The New Routes Mentoring Project partners young asylum seekers and refugees, aged 14-22, with local young people to support educational achievement and promote cross-cultural friendship and understanding.

The project has been running since October 2007 in partnership with Norfolk Youth Services and currently supports 12 mentor/mentee partnerships as well as a weekly international youth club at the Community Workshop.  We go on regular project outings to places of local interest and have termly, whole-project get-togethers to share a meal and discuss future plans and new directions.

Mentors receive project-specific training in refugee issues as well as Mentoring & Befriending Foundation accredited peer mentoring training.  We have monthly mentor meeting and supervision sessions as well as on-going additional training support for all volunteers.