Peer to peer mentoring is at the heart of the kin offering. The intention is to create spaces for people to learn and grow together to better meet challenges we face in our organisations and in society.

What is peer mentoring (and what it’s not):

Mentoring is always mutual - creating a two-way learning relationship between practitioners to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom. This can be practised one-to-one or in a group, and can be a powerful, enriching experience for both mentor and mentee. Mentoring offers the chance to improve your communication skills, reflect on your values and practice, develop new leadership capacities and develop greater confidence in your own knowledge and expertise.

Mentoring is not giving advice. The mentor is not there to provide ‘the answers’, but to guide the mentee towards ‘the answer’ that is right for them. It's about deeply listening, reflecting on what you are noticing, providing new or different perspectives from your own experience, and helping the mentee to find ways of resolving challenges or reaching solutions - not by doing it for them, or expecting them to do it the way you did it, but by understanding and respecting different ways of working and holding a space for your mentee to explore, discover and find their own way forward.