The Y2Bee Peer Mentor training, delivered by Youth Scotland, aims to support young people (aged 14 – 18 years old) in their community as peer mentors, and increase young people’s emotional resilience through improving young people’s understanding of how to manage their own mental health.

The training takes place on Saturday 27 September, 10am – 5pm, at Forth Valley sensory Centre, Redbrae Road, Camelon, FK1 4DD.

“Acknowledging that alongside their youth workers, young people will often turn to their most trusted friends for advice and help. Equally, it is often friends who will identify if one of their peers is struggling somehow or something is ‘not quite right’. The purpose of the Peer Mentor training is to positively build upon this experience and support young people with appropriate training and methodology to be effective.”

Training Details

The training will cover:

what it means to be a peer mentor
how being a peer mentor can help young people
active listening skills and practice
creative tools to support peer mentor-mentee relationship building
safeguarding, boundaries and confidentiality
considerations for setting up peer mentoring at their youth group

Booking Information

Young people must be accompanied by at least one youth worker from their youth group. Places are limited, and booking is essential.

When registering, please:

choose a ticket per youth worker and a ticket per young person
provide dietary requirements when asked (lunch will be provided)
provide emergency contact details when asked

Where possible, please inform Youth Scotland if you cannot attend more than 24 hours in advance; this allows the team to free up the space for another youth worker (many sessions are oversubscribed) and means you will avoid being charged the £25 fee for late-notice cancellation or non-attendance.

Please note: bookings won’t be accepted until all details are provided.

To book your places, or for further information, please visit the Eventbrite page (linked for your convenience).