ADVANTAGE PROGRAMME

Advantage Mentoring is a national programme, comprising of partnerships between Community Organisations (CCOs), and their local NHS Trusts. We at Leyton Orient Trust deliver the programme in Waltham Forest and Redbridge in partnership with North East London NHS Trust (NELFT).

The programme has been designed by senior NHS strategists and CCO staff to increase access to NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and help tackle waiting times and reduce Health Inequalities by providing weekly 1-2-1 mentoring support for young people aged 14-21 with mild-moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing support needs, that are unable / unwilling to access direct CAMHS support.

Participants receive weekly 1-2-1 mentoring sessions with qualified staff at Leyton Orient Trust with expertise in mental health, youth work and mentoring. Sessions support young people by using a goals-based approach with an aim to improve life opportunities and overall wellbeing.

Sessions take place at SCORE Centre – Waltham Forest, Loxford Leisure Centre – Redbridge and detached settings i.e. libraries, community centres and are designed to be flexible and meet the diaries of participants. The Trust also work with local secondary schools and colleges delivering the mentoring onsite, during curriculum time.

For more information about the programme at Leyton Orient Trust, and how to make a referral for a young person, please contact Hafizul.haque@leytonorienttrust.org.uk / 07800663132.

For more information about Advantage Mentoring as a national programme, please visit www.advantagementoring.co.uk.