Your Mentoring Matters?is a?fully funded?pilot project?to support?SMEs?to setup their own apprenticeship mentoring scheme?or?evaluate the impact of?an existing one.
?It?will be?delivered by?Enginuity, with the support of?experienced?employers who will?provide expert input into?how?to design, implement,?run?and evaluate an?effective?apprenticeship?mentoring scheme.?
The programme is open exclusively to UK engineering and manufacturing organisations with fewer than 250 employees and is aimed at individuals responsible for apprenticeship training.
How to apply
To secure your place, complete the following steps:
- Please complete the?expression of interest form via clicking on the linkhere
- Sign and return the grant agreement which will be sent to you
The 15 spaces available places will be allocated to eligible employers on a first come, first served basis.?Applications are open until 13th March 2026 for the first cohort, and the programme will launch with a face-to-face event on Tuesday 14th April 2026.
What to expect:
The?Your Mentoring Matters?programme offers a modular training approach, made up of one full-day in-person event accompanied by four, 90-minute online sessions,?over a 3-month period.?
- 14th?April –?1 day face to face session from 9:30?am to?4:00?pm?covering how to?get buy-in and investment?for a mentoring scheme, how to?design it?and how to?implement it.??
- 28th?April?–?1.5?hrs?–?Lunch and learn virtual session on?training your mentors?
- 19th?May – 1.5?hrs?-?Lunch and learn virtual session on?preparing your mentor, matching them?with an?apprentice?and helping them to?build a relationship?with them?
- 9th?June –?1.5 hrs?- Lunch and learn virtual session on?negotiating mentor and mentee contracts?and?enabling growth?of your apprentices?
- 14th?July – 1.5 hrs?- Lunch and learn virtual session on?closure?of a mentor-mentee relationship?and?evaluating?your mentor programme?
What are the associated costs:?
The?Your Mentoring Matters?programme is?fully?funded by?Enginuity, which includes the cost of all the training?and access to all the tools and resources.??
What financial support is available:?
By securing a place on the programme, your organisation will receive a?grant funding payment of £1000?to contribute towards the time and resource commitment you?make into?setting up or refining?your own mentoring scheme with the help of this programme.??
Full terms of this grant fund will be set out within the application process.?
Next steps:
Complete an expression of interest form and you will be sent additional information.
