Toynbee Hall, a charity supporting people facing poverty, injustice and inequality in East London, joined the Charity Mentoring Network (CMN) in October 2024. This story shares how the organisation launched and promoted CMN internally, along with lessons learned from the experience.

Promote Mentoring as part of: Learning at Work Week Learning at Work Week 2026 takes place between 18 and 24 May and this year focuses on the theme: 'Many Ways to Learn'. It’s a timely reminder that...

The theme of this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which is run by the Mental Health Foundation, is taking action to support good mental health. Mental Health Awareness Week, which has been running for 25 years, highlights the importance of good mental health, challenges stigma and promotes practical actions people can take to support their own wellbeing. 

While mentoring isn’t a cure-all for stress, it offers a practical, human way to support the kind of small, meaningful actions encouraged by the Be the Change campaign. By creating space for reflection, connection and incremental progress, mentoring can help individuals respond to pressure with greater clarity and confidence.

Helen & Douglas House introduced the Charity Mentoring Network (CMN) as part of its learning and development offer, building on a previous internal pop-up mentoring scheme involving around 20 staff.

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, a moment to recognise the strengths that neurodivergent people bring to our workplaces – and to think about how organisations can create environments where everyone can thrive.

At the heart of every thriving organisation are people who are growing, learning and supporting one another. That’s exactly what the Charity Mentoring Network was created to enable

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Give to Gain’. The aim of the day is to encourage sharing and collaboration.

At a recent Charity Mentoring Network members’ meeting, Andi Varga, L&D manager at WWF-UK and Nicola Kent, Head of Organisational Development at YMCA St Paul’s Group, shared their mentoring story as a mentor and mentee. Here we share some of the insights and take-aways from their conversation.

Research from Cegos looks at the first-time manager experience, from expectations of the role to the challenges first time managers face. The research, of more than 4,000 first-time managers and 400-plus HR and training managers, also sheds light on the role of mentoring in manager development.

There’s more to mentoring than meets the eye. Just ask Dani Saadu, global talent and culture leader and author of The Capex Formula for Learning & Performance.

Tearfund began exploring the Charity Mentoring Network (CMN) at the start of 2025 and launched a six-month pilot in July. Led by the HRBP for the Fundraising and Communications Group (GFC), Clare Woods…

Mary’s Meals International joined the Charity Mentoring Network and moved quickly to plan, launch and promote the mentoring offer across the organisation.

Esther Park, Senior Vice President for Talent and Culture at Purple, explains why they joined the network as a non-charity member, how they introduced mentoring to employees and the benefits they are already seeing.

What began as a conversation through the CMN has grown into a cross-charity collaboration that’s all about supporting others through conversation, networking, and shared growth.

Mentoring is a powerful tool for supporting management and leadership training that enhances individual development and organisational effectiveness. Here are five ways mentoring can support would-be managers and leaders.

Andrea (Andi) Varga, a learning and development specialist at the charity, discusses the role of mentoring in the organisation and how she launched CMN internally.

Here are five compelling reasons corporates should join the Charity Mentoring Network (CMN), based on feedback from our corporate members.