Making Men was a mentoring programme for underachieving 10 – 16-year-old Black boys from the London Borough of Brent.
The programme began in 2013 and focused on providing young Black boys with mentors – someone to speak to, share their challenges with, and learn how to increase their attainment in education.
RESULTS:
- 100 individuals applied to become mentors and BANG successfully trained 77 mentors.
- 51 mentors were successfully matched with a young person.
- 71 boys were referred to the Making Men programme.
- 80% of the matched relationships between a mentor and a young person continued beyond the programme.
- Making Men was featured on the talk radio station LBC to discuss the positive impact of the programme.
