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Debate Mate Mentor
About organisation / project
Debate Mate is an educational organisation that recruits and trains the best and brightest university students to run after school debating clubs in schools with an above average number of students in receipt of free school meals. We use debating to teach key 21st century employability skills through fun and interactive sessions. We work with over 5000 young people every week in over 250 schools across the UK, and have recently been involved in exciting projects with Comic Relief and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
We pay £20 for an hour session (plus travel), and we ask that our mentors commit to a minimum of 1 club a week for 17 weeks (3 of these are competition weeks!); we work around school and university holidays. Over summer our mentors also have the opportunity to work on our International Programmes in countries like Nepal, Kenya, and Rwanda, teaching children there the same invaluable skills that they taught to students in the UK during the year. Regardless of location, our Mentors make a massive impact to the lives of children who are educationally disadvantaged and from low-income families. We would love for you to sign up!
All mentors will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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What is Debate Mate?
Debate Mate aims to tackle educational disadvantage in some of Britain’s most deprived communities.
🎓 It does this by recruiting and training university students to run extra-curricular debate workshops in schools with an above-average percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals.
🗣 Our programmes increase speaking and listening attainment and improve a range of higher-order thinking skills and non-cognitive abilities such as confidence, teamwork, and leadership.
🙌 In doing so, our programmes address the widening skills gap between education and employment, raising aspirations and helping students make informed post-18 choices.
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Why Mentor for Debate Mate?
💪 Make a real difference
Our programmes are proven to help change the lives of young people around the world. Join us and make a real difference to the next generation!
📃 Enhance your CV
You don’t need any previous tutoring, teaching or debating experience to join! Become a mentor and you’ll develop key employability skills such as communication, leadership, and organisation – all things your future employer will love.
📅 Flexibility around your schedule
Juggling university, part-time work, hobbies, and a social life can be tricky. Luckily, at Debate Mate, we make it easy to fit around your schedule, so you can work as much or as little as you like.
🎉 Regular socials & mentor events
Meet like-minded people at our social events and build your professional network at exclusive events such as our careers fair and corporate partner events.
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Any questions? Check out our website at www.debatemate.org, follow us on Instagram @debatemate, or email mentors@debatemate.com.
We look forward to meeting you!
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Required Role
Key responsibilities
Desirable Skills
- Communication
- Confidence
- Interpersonal
- Leadership and Management
- Listening
- Mentoring and counselling
- Non-discriminatory
- Non-judgemental
- Planning and organising
- Positive attitude
- Teaching and training
- Team Work
- Time Management
Skill to gain
- Communication
- Confidence
- Initiative
- Interpersonal
- Leadership and Management
- Listening
- Mentoring and counselling
- Non-discriminatory
- Non-judgemental
- Planning and organising
- Positive attitude
- Presentation
- Problem solving
- Public Speaking
- Teaching and training
- Team Work
- Time Management
When can you do this role/Calendar
Minimum commitment level: Once a week
Start Date: 02-12-2024
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Location
The Union, MMU
21 Higher Cambridge Street,
Manchester
M15 6AD
Registered UK Company number: 12714026
Charity number: 1191269
