National Mentoring Day
27th October, annually — a global day celebrating mentoring in all its forms.
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Mentoring is at the heart of every successful business.
Whether you need personal or professional development, a mentor is someone with knowledge and experience who shares it to help you reach your goals. We mentor clients directly, and we're proud to give back to the wider business community by supporting several volunteer mentoring programmes and initiatives.
Giving back
Programmes & initiatives we support
Alongside mentoring our own clients, we lend our time and experience to these mentoring communities.
Help to Grow: Management
A government-backed leadership programme matching small businesses with a voluntary mentor.
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Supporting ex-offenders back into business and education through mentoring and opportunity.
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A global online platform pairing small business owners with volunteer mentors, free of charge.
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National Mentoring Day was launched to celebrate mentoring, with a key focus on recognising excellence and raising awareness of the significant benefits mentoring brings — encouraging more people to get involved. Taking place on the 27th October each year, it brings events together across the world, including a National Mentoring Day Summit and awards.
The day was founded by Chelsey Baker, an award-winning business mentor, to help recognise and celebrate mentoring in all its forms and raise awareness of the invaluable contribution mentoring makes to our economy and society. Leading mentoring organisations, mentors and thought leaders from around the world join together each year to celebrate the work mentors do to support individuals and businesses.
Cliffen Consulting not only supports this initiative but we are also proud to have worked directly with Chelsey Baker on the launch of her new website.
Help to Grow: Management
The Help to Grow: Management course was launched in 2021 to give small and medium businesses leadership support. Each participant is matched with a voluntary mentor, and Enterprise Nation works with Newable and the Association of Business Mentors to recruit a national network of mentors and experts who guide participants through a growth action plan.
Ian Cliffen has been supporting this programme since 2022:
- Panel member — conducting Mentor Suitability calls.
- Mentor on the programme.
- Chairs and facilitates Peer to Peer mentor groups — helping mentors discuss best practice and find solutions to their own challenges.
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Project ReMake
Project ReMake and ReMake Educational work in the criminal justice space, helping ex-offenders reintegrate into wider society through both business opportunity and education — building a community and a better understanding of formerly incarcerated people and those with criminal convictions.
Ian Cliffen has recently joined the programme and is working with Bradford University and the Project ReMake team to help a new entrepreneur bring his business idea to life.
MicroMentor
MicroMentor is a global online platform that pairs small business owners with experienced volunteer mentors, free of charge, to help them build stronger, more resilient businesses.
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