Study finds seven ways mentoring helps young people in Camhs to progress

The mentoring experiences of young people referred to Foróige’s Big Brother Big Sister mentoring programme showed seven key benefits.

Young people engaging with mental health services benefit from the impact of mentoring, including improved coping, wellbeing and social skills.

New research published by Foróige and the Unesco Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway looked at the mentoring experiences of young people referred to Foróige’s Big Brother Big Sister mentoring programme from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).