Over a 7-month period, Vennture supported 11 care-experienced young people through consistent, one-to-one mentoring. The results have shown meaningful outcomes — not just for the young people themselves, but in some cases, for their families and carers too.

Of these 11, 9 young people engaged positively for 10 weeks or more, a key milestone in developing trust. Mentoring sessions are not compulsory meaning young people attend because they want to. Young people attended over 80% of their scheduled sessions, choosing to turn up and stay involved. Some young people reached out to their mentor during moments of personal or family crisis.

Some young people have been supported through the process of being permanently excluded from school and others have been supported in exploring higher education pathways.

Through mentoring, they were introduced to an example of safe, consistent adult relationships — an important influence that many had never experienced.

This work highlights the impact of mentoring: improving emotional regulation, building trust, and offering a relationship that holds steady — even when other systems have stepped back. These aren’t short-term interventions, but small, persistent steps that lead to long-term change.

We are proud about providing relational, person centred, mentoring. After support had come to an end one person said “you turn up when other people won’t”.