In Ljubljana Pride Association, we have prepared a new tool: Mentoring in Peer Education – mentoring scheme for mentors supporting peer educators (from marginalised backgrounds). This publication is for Youth Workers, non-formal education trainers, coordinators
of peer educators and all those engaging in mentoring support for Peer Educators within an organisation or long term peer education based project.
Mentoring scheme itself and the additional texts can also be used as an inspiration for anyone working with volunteers, young people, organising work groups and actions, basically any groups of people who could benefit from additional support, as it provides structural information on how to do it and why it is needed.
Information provided is based on the practical work with the peer educators during the course of the last year and a half, during which in the international consortium we tested the mentoring scheme.
It includes descriptions of 3 different areas of mentoring, their contextualisation as well as a very relevant chapter on how to create a supportive environment when we have limited resources, and utilise peer-to-peer support.
It was developed within the project Rainbow Peer Forces, a cooperation partnership in youth that took place from 2022 until 2024 in six countries – Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Romania and Lithuania. The project itself was a unique journey to introduce the concept and practice of peer education into the youth work practice of the six partner organisations, all working with LGBTIQ+ youth.
You can find it here: https://ljubljanapride.org/publikacije/ Publication is published in English language.
