How mentoring supports teen mental health. What we’re seeing from Raise Digital
New results from Raise Digital show how online mentoring helps teenagers build confidence, cope with challenges and feel less alone.
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Connection is a workplace superpower: Why mentoring matters more than ever
Loneliness isn’t just a personal issue. It’s a workplace issue. A recent article in The Conversation highlights that loneliness at work matters more than we think, linking it to lower job satisfaction, reduced performance and poorer mental health outcomes. When employees feel disconnected, the impact ripples beyond the individual to teams, culture and productivity. For organisations, this presents both a challenge and an extraordinary opportunity.
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Why connection matters more than ever: In conversation with Associate Professor Michelle Lim from Ending Loneliness Together
Loneliness is common yet misunderstood. You may think of it as being alone, not having many friends, or simply going through a quiet patch socially but according to Associate Professor Michelle Lim, CEO and Scientific Chair of Ending Loneliness Together, Australia’s peak body addressing loneliness, loneliness is far more complex than this.
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The ripple effect of mentoring: Terry’s legacy lives on
What difference can one mentor make? For 15 young people, the answer is simple: everything.
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Finding new ways to support young people
Clinical Psychologist Melissa spent a few years considering ways she could volunteer, wanting to volunteer in something she could continue in her retirement was important. Melissa also wanted to build further connections with her community and continue those as her work life scaled down.
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Running for a reason
Keen volunteer mentor Abby joined Team Raise and boosted her impact. By running in the HBF Run for a Reason she raised enough to recruit, screen, train, and onboard a new mentor, whose work will help support young people during the critical early teen years, and build resilient communities.
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5 Ways to support young people as they return to school
For many families, the return to school is meant to bring structure, friendships and a sense of normality. But for a growing number of young people across Australia, going back to school feels overwhelming. Instead of excitement, it can bring anxiety, shutdowns, tears at the school gate, or a quiet refusal that’s hard to put into words. If this is happening in your home, you’re not doing anything wrong, and you’re not alone.
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Upskilling while helping teens
As a psychology student, Mia was looking for ways to extend her training and gain further experience ‘in the field’. In the process of upskilling herself she has also positively influenced the lives of numerous young people.
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Mentoring changes lives in unexpected ways
There are as many stories about the benefits of mentoring as there are mentors – each story is unique. For retired lawyer Robert, his decision to make a difference in the life of a young person set him on the path to a new occupation – education.
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10 Transformational Years in Queensland
Teenage years can be tough - loneliness and disconnection, the impacts of bullying, lack of confidence, lack of engagement and lack of hope are observed in many young adolescents. Many more suffer in silence. After 10 years running early intervention Youth Mentoring Programs in schools throughout Queensland, Raise has proven that individual, evidence-based mentoring during the important early adolescent years, 13 – 16, can change young people’s paths and transform lives.
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Mentor spotlight: Why do people become part of the Raise Village?
Mark Oh works in the fast paced corporate world of SAS provision – delivering data, software and AI solutions. Despite his busy life, he has always been interested in giving back and in 2022 was looking for an opportunity to support young people.
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Encouraging your teen to move
A major new study from the University of South Australia has found that regular movement can significantly improve the mental health of teenagers.