Since 2013 Charity Mentors Oxfordshire has supported over 350 Oxfordshire charity and community group leaders with mentoring
Our impact
We gather feedback on a systematic basis and track outcomes for individual mentees as well as the broader impact that our mentoring has on their organisations.
We have summarised below the transformative effects of the mentoring projects we delivered to Oxfordshire charity leaders during 2022 to 2024:
Q: How did mentoring help you in your work?
94% It provided a safe, confidential space and a sounding board to try out new ideas.
91% It helped me to find new ways of working.
87% It improved my self-confidence.
91% It helped me to develop my leadership skills.
Q: How has mentoring helped your organisation?
84% It facilitated our strategic review process and implementation.
84% It helped us to develop a focused plan for the organisation.
75% We now have improved relationships between the Board and our leadership team.
91% Our charity is more robust and we feel more positive about the future.
We are committed to measuring and evaluating the impact of our mentoring projects and through this constantly striving to improve the quality of our service.
As demand for our mentoring increases, we know that it is vital to continue to develop our impact framework and our feedback process so that we can ensure that our mentoring is relevant to the needs of today’s charity and community group leaders in Oxfordshire.