Sadiq Khan Hails Impact Of Mentor Provision For 100,000 Young Londoners

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00:00Speaking personally, I know the difference a mentor makes to me, my big brothers, great teachers and good youth workers.

00:06And I genuinely think, had I not had great mentors, I may have turned out differently.

00:11And so I'm quite keen to make sure those young learners who may not have a mentor, so you're in danger of being excluded,

00:16you may have been excluded, you may be in the care system, you may have special needs,

00:21that you have access to a mentor who could transfer in your lives.

00:24And we know, not just has our £34 million led to 100,000 young people having a mentor,

00:29we've assessed what difference it's made.

00:31So we've seen young people improve relationships, improve mental health, improve educational outcomes,

00:37improve employment outcomes.

00:40We saw last year the lowest number of teenage homicides for more than a decade, still to high, we've got to make more progress.

00:47We saw last year the lowest number of young people being killed, still to high, we've got to make more progress.

00:52So we're starting to see the difference it's making, we're going to carry on.

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