Help Mentivity Raise £50,000 For Our New Home

Aim

Help us to mentor vulnerable young people through our COVID-19 recovery work and support us in our new home!

Welcome to the Mentivity Crowdfunder!

Who Am I?

My name is Sayce Holmes-Lewis and I'm the Founder and CEO of Mentivity.

A little bit about me:

• I am a father
• Lover of humanity
• Passionate about education, young people and their holistic development
• Grew up on the Aylesbury Estate in South East London
• Former professional and international football player
• Activist and advocate for the people
• Currently working alongside the Mayor of London and the Met Police to deliver training around stop & search in the community 

All of my work at Mentivity is centred around the people and for the people of our diverse communities but I need your assistance.... Please read on below:                                           

Our Mission...

Mentivity aim to mentor and support as many of our young people, families, schools and the wider community as possible, to enhance social cohesion, social mobility, improve educational outcomes and raise aspirations for our youth.

What is Mentivity!?!?!

Mentivity is an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision that aims to provide aspirational support for young people, schools and parents through 1:1 mentoring and group conversation based learning.

We aim to provide structured mentoring, educational support for our diverse spectrum of young people through their journey of adolescence by using conversation based learning whilst providing information, advice and guidance.

Our passion and drive to improve the personal, social, educational and employment outcomes for our young people will always be at the very heart of our work. 

Mentivity are committed to helping and assisting our young people, giving them the opportunity to achieve their true potential and shape their futures through empowerment, accountability, critical thinking, perseverance, responsibility and humility.

Our Impact...

5 + YEARS OF SERVING COMMUNITIES:

From London to Brighton, Kent to Kenya, Peckham to Uganda, our work is universal and supports young people and families in any setting…

OVER 50 SCHOOLS & COLLEGES WORKED WITH:

Through 1:1 mentoring, conversation based learning, sports days, assemblies, teacher training  and more…

OVER 10,000 CHILDREN SUPPORTED AND IMPACTED:

We are proud to have reached so many young people but with your help and support we can do so much more…

AWARD WINNERS!

We have achieved so much in just over 5 years!

Mentivity were named as winners of The National Mentoring Programme of the Year at the inaugural National Mentoring Awards in 2019. 

Mentivity celebrated as innovators and pioneers for our work in the community at the Mayor of Southwark’s Capital Ideas - Innovation and business Dinner held in April 2019. 

In April 2021, Mentivity were named winners of the Southwark Civic Award from the Mayor of Southwark, recognised for our exceptional contributions to both civic and community life in Southwark over the last five and half years.Apart from the rarely-conferred Honorary Freedom of Southwark, the Southwark Civic Awards are the most prestigious the council can make, with only a handful of citizens awarded an honour each year.

Our New Home...

As mentioned in our short video we have managed to secure a 5 year lease for a new Mentivity Community Centre that will allow us to bring our community together and allow us to become self-sufficient in time by renting out our community hall, office space and by hosting events.

We of course have many associated start up costs with this new facility and this money will help us to cover our overheads, run sessions and projects for the local community from the start of our tenancy.

Why We Need Your Support...

COVID-19 has impacted us all in ways we could never have imagined. Despite this we have been working hard to make sure we provide our support to those that need it.

Please help my organisation, Mentivity to raise the necessary funds to further increase our offer to young people, families and schools that desperately need our service during this global pandemic.

I’d appreciate if you share, donate or raise awareness of our important work, our young people and their families need us more than ever right now. Thank you ❤️

How Much Are We Trying To Raise?

We are trying to raise £50,000 which will help us to achieve all that we have set out in this Crowdfunder and to continue to deliver our work in the communities we support.

£50 will allow us to engage one student over two 30 minute 1:1 mentoring sessions online or face to face.

£100 will allow us to engage one student through four 30 minute 1:1 mentoring sessions online or face to face.

£250 will allow us to engage a minimum of 100 young people for group Conversation Based Learning sessions for four one hour sessions online or face to face.

£500 will allow us to engage a minimum of 100 young people for group Conversation Based Learning session for eight one hour sessions online or face to face.

£50,000 can help us to:

Delivery of our 1:1 Mentoring and Conversation Based Learning Sessions at schools, engaging a minimum of 700 young people each week over a 20 week period

To successfully run our new Mentivity Community Centre from September 2021 until January 2022, covering our overheads, running youth led sessions, parent forums, workshops and more!

Even if you are unable to donate, please share our Crowdfunder page to help us raise awareness of our work and to reach our ambitious target. I appreciate you.

Thank you for reading....

Sayce

This project closed unsuccessfully on 19th June 2021