Meet mentors and mentees on the Help to Grow: Management Course

The Help to Grow: Management Course is a government-funded, 12-week course with a combination of online sessions and face-to-face learning delivered by business schools. Businesses with five or more employees can receive expert mentoring to aid their future growth.

Mentorship is crucial to the course. Mentors provide insight into business processes and management, act as a personal sounding board and encourage their mentees to think creatively. They also help mentees work towards a growth action plan for their business.

Currently, there are 2,500 trained mentors sharing their expertise with the businesses that have joined the course.

In this video, a group of mentors and mentees talk about the course's mentoring and how they believe it's enabling small businesses – and the mentors themselves – to thrive.

Featured in the video

• Laura Barwell, director, VMC

• Dr Svetla Stoyanova-Bozhkova, head of subject business, University of the West of Scotland

• Donna Hepburn, director, Thrive Business Consultancy

• Cliff Spolander, director, Business By Design

• James Bradbury, CCO, GameLayer

• Ana Ambika Pindoria, founder, Hi-Juice Business Mentors

Want to help a small business grow?

Being a mentor goes far beyond the rewarding feeling of 'giving back'. Mentors gain a range of personal development benefits from the experience.

Become a voluntary mentor for the Help to Grow: Management Course and commit 10 hours over 12 weeks to support businesses with their growth action plan. Sign up today