Mentor UK

This article is part of the Spinwatch public health oriented Alcohol Portal project.

Mentor UK is the UK branch of the Mentor Foundation an international charity that works with young people to prevent drug misuse. A small charity with a staff of 8, they work with young people and influence drug prevention policy while supporting good practice and research. They co-chair the Department of Health's Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network's working group on alcohol education with Bruce Ray form Bacardi Brown Forman.

Projects

• Drug Education Forum Collaborates with Department for Children, Schools and Families and participated in the government's guidance on drug education in schools
• EU Kinship Carers project This project operates in UK, Belgium, Sweden, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and Romania designed to help support carers of those affected by drug misuse
• Peer Alcohol Education Project Based in Scotland this project recruits peer educators who have developed and deliver education to reduce alcohol related harm to a small amount of people (180 in 2010) at risk of alcohol misuse. There are plans to deliver the course to 120 parents and professionals in 2011.
• CHAMP Awards
• BME and Rural Alcohol Project Is a pilot of six prevention programmes delivered to rural and immigrant communities.

Funding

2009-2010 substantial donations received from: Arabella Duffield Trust| Dorset Foundation| Department for Children, Schools and Families| Diageo GB| Robertson Trust| Peter Cruddas Foundation| Gerald Ronson Foundation| David and Jennifer Sieff Charitable Trust| CHK Charities| GD Charitable Trust| City Bridge Trust| Dundas Foundation| European Union

People

• Patrons: Professor Baroness Susan Greenfield | Eva Rausing
• Trustees: Sim Scavazza Chair| Martin Paisner| Lord Benjamin Mancroft | Louise O'Connor | Sir David Sieff | Sir Jack Stewart Clark | Helen Watson
• Chief Executive: Paul Tuohy