⚡ | A steady, reliable presence makes all the difference. Laura began her mentoring journey in S3, facing low confidence, a challenging home environment and a lack of focus regarding her post-school future. Things changed for Laura when she met her mentor, Val. Read more: tinyurl.com/2zf6tk2w

⚡ | The right support makes all the difference Matthew was referred to MCR as a care experienced young person presenting as quite low and lacking in confidence. Things changed for Matthew when he met his mentor, Simon. Read Matthew’s story: tinyurl.com/4chxf9jh #mentoring #volunteering #charity

⚡| Annual Report 2024/25 Available to download now. 89% of mentors found personal fulfilment in helping young people to find paths to brighter futures through mentoring. Download our annual report: tinyurl.com/y2acwvas Become a mentor: tinyurl.com/bdddakdk #charity | #mentoring | #volunteering

⚡| A boost in confidence makes a massive difference Our mission is simple. Connections powered by trusted adult relationships Until everyone like Holly has someone, our mission continues. Read Holly’s story: tinyurl.com/ync9cdp4 #strategy | #mentoring | #volunteering | #charitynews

⚡| Annual Report 2024/25 available to download now. Together, we’re changing lives through the power of mentoring. This year, 93% of mentored young people from across the UK have gone on to a positive destination after leaving school. Download our annual report: tinyurl.com/y2acwvas

⚡| Annual Report 2024/25 Available to download now. It’s proved another incredible year supporting greater numbers of young people in sparking potential and awakening ambition on path to brighter futures across the United Kingdom. Download our annual report: tinyurl.com/y2acwvas

📣 | In launching our new strategy, we’re making a pledge to our bold, fearless and relentlessly ambitious community. First up and most importantly, this is our message to young people - Let your potential shine bright. Read more: tinyurl.com/4ztff9uc #mentoring | #charitynews | #strategy

📣 | We have a new strategy - Each year, our growing community of mentors, donors, staff and partners supports over 7,000 young people: all united by a belief that every young person deserves someone to help them find their way to a brighter future. 🟠⚪🟠 Find out more: tinyurl.com/4ztff9uc

⚡ | MCR Pathways hosts first-ever Vital Sparks Summit, launching a bold, vibrant new three-year organisational strategy. Read more: tinyurl.com/dyz9kypz Become a mentor: tinyurl.com/bdddakdk #strategy | #mentoring | #charitynews

⚡| MCR Pathways recently marked five years of partnering with @scottishfirerescue.bsky.social (SFRS), supporting 140 young people so far in finding paths to brighter futures across Scotland through the power of mentoring. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdcmuks2 Become a mentor: tinyurl.com/bdddakdk

⚡| Mentoring experience inspires Caitlin's creative arts dream. Find out more about the spark that ignited that dream, and the role her mentoring experience with MCR Pathways played. Read more: tinyurl.com/5cb4ecjj Become a mentor: tinyurl.com/bdddakdk #mentoring | #volunteering | #glasgow

@mcrpathways.bsky.social is looking for an enthusiastic and rigorous Evidence and Impact Officer to join their Systems, Evidence and Impact team in Glasgow tinyurl.com/5yyypwdv £29,250 #charityjob

⚡| We are recruiting mentors in Aberdeen to support us in our mission to ensure everyone has someone to help find a path to a brighter future, through the power of mentoring. Become a volunteer mentor today. One hour can change a life: tinyurl.com/bdddakdk

🤝 | We’re proud to share the results of our latest End-of-Year Mentor Survey! Read the key findings here: tinyurl.com/3yy475h9 #MentorSurvey | #ChangeALife

@mcrpathways.bsky.social are looking for a Pathways Coordinator for #Inverness Royal Academy, to work with young people, mentors and school staff tinyurl.com/cdhpy8ae £28,250 pro-rata, 28hpw #Mentoring

⚡| We’re excited to launch our refreshed brand! While our name stays the same, our look and feel now better reflects the energy, ambition, and purpose behind our work, and what we aim to achieve in the future. What’s your thoughts? Read more: tinyurl.com/jmm6awfp

