2024/25 Impact Report
This report highlights the impact of Light Up Learning’s mentoring programme during the 2024/25 academic year, based on feedback from mentees and teachers across our 12 partner schools.
WHAT MENTEES TOLD US
They now feel more confident, more hopeful, and better able to recognise their own strengths. Many discovered new interests they hadn’t explored before, from psychology to film, hairdressing to politics. Others said mentoring helped them set personal goals and take first steps toward college, volunteering, or career plans they’d never considered possible.
They also spoke about how much they valued having a safe space to be themselves. Mentoring was often the one part of the week where they felt truly listened to, supported, and free from judgement. Students described it as a calm, creative break from the structure of school, a space where they could learn in their own way, follow what excited them, and feel like someone was genuinely on their side.
