Mission - WHEAT Mentor Support Trust

WHEAT MST strives for a quality life of Black and Asian Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) groups.

Vision

To enable BAMER and other vulnerable groups from mainstream society achieve their goals and aspirations through one-to-one mentor support and volunteering opportunities

To enable BAMER and other vulnerable groups and individuals with less experience to develop skills and make them employable
To improve welfare and health among refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and other vulnerable groups of people
To cascade the best practice of mentoring by assisting other agencies to set up their own mentoring schemes
To improve community cohesion by bringing families together

To provide one-to-one mentoring support to BAMER and with Welfare, Health, Employment, Access to further/higher education and Training needs (in short WHEAT needs)
To run sports, dance, arts, gardening and other activities for children and young people aged between 3 and 15 and 16 and 19 respectively
To provide advice and advocacy through social work students who come from various universities on a placement scheme
To provide volunteering opportunities to individuals with less experience and confidence to increase their chances of employability
To provide consulting services, deliver training and run workshops for other agencies interested in setting up their own mentoring schemes
To protect and conserve, as part of the overseas projects, the flora and fauna, forests, and wildlife, reforestation and regeneration of degraded areas, and environmental protection in order to promote sustainable development
To organise events and trips for the families of mentors, mentees, volunteers, staff, trustees, children and the young people