Mentor of the Year

Not pictured: Conor Quinn

Alex Martin and Conor Quinn

These two Mentors have shown true dedication and care for their S2S Mentor roles. They not only trained and successfully delivered on their role expectations, but they surpassed every expectation placed on them and embodied the purpose of the Mentoring programme. 

These two Mentors took on the role when they had never had Mentors of their own. Staff in S2S wondered how they were going to make sure they stayed in contact with the mentors, how to ensure they could access all the supports and resources they needed – but these Mentors did all the relationship building plus some, all off their own bat. They have been in House 47 at least once a week telling us what’s going on, what’s working and what’s not working, letting us know what they need. They’ve been at Head Mentor events; they’ve come to additional meetings. One of them even volunteered to deliver a presentation at an international conference about the value of Mentoring and upstaged us all in the best possible way.  

We’ve learned so much from them, and we’re so grateful for everything they’ve taught us this year.