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• What is Raise Digital?
• What programs are available?
• Impact of Raise programs
• 7 reasons to recommend Raise Digital
• How to refer a young person
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What is Raise Digital?

Raise Digital is a free, online mentoring program for young people aged 13-16. Every week, for the length of the program, the young person meets 1:1 with the same expertly-trained, youth safety-checked, volunteer mentor for 45-50 minutes using Raise’s proven mentoring curriculum. Our mentors provide a safe, non-judgemental space for a young person to develop the skills they need to survive and thrive in adolescence.

Youth safety is central to everything we do at Raise. Raise Digital sessions take place within our specifically designed and built online mentoring platform and every session is supervised by our degree qualified, professional Program Counsellors.

 

What programs are available?

We offer two Raise Digital programs to meet the individual needs of the young person. Both have a flexible structure which is adapted to the specific needs of the young person.

Impact of Raise programs

Statistically, the most critical years of adolescence are between 15 and 17 when most suicides occur. Early intervention through youth mentoring can make a significant and lasting difference to the young people who take part by helping them develop the skills to they need to navigate the challenges they face. We robustly evaluate our programs through extensive internal and external evaluation.

Independent Evaluation

 

7 reasons to recommend Raise Digital

Raise Digital online mentoring isn’t a replacement for other services, it works effectively alongside the other support services the young person may be accessing.

Reasons you might want to recommend Raise Digital:

1. Raise Digital online mentoring is free for the young person and their caregivers. We fund our programs through the generous support of our partners and donors.
   
   
2. Raise Digital provides a safe, expertly trained mentor to the young person who is independent of the family and school unit and outside their immediate community.
   
   
3. Raise Digital enables the young person to access support at a time that suits them and their commitments.
   
   
4. Raise Digital can help support young people who aren’t currently enrolled or attending the traditional school environment.
    
5. Raise Digital mentors receive our industry-leading mentor training plus additional digital specific training.
   
   
6. All Raise Digital sessions have the support of a degree-qualified program counsellor who can be accessed by either the mentee or the mentor.
   
   
7. Raise Digital is a youth safe platform with multi layered security features and screening to ensure young people remain safe and the sessions are secure and confidential.

 

How to refer a young person to Raise Digital

Raise Digital programs are suitable for young people who:

• are 13-16 years old
• have access to a private place, a reliable internet connection and a digital device
• have consent from their parent or guardian to take part
   

We can’t accept referrals for young people who:

• are not willing to take part
• are in crisis
   

If you have a young person who you would like to refer for Raise Digital mentoring, simply complete the application form at the bottom of this page.

Refer a young person now

Young people can also self-refer and can find more details at the link below.

Information for teens

 

Need more information?

Find out more in our FAQs.

Frequently asked questions

 

Useful downloads to share with parents and young people

Download printables about Raise Digital to share with young people and their parents.

Refer a young person now

It’s free and easy to refer.