100 years across 13 countries, 100’s of 1000’s of young lives changed

SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING

The School based mentoring programme provides youth with a role model and a friend to talk to and share the experiences of growing up within school grounds. For one hour a week, for the duration of the school year, mentors meet with their mentee and engage in activities on school grounds.

COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING

This is the  traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters relationship.
It happens after school or on the weekend. It’s all about an adult volunteer (over 18) and a young person (aged between 6 & 12) spending one-to-one time together, initially for one hour a week for a minimum of 12 months. Most sessions take place in the community, at a library, a park, the beach or at other free facilities.

* Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson-Tasman also offers:


SCHOOL-BASED TEEN MENTORING

College age students (year 11-13) mentor a young person at a local primary school for one hour each week. Big Brothers Big Sisters provides a resource box that the mentor and young person can use, full of activities and ideas.

THE POWER OF THREE

Big Brothers Big Sisters enables life-changing mentoring relationships through The Power of Three.  Our staff are experts at screening, training and matching a mentor with a mentee to help them realise their potential.

Tuakana - Teina

Mā te tuakana te teina e tōtika, mā te teina te tuakana e tōtika


From the older the younger will learn, from the younger the older will learn.
Where the older has responsibilities to the younger, so does the younger to the older.

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