BECOME A
MENTOR
Thank you so much for your interest in becoming a Rising Waves mentor. This programme can only exist because of the generosity and wisdom of our mentors, and the community is so much richer for your desire to give back. We thank you.
We’re looking for mentors who want to nurture the next generation of BESEA artists and creative practitioners. As this is a professional development programme, these mentees will have already made significant steps in the industry or are graduates (so wont be entry-level), and we hope to equip them for their mid-career. If you were a Rising Waves mentor last time, we invite and encourage you to apply again so we can match the most suitable pairs.
Applications close 31st March 2025
FAQ
What will mentoring entail?
Mentoring is about helping others to realise and achieve their potential; by offering your wisdom and knowledge to guide a mentee to reach their goals- whether they be practical or holistic, or addressing specific concerns a mentee might appreciate advice on. Over six months pairs will meet at least once a month, meeting twice in the first month to build rapport and trust.
Vitally, the programme is also about nurturing mentors to become leaders within our community and in the wider industry.
Both mentees and mentors will receive training so each can get the most out of the programme to best learn how to empower, educate and support existing and new members of the BESEA performing arts community. This includes training in relational mentorship styles, target setting and solution focused techniques. It will also include safeguarding and boundaries training.
We believe that successful mentoring is about pairing people who ‘click’. We match pairings based on a mix of the following:
– Matching skill sets, disciplines and goals
– Pairs who relate to each others’ lived experiences
– Mentors who have navigated specific barriers that mentees are looking for guidance with
– Complementary personalities and communication style
– Compatible learning/ teaching styles
– Matching skill sets, disciplines and goals
– Pairs who relate to each others’ lived experiences
– Mentors who have navigated specific barriers that mentees are looking for guidance with
– Complementary personalities and communication style
– Compatible learning/ teaching styles
If we pair you with a mentee, we will ask you to take a compulsory DBS check that we will cover the cost of. If we do not pair you with a mentee this year (due to capacity, rather than suitability), we would love to add your application to our pool of future mentors. Each pair will also be looked after by a Rising Waves team member for any additional support.
Thank you again and we look forward to receiving your application.