Birmingham
Mentors are given full training prior to being matched and then spend about 5 hours a month with their mentee, helping them to feel more at home in the UK. This might mean helping to write a CV, visiting a museum or art gallery, practising English or explaining the peculiarities of British humour.
The types of thing we do together have ranged from discussing current affairs so my mentee can practise and improve his English, to having a bite to eat in a traditional Congolese restaurant’ a mentor on the Time Together scheme.
Time Together in Birmingham is delivered in partnership with the Trellis project at Employability Forum. Employability Forum promotes the employment of refugees and the integration of migrant workers in the UK. Trellis is an Employability Forum project which supports refugee job-seekers in Birmingham into employment. Birmingham is a multi-cultural city with refugees from around the world contributing to its vibrancy. Time Together brings together local people and refugees to help combat stereotypes and to encourage refugees to achieve their potential.