Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
The gap is rarely ability. It is who you happen to know. A 30-minute session is the cheapest, fastest way to hand a network to someone who was never born into one.
- Date
- 18 June
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Live within
- 30 days
Why this date works for mentoring.
The clearest day of the year for talking about access to networks, and networks are exactly what mentoring hands over.
The network gap, closed
One conversation with someone inside the industry is worth more than a hundred applications.
Where you already are
Target the towns and communities your business hires from or buys from.
Proof for tenders
Social value evidence with real numbers, ready for bids and client reporting.
Nothing charged to the mentee
Sessions are always free to the person receiving them.
From sign-off to a number you can report.
- 01
Six weeks out, pick the number
Agree how many 30-minute sessions the day is aiming for, and who they are for.
- 02
Four weeks out, open sign-ups
One link goes out internally. Colleagues say yes in a minute and pick nothing else.
- 03
Two weeks out, we match
Mentees are matched on subject and time zone, and sessions land straight into diaries.
- 04
On the day, it runs
Sessions happen, the counter climbs, and your people see the total move in real time.
- 05
The week after, you report
A wrap-up with sessions, subjects, countries, hours given and trees planted.
What partners actually do on the day.
A mission target set against one region or one postcode
Mentors who were first in their family to do the job they do
An honest post about how your own leaders got their first break
A commitment carried on past the day, quarter by quarter
The things people ask first.
How do you reach the right people?
Through universities, colleges, charities and community partners, or through partners you already work with.
Can we focus on one area?
Yes. Missions can be scoped to a city, a region or a set of institutions.
Is this measurable?
Yes: sessions, subjects, locations, hours and, over time, where those people went next.
Make Social Mobility Day count this year.
A 15-minute call is enough to agree the date, the target and who the sessions go to.