Peer Mentoring Research
EOEF is currently coordinating a European Social Fund Project entitled MOMIE, Models of Mentoring for Inclusion and Employment.The aim of the project is to test whether, in relation to socially excluded groups, peer mentoring is preferable to mentoring by an individual with no shared experience.
The project partners are the UK, Portugal and Hungary. We held two training days on May the 27th and May the 28th here in London for delegates from each of the partner countries so that they could be trained in delivering training of peer and non-peer mentors in their respective countries. We enlisted the help of St.Giles' Trust, Clinks and Sova to "train the trainers". The trainers have now returned home and are currently training their mentors.
The target groups for each partner country are different. Here in the UK, we will be working with ex-military personnel who have come into contact with the criminal justice system since leaving the forces. Our Portuguese partners will be working with families who claim benefits. Our Hungarian partners will be working with two target groups: adult offenders and Roma young people at risk of social exclusion.
We hope to shed more light on any positive benefits peer mentoring may have on soft outcomes for excluded people because, although many people attest to its benefits through their projects and experience, the research remains limited and inconclusive. We hope this project will lead to future more in depth research on the topic.
Thank you to those who have already sent us material and past research on this topic, please keep it coming!
Please watch this space for future updates on EOEF's peer mentoring research.
NEW: Read our thematic review of existing evidence on mentoring and peer mentoring
A copy of the evaluation materials is now available here
This project is supported under the European
Community Programme for Employment
and Social Solidarity – PROGRESS (2007-2013)
