Success for Flagship Mentoring Scheme

Yorkshire Accord Mentoring Scheme Celebration Event: Tuesday November 27^th, the Guildhall, York

Local employers will be celebrating the success of their flagship mentoring scheme at an event to be attended by senior leaders from the organisations.

Yorkshire Accord Mentoring scheme is an innovative scheme involving many of York and North Yorkshire’s public sector organisations – City of York Council, Ryedale District Council, Hambleton District Council, York College , University of York , York St John University , North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and North Yorkshire Police.

Established in 2000, the scheme was one of the first 50 in the country to receive the Approved Provider standard of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation and this year received a Highly Commended award from the prestigious National Training Awards.

The judging panel of the National Training Awards commented that the scheme has “resulted in impressive outcomes for participants and might be considered as a model which could be reproduced for local and regional public bodies across not only the country but also internationally.”

The scheme matches mentors and mentees across organisations, providing benefits which include shared good practice, broadened perspectives, the introduction of new ways of working and producing more confident and skilled managers to meet business challenges.

The Celebration Event on 27^th November will be attended by, amongst others, Councillor Brian Phillips, Deputy Leader of Hambleton District Council, Andy Trowsdale, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, David Collins, Assistant Chief Constable and Professor Trevor Sheldon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of York.

Keynote speeches will be delivered by The Assistant Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police David Collins, Rachel Mann Chair of the Learning and Skills Council and Andy Trowsdale the Assistant Chief Fire Officer.

The event begins at 11.00 am, speeches begin at 2.00 pm and participants in the scheme will be presented with certificates by senior representatives from their organisations at 2.45 pm.
Contact information:-
Simon Errington – Organisational Co-ordinator North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Tel: 01347 825564
Karen Hickman – Organisational Co-ordinator North Yorkshire Police Tel: 01609 789935

Nicola Daley - Project Leader Tel: 01904 763405