🤝 | We're hiring a Programme Manager for our relationship-based mentoring programme in Hertfordshire and West London! If you're looking for a purpose-driven role where your work directly transforms young lives, we'd love to hear from you. Apply here: tinyurl.com/57a7sffc #CharityJobs

💜 | Volunteering as a mentor with MCR Pathways isn't just about giving up your time - it's about changing lives through the power of #mentorship. Come along to our #Oban information session next week. 🗓️ Thursday 24 July. ⏰ 5:30pm-6:15pm. 🚒 Oban Fire Station. Register now: tinyurl.com/3znwjap7

🤝 | MCR Pathways & Forth Valley College partnership launches innovative tailored mentoring initiative starting in August. Read more: tinyurl.com/2f44vvmp #transitions | #furthereducation | #colleges | #careexperienced | #charitynews | #education | #mentoring | #stirling | #alloa | #falkirk

✍️ | SQA Results Day is just under a month away for young people across Scotland. No matter your results, expert careers advisers are here to help you explore your next steps. Call them on 0808 100 8000 for support or visit My World of Work: tinyurl.com/4sz43s2u #SQAresults

@mcrpathways.bsky.social are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to work with young people, mentors & school staff involved in the MCR Pathways programme. 🔹£28,250 pro-rata 🔹28hrs per week over 4/5 days 🔹Lochaber High School Further info: tinyurl.com/hscrnvxc #coordinator #mentoring #development

Forth Valley Employers📣 You can change a young person’s life by volunteering as a mentor for one hour per week and help a young person in a local school to flourish! What’s stopping you? Sign up today: lnkd.in/eFaJF4kf #ChangeALife #PowerOfAnHour @mcrpathways.bsky.social

🚀 | MCR Pathways and CentreStage will launch a new community-based service in August, ensuring young people in #kilmarnock, East Ayrshire have someone to help them to find their path to realising their potential, through the power of #mentoring. Read More: tinyurl.com/5ep9bw8z

🚀 | We’ve got the chance to win a massive £5,000 donation and we need your help! The Movement for Good is donating £5,000 to ten charities, and with your nomination, we could be one of them. Nominations close on Sunday. It only takes a minute: tinyurl.com/5n8jkvv4 #MovementForGood | #ChangeALife

📕 | MCR Pathways welcomes the launch of a report published by WhoCares?Scotland for the @cypcs.bsky.social to look at the barriers Care Experienced children face in education, and what needs to change. Read More: tinyurl.com/2pffbt7h

📣 | Our very own MCR Pathways Partnership and Recruitment Manager, Josh Morris, will present at the next Promise Learning Collaboration event, held at the Salutation Hotel, Perth on Thursday 19 June 2025 (10am-3:30pm). Book your place: tinyurl.com/bdy5nmff #ThePromise | #mentoring

📣 | Next week is Refugee Festival Scotland, and we’re hosting an Information Session! Find out how you can get involved in our volunteer programme and support a young person to build a brighter future. Book here: tinyurl.com/594h8277 #RefugeeFestScot | @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social

📕 | MCR Pathways welcomes The Youth Jobs Gap Report: Exploring Compound Disadvantage, published by education and employment charity, Impetus. Read more: tinyurl.com/44bs9j75 #education | #NEET | #youthemployment | #youngworkforce

. @mcrpathways.bsky.social is looking for a Pathways Coordinator for Lochaber High School, to work with young people, mentors and school staff involved in the MCR Pathways programme tinyurl.com/w36k79n3 £28,250 pro-rata #charityjob

💜 Celebrating #VolunteersWeek! Mentors like Susan make a lasting impact. For Clara, it means trust, support & connection, proof of how powerful mentoring can be. We’re so grateful for every volunteer who helps shape brighter futures. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5bnnnc5e #VolunteersWeek2025

