Mentorship
Providing valuable guidance to the programmes we deliver and individuals we support.
We believe in support, rather than direct funding.
Mentorship is the tool we use to get the best out of the young sportspeople that we support.
Mentorship provision improves the Impact & Engagement of our programmes by 27% (Impact Report 2019-20)
Principles of mentorship
We use mentorship to guide the development of young sportspeople To act as a support network where the mentees have somebody to ask advice from, and somewhere to turn to The opportunity to share ideas with others and learn skills Gaining valuable experiences to move forward We set up the mentees with the most appropriate mentor based on relatedness
“The mentor programme gave me a chance to talk to some amazing people, and learn a lot about traits that are important in tennis and also in life. It was also great to know I could contact any of the mentors if I ever needed to talk about anything”
– Daniel Siddall, performance tennis player
At PPS, we have a ‘chain of support’, where a network of personnel will support and mentor each other. This chain runs from the trustees and director, paid and voluntary mentors and PPS supported individuals themselves.
