17-20 February 2025 | Waterloo, Belgium, Belgium – FR

Mentoring Promotes Mental Health

Supporting Volunteers’ Mental Health through Mentoring training focuses on supporting organisations and their mentors to better address the mental health needs of volunteers by strengthening their emotional and mental health skills.

Moreover, this training prepares the participants to recognise the support needed in different phases of volunteering project life cycle.

In this training you will gain an ability to :

• Equip volunteers with coping mechanisms to build up resilience
• Create a supportive environment where open communication about mental health is encouraged
• Recognise potential signs of mental health difficulties in volunteers
• Prepare your organisation for potential challenges that volunteers may face

Objectives

• Raising awareness of mental health in the mentoring practices
• Developing mentor’s competences in supporting volunteers’ mental health
• Understanding the role of mentors in promoting mental health in volunteering projects
• Explore practices useful in creation of supportive mental health environments