do you need to do?
• Share what your job is really like — the good days and the hard ones
• Help a young person picture themselves in a tech career
• Answer questions, open doors, and build their confidence
• Grow your own coaching, leadership and storytelling skills
Help a young person see a future in tech. Sign up to be a mentor here: https://wkf.ms/4oL703U
To learn more about the programme, attend one of our volunteer information sessions by registering here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oWXQhN1HSCONOnXUmOaxaA
If you have any questions, please email Nawshin.khan@brightside.org.uk
Other:
It is an online mentoring service that we provide so everything is online, so access to a laptop/phone/tablet with Wifi is essntial. All mentors would also need to obtain a Enhanced DBS which Brightside will support and fund costs for.
Closing date for applications:
18 December 2026
Brightside
Organisation description:
Brightside is a social mobility charity that empowers young people to make confident, informed decisions about their future. Through high-quality mentoring programmes, trained volunteer mentors provide personalised guidance, relatable role models and encouragement to help young people build confidence, broaden their horizons and explore education and career opportunities. Working alongside schools, colleges, employers and funders, Brightside helps break down barriers and open doors to brighter futures. Founded in 2003, Brightside was created to tackle the unequal access many young people face when it comes to careers advice, higher education information and professional networks. By pioneering online mentoring, the charity has connected thousands of young people across the UK with volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and professions. More than 20 years on, Brightside continues to inspire confidence, raise aspirations and improve social mobility by ensuring every young person has access to the support they need to thrive.
Organisation type:
Registered Charity
Company location:
Arc, Canopi, 87 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN , SE1 3GN
