Mentors send out a lifeline to youngsters facing scrapheap
Family troubles saw Nicole Quinn taken into foster care at the age of 13. She was able to return home after being “looked after” for a year, but her life and education were derailed again by a family tragedy by the time she was 15. She isn’t willing to go into details, but it left […]
Appeal for mentors to nurture children’s ambitions
Volunteers who join a groundbreaking project that aims to raise the aspirations of disadvantaged young people need only be skilled in opening doors to further opportunities, its founder has said. Businessman Iain MacRitchie said adults who become mentors to the children in the MCR Pathways project do not need to have specific skills to teach, […]
