Our mission at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people. We serve young people who face adversity and are in need of an additional consistent and supportive Developmental Relationship.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington offers mentoring programs are grounded in intentional, purposeful, relationship building with youth. Search Institute® has a 50-year legacy of linking research and practice to address critical issues in education and youth development. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has adopted an evidence-based relationship building framework called the Developmental Relationships Framework. Developmental relationships are close connections through which young people discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives, and learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them.
Mentoring programs are delivered by professionally trained volunteer mentors to build impactful, conscious developmental relationships with their mentees. After training and supporting mentors to achieve developmental relationships, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington uses the developmental framework to evaluate the success and impact of each mentoring relationship.
Research tells us that each element of a developmental relationship (Expressing Care, Challenging Growth, Providing Support, Sharing Power and Expanding Possibilities) matters in young people’s development. To this end, strategically and systematically investing in building developmental relationships can be the catalytic for effective education, social-emotional growth and resiliency that carries all children into a positive and successful adulthood.
OUR PROGRAMS
One-to-One Community-Based mentoring - Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program provides young people aged 6 - 18 with a role model to talk to and share the experiences of growing up with. Through regular outings, a relationship is developed between the mentor and the mentee, which is built on trust and common interests, and is supported by our experienced case-workers. The result is a life-changing experience for both the mentor and the mentee.
The community-based mentoring program usually requires two regularly scheduled outings a month of a few hours each and a minimum of a one-year commitment. Enroll a Young Person or Volunteer
Site-Based mentoring - Site-Based mentoring program provides youth with a role model and a friend to talk to and share the experiences of growing up. Meetings take place within The B-Hive. For one hour a week, mentors meet with their mentee and engage in activities such as board games, crafts or just hang out on here on site.
Site-Based Mentoring programs requires a weekly visit of one hour for the duration of the school year. Matches do not meet over the summer break or during other school holidays. Enroll a Young Person or Volunteer
Go Girls! Group mentoring - Go Girls! is a group mentoring program for girls ages 12-14 that focuses on physical activity, balanced eating and self-esteem. The single, most important goal of the program is to positively shape the lives of young women and girls by helping them build a positive self-image – setting them on a path to reach their full potential in life. The Go Girls! program has seven 90-minute sessions. Register for Go Girls!
Game On! Group mentoring - Game On! is a group mentoring program for boys 12-14 years that provides information and support about a range of healthy lifestyle practices. Through non-traditional physical activities, complemented with healthy eating support, participants are engaged in life skills, communication, and emotional health discussions designed to engage participants in the pursuit of life-long healthy lifestyles. Game On! includes seven 90-minute mentoring sessions. Register for Game On!
Camp URU - Camp URU is a week-long summer day camp ideal for children aged 9-12 (Grades 4-6). Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington has created 6 weekly themes to meet the needs of all campers. Our in-person camp runs from 8:30am-4:30pm Monday to Friday and is located at the BHive at 900 Tower St. S., Unit 100A, Fergus ON. For more information, contact Sabrina at [email protected]
