As a young woman in the BAME community it is refreshing to see people band together to positively mitigate my experience of the barriers that the world gives to someone like me. I believe you can make a difference starting from your corner of the world and Fresh youth MK will do that for myself and others that are similar to me.

I think especially during covid a lot my fiends and young people in general are looking for employment. And they have had the steps to achieve their career goals halted or they have had to reroute the original pathway/process they wanted to follow. I think mentors are essential in guiding young people especially now considering how this generation are facing some of the biggest difficulties and obstacles and they need to guidance to manoeuvre around all this chaos.

From University   I got to know a lot of people from disadvantaged backgrounds who lacked either a strong role model or a mentor in their life. Quite a lot of young people who want to become lawyers, doctors etc don’t actually know the best way to become these job roles. They don’t have the opportunity or exposure to individuals who may be able to help equip them with requisite intangibles and skills needed to succeed in achieving and sustaining role in whatever career they want to pursue

I think the most difficult thing when you are young is working out where you might end up. A mentoring scheme helps you understand your potential options

I think the mentoring programme is a brilliant idea, especially as I’ve seen a lack of this in Milton Keynes. I am part of a few BAME mentoring programmes but it’s always been difficult for me in terms of transport and ease of communication due to the offices being in London. I would take full advantage of a business exposure programme like this.