Companies fund it because it pays them back.
Mentees never pay. Organisations do, and not out of goodwill alone. Funding 30-minute sessions develops your own managers, opens a pipeline you cannot reach through adverts, keeps rejected candidates warm, and produces reporting you can actually put in front of a board.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to the mentee
- Zero
- Reporting
- Live dashboard
Six returns, not one.
Every programme is sold on one of these. Most organisations end up using several.
A pipeline you cannot advertise into
Your people spend 30 minutes with candidates who would never have applied. You meet talent early, outside the same handful of universities.
Leadership development that sticks
Mentoring is coaching practice under real conditions. Managers get better at listening, framing advice and giving hard feedback, and it costs a half hour.
Retention and engagement
People stay where their experience is used for something that matters. Mentoring gives senior staff purpose without moving them off their job.
A rejection people respect
Redirect turns the candidates you had to turn down into people who speak well of you, because you gave them a session instead of a template email.
Employer brand with evidence
Sessions delivered, hours given and countries reached are numbers, not claims. They belong in recruitment marketing and in your careers page.
Reporting you can defend
Social value, ESG and impact reporting need auditable figures. You get hours, reach and participation counted per programme.
Where a funded pound goes.
- 01
You fund a block of sessions
Priced per programme, agreed up front, with no per-mentee charge to the people you are helping.
- 02
Your people mentor
Staff give 30 minutes at a time, in the browser, around their day. No travel, no scheme to administer internally.
- 03
We run matching and safeguarding
Matching, scheduling, time zones, checks and the code of conduct are ours, not another job for your team.
- 04
You get the numbers back
Live reporting on sessions, hours, reach and topics, ready for your board, your clients and your bids.
Three reasons companies sign.
Give
Fund access for people outside your business. The social impact case, with your staff as the mentors.
Grow
Mentoring inside the business. Development and retention for your own people.
Redirect
Sessions for unsuccessful candidates and leavers. The strongest reputation play of the three: it protects your image at the worst moment in the process and turns a rejection into something people speak well of you for.
The overhead stays with us.
- Software to buy
- None
- Mentor training
- Included
- Scheme admin
- Ours
- Mentor time
- 30 minutes
The benefits, in plain terms.
Why finance teams sign this off alongside the people team.
A talent pipeline built before roles are advertised
Leadership practice for managers, at no training day cost
Retention of staff who want development you cannot otherwise fund
A candidate experience competitors are not offering
Employer brand strength with press, awards and review sites
Audit-ready reporting for ESG and social value commitments
Fixed licence cost with no per-session billing
A tree planted for every completed session
Partner with us and the payback starts in the first month.
You are not buying software or a scheme to administer. You fund 30-minute sessions your people already know how to run, and you get pipeline, practice and proof back from week one.
Talk to us and we will size a programme against the hiring and development goals you already have.
Pipeline you meet before you hire
Every funded session puts your people in front of someone building the career you recruit for. No agency fee to find out who is good.
Leadership practice with no risk
Your managers get real reps at listening, framing advice and giving feedback, off the critical path of your own team.
Impact you can put in a report
Sessions, hours, countries and topics come back as figures you can use in ESG, tender and board reporting.
Nothing for your team to build
We handle matching, safeguarding, scheduling and reporting. Your side is people saying yes to 30 minutes.
- Time per session
- 30 minutes
- Countries covered
- 43
- Set-up work for you
- None
THE GAP, IN SQUARES
One leadership programme reaches a handful of people.
Most development budgets buy depth for a few. The same money spread across 30-minute sessions reaches the whole payroll. Switch the toggle and watch the difference.
One programme, every department benefits
The programme supports the UK government's Youth Guarantee, giving young people a route to advice and experience when the door closes on a role.
Brand and comms
Turn your people into brand advocates.
Branded content, created for you
Films and photography captured across the partnership, all branded and ready to use.
Mentor and mentee testimonials
Branded videos of your mentors and the young people they support.
Your people as ambassadors
Every session puts one of your people in front of a young person.
Planned PR and social activity
An agreed calendar of social, comms and PR moments, built around your impact.
ESG and social value
Measurable social value, ready to report.
Evidence for bids and tenders
Tangible social value data, ready when you need it for tenders and client reporting.
A tree planted every session
Real environmental impact that counts towards your sustainability and carbon goals.
Volunteering hours delivered
Every session captures volunteering time, tracked and reportable, with no admin.
Stakeholder impact reporting
Reports and public impact pages for your board, investors and stakeholders.
Learning and development
Develop your people by giving back.
Build leadership skills
Mentoring sharpens coaching, communication and leadership in real conversations.
Develop early careers
Junior and early career people grow by mentoring someone a step behind them.
Boost retention and engagement
Giving back gives your people purpose, and people with purpose stay longer.
Grow your future leaders
Spot and develop leadership potential as your people step up to mentor.
Live within 30 days, impact inside 90
Onboarding, training, matching, scheduling and reporting are all run by us. Your people show up for 30 minutes at a time and nothing else lands on your desk.
Every partnership starts with an Academy
A live event at your office that gets your people signing up as mentors, with two Academy days a year included.
Live within 30 days
From sign off to the first sessions being offered. Onboarding, training, matching, scheduling and reporting all run by us.
Impact inside 90 days
Sessions delivered and the first report ready to share with your board.
A programme that works worldwide
Mentors and mentees connect across borders, so one programme reaches every market you hire in, on one contract and one dashboard.
The things people ask first.
Why would we pay when mentees do not?
Because the value to you is the pipeline, the development of your own managers, the brand and the reporting. Charging the mentee would remove the people the programme exists for.
How much staff time does it actually take?
One session is 30 minutes plus a short written note. Mentors set their own availability and can pause at any time.
Can we measure the return?
You get sessions, hours, reach, topics and participation per programme, counted the same way for everyone and published live.
Do we choose who gets the sessions?
You can. Some partners fund open access, others target a school, region, cohort or their own candidate pool.
Is this a CSR line or a talent line?
Both work. Give and Redirect are usually funded from social value or talent acquisition budgets, Grow from learning and development.
Tell us the outcome you are buying.
Pipeline, development, retention, brand or reporting. We will show you which programme delivers it and what it costs.