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Refer a child for mentoring
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WHO WE HELP AND HOW IT WORKS
The Kids Network is a proven early intervention, community-based mentoring programme specifically designed to have a positive impact on the social and emotional well-being of Key Stage 2 children, aged 8-11.
Our 12-month programme matches a child to a fully DBS-checked and trained mentor for weekly sessions after school or at weekends. Our programme provides children with a third space between home and school and supports them to develop social and emotional skills. Alongside their mentor, children explore London while learning about themselves and how to navigate relationships, transitions and endings positively.
Our partner schools can directly refer children and have a dedicated Programme Manager who provides regular progress reports and safeguarding liaison. TKN handles all the admin and the matching process keeping the workload for the school to a minimum – and all the mentoring sessions take place out of school hours.
We work across London, so please get in touch to see if we can support your school.
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Our Impact Report shows the enormous positive benefits of our mentoring programme.
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of children report feeling ready for secondary school
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of children report an increase of tools for the future
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of children report they know how to set goals
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Interested in becoming a partner school or referring a child
Contact our Partnership Manager
Priya Nagda-Swainson
Hear from our schools
We have seen children gain confidence, increased self-esteem and valuable skills that will see them through to secondary school and beyond.
Kings Cross Academy
Pupils gain a great deal from the dedicated one-to-one time offered by a mentor, often looking forward to this as the only time in their week where they can be the main focus of attention.
Henry Fawcett Primary
I have noticed that the children are happier, more confident and more resilient. They often speak about the new things that they have seen and heard and are proud of what they’ve achieved.
Goose Green Primary School
what's on offer
Each child receives
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Up to 60 hours of one-to-one, child-led mentoring sessions over a year
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A pre-matching workshop, where children will get to know The Kids Network and think about what traits they would like their mentors to have
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A feedback session half-way through the year, where children can share their views on the programme
Partner schools receive
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A designated member of The Kids Network staff
Termly meetings and regular check-ins to discuss your pupils’ progress
Safeguarding support throughout the programme
Reports showcasing the positive impact of the programme
We ask for a £500 contribution per place. This helps with the total cost of the programme, which is £2000 per child. Sometimes funded places are available depending on location.
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Putting additional support around the children who need it
With large classroom sizes and complex home lives, we know that not all children get that one-to-one support they need. Schools refer pupils who they feel would benefit from the extra support of meeting with a mentor each week for an entire year. A child can be referred to our programme for a range of reasons – there is no typical child on the programme.
Some reasons pupils might be referred:
- Low confidence or self-esteem
- They are or have been young carers
- They could benefit from more social and emotional support
- They have experienced an adverse childhood experience
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Interested in becoming a partner school or referring a child
Contact our Partnership Manager
Priya Nagda-Swainson
Safeguarding
The Kids Network is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the children we work with.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to any harm or exploitation of a child by any of our staff, volunteers, partners or Trustees.
We ask all mentors to provide two references after the application. We will provide thorough safeguarding and child-protection training to all volunteer mentors and process Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for all successful mentors.
If you have a concern about a child, please contact our designated safeguarding by emailing: safeguarding@ thekidsnetwork.org.uk
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