Our vision

Charity Mentors Oxfordshire’s vision is for our county to have a resilient voluntary sector led by confident leaders with clear strategic purpose.

Our mission

Charity Mentors Oxfordshire’s mission is to provide leaders of the Oxfordshire voluntary sector with effective mentoring and to facilitate strategic thinking and skilful leadership.

Our values

Belief in the value of mentoring

Belief that mentee self-determination, facilitated by the skills of an experienced and inclusive mentor, is a powerful process that often uncovers the optimal solution. 

A pro-bono, voluntary service

Our service is provided free of charge to all the organisations that we support and is always the result of a request from the mentee, not any third party. 

Respect for confidentiality

The content of mentoring is confidential. Sharing within the charity is limited to what is needed for good practice, and content is never shared externally without written permission from the mentee. 

Continuous improvement

The quality of our mentoring is the key to our success and we support our mentors to learn and grow as they support others. 

Mentoring with a clear strategic purpose

The purpose of each mentoring project is to make a difference in the organisation through support for the leader. 

It was really helpful to step back and get independent support to reflect and plan. My mentor used his mentoring skills to help bring clarity to my thinking and his previous experience of being a CEO as well as chair of trustees was very helpful.
— Lucie Mayer, Chair, Oxford City Farm