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It’s More Than
a Mentoring Service

A pupil starts speaking up in class.

A young person who’s stopped engaging finds an adult they can trust.

A family begins to see a way forward.

When a child is struggling to connect with education or support, we take time to understand what life feels like for them and what the people around them are carrying. We offer specialist one-to-one mentoring and work alongside families, schools and services to find a way forward together.
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Community & engagement

Possibility begins with the person.

Find the right support

How can we help you?

Find one-to-one mentoring for your child or school, staff training, or specialist engagement for your service.

A welcome from ECNM

Parents & carers

Mentoring for my child.

Private one-to-one online mentoring, shaped around your child and arranged directly with ECNM.

  • Online, from home
  • A carefully considered mentor match
  • Agreed updates for parents and carers

Training & business opportunities

For business owners

Run a local mentoring business

Explore becoming an ECNM franchise partner and running your own service.

See the work behind the offer

Real experiences.
Evidence you can explore.

What changed? What did families and professionals notice? Start with the account closest to your needs, then read the source and context.

For families

Confidence to
move forward.

“now has greater faith in himself and his positive attributes.”

A parent describes stronger coping, communication and self-belief through their child’s mentoring experience.

TemiParent review · published July 2023
Read family experiences

For schools

Recorded incidents
halved.

Southway Primary’s principal reported that behavioural incidents recorded on CPOMS halved within six weeks for the children receiving mentoring.

Southway Primary SchoolPrincipal’s reported result · six-week period
Read the school case study

For commissioners

Better relationships.
Greater engagement.

The Sandwell Fair Access pilot records changes reported by pupils, parents and school staff, alongside the challenges that remained.

Sandwell Fair AccessPilot case study · 2018
Explore the Fair Access pilot

Read each original account for its context and scope.

What our partners say

“They have helped our pupils develop confidence in themselves and improve their aspiration for the future.”

Mrs S KoonerAssistant Head of AcademyWashwood Heath Academy

“I have seen first-hand the profound and positive impact their mentoring programme has on young people—academically, socially, and emotionally.”

Damian LeeseVice PrincipalWaverley Secondary School

“providing them with a forum and platform to develop their communication skills, and learning how to build relationships with peers.”

Andrew NugentFostering Service ManagerActive Care Solutions

Explore our impact

Our history. Our continuing commitment.

Across schools. Across services.
A lasting commitment.

From Birmingham and the Black Country to schools across England and in Dubai. See where the schools and organisations connected with ECNM’s work are based or operate.

Explore our work across organisations

Our signature relationship-led approach

Aspire. Believe. Mentor.
Illustrative image of a young person sharing a creative project with a mentor
Start with what matters to them.

A relationship with the child.A connection with everyone around them.

We start with the child’s strengths, interests and aspirations. A trusted relationship creates the engagement that helps everyone move forward together.

Explore our Asset-Based approach
  1. 01

    Build trust.

    Take time to understand the child and find a connection that matters to them.

  2. 02

    Connect the support.

    Draw family, school and services together around shared priorities.

  3. 03

    Review the progress.

    Agree purposeful steps and recognise changes in participation, relationships and confidence.

What this can look like

A young person who loves drawing might sketch how their school day feels, name one thing they’d like to change, then practise asking a trusted teacher for help. Their interests give us somewhere to begin.

A trusted relationship.
A professionally supported service.

Safeguarding, oversight & reviews Our Theory of Change See the work in practice

Start with a conversation

Where is
engagement missing?

Is there one child or family you have been unable to engage? Tell us what support is already in place and the progress you want to make possible. We will review suitability and agree the next conversation.

Start a conversation with ECNM