Participants in the 2018 pilot programme (from left) Jay Rerekura, Christina Emery, Jason Shailer, Nicola Patrick, Melany Davy, Melita Farley, Jacqueline Brand-Holt, Judy Kumeroa and Lee Williams.
Community and social enterprise leaders are being offered the chance to develop through a mentoring programme.
Thrive Whanganui, a charitable trust established in 2018 to enable profit-for-purpose enterprises to flourish from Whanganui, is partnering with The Mentoring Foundation to provide the programme. Thrive Whanganui ran a successful mentoring pilot programme
in 2018.
The programme is funded by the Tindall Foundation and fills a gap not met in the community, Thrive Whanganui's program director and mentoring co-ordinator Nicola Patrick said.
"The Mentoring Foundation founders have worked with local partners such as Thrive to establish a programme designed by the community sector, for the community sector," Patrick said.
"Our 2018 pilot has shown that with the right selection of mentors and orientation, our community leaders can benefit from the confidential support and positive challenge a mentoring relationship offers."