🥾 | Our CEO, is taking on 18 mighty miles at the Aberdeen Kiltwalk to support young people. Donate here: tinyurl.com/mssuxbwr And this isn’t her only mission. Sharon is walking three Kiltwalks this year! Read more: tinyurl.com/8b4568pa #AberdeenKiltwalk | #Kiltwalk2025 | #MilesforMCR | #TeamMCR

MCR Pathways has appointed Imaginary Friends to work with the charity to develop a new website with its team, young people and wider supporters. We spoke to the agency's creative director and co-owner, Martin Boath, before the project begins next month. Read More: tinyurl.com/483f6p6m

🚀 | @impetus.org.uk have published their new Youth Jobs Gap report! The report shows how factors such as socio-economic background, hometown, ethnicity, and special educational needs affect young people’s chances of employment and education.

🏆 | On Friday, we were honoured to be Highly Commended in the Charity Partner of the Year category at the Fife Business Awards 2025 for our partnership with NHS Fife. Read more about the night here: tinyurl.com/3j9rj8n5 #FifeBA25 | #NHSFife

📣 | MCR Pathways named a finalist in the CVS Falkirk and District’s Volunteer Awards 2025! We’re proud to be recognised for the impact mentoring is making in Falkirk. Thank you, CVS Falkirk for the nomination, and congratulations to all the other nominees! Read more: tinyurl.com/3mea6sbn

🎯 | Putting young people at the heart of our new strategy that launches this autumn. “The strategy has been shaped by the voices that matter the most. The spark is just amazing, it’s like rocket fuel!” 🚀 Melodie Crumlin (MCR Pathways Deputy CEO) 💬 Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/4kwr4jzw

📣 | MCR Pathways is a finalist in the ‘Charity Partner of The Year’ category, of the Fife Business Awards 2025, for its partnership work with NHS Fife. Read more: tinyurl.com/ynyu62nf #fife | #mentoring | #partnerships | #volunteering | #CSR

📝 | MCR Pathways response to the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government Our response to the Programme for Government and how it may affect our young people, can be read here: tinyurl.com/328ux9c6 #PfG | #ScotGov | #PolicyMatters | #MCRPathways

📢 | Middlesbrough, we're bringing our transformative mentoring programme to you! We need volunteer mentors, you don't need any qualifications or experience, just willingness and care. Head to our website to find out more: tinyurl.com/3xxyh6us #MiddlesbroughMentoring | #MiddlesbroughVolunteers

🌸 | Our young people have sprung into creativity in our Spring Picture Competition! From vibrant landscapes to blooming flowers, their artwork beautifully captured the season. #ChangeALife | #SpringArtwork | #MCRPathways

📣 | We have virtual information sessions running later this month for anyone who'd like to know more about becoming a mentor in Clackmannanshire. Find out more: lnkd.in/ehJvkppT #mentoring | #volunteering | #clackmannanshire

🚶‍♀️ Want to be part of something huge? Join #TeamMCR at the Aberdeen Kiltwalk, now just under a month away, and help change young lives one step at a time. We still have a limited number of FREE places available, so register now: tinyurl.com/mwrd7fvx #Kiltwalk2025 | #AberdeenKiltwalk | #MilesforMCR

📣 | MCR Pathways supports the Who Cares? Scotland ‘Action on Advocacy’ call on The Scottish Government to enshrine the right and access to independent, relationship-based lifelong advocacy for all care experienced people who need it in The Promise Bill. Read more: tinyurl.com/3rruucpt

📣 | We're excited to announce that we're going to Iceland Innovation Week (12-16 May 2025) to showcase the power of mentoring, foster ethical business partnerships, & explore new funding opportunities. ✈️ 🇮🇸 Read more: tinyurl.com/46bh9caa #partnerships | #philanthropy | #mentoring | #volunteering

👟 From Connection to Cause: Mentor and Mentee Kiltwalk Their Way to Fundraising Success! Last weekend, Fraser and Keira marked the end of their incredible 4-year journey by taking on the #GlasgowKiltwalk, and they raised £1,195 and counting! Read more: tinyurl.com/mchm7mr3 #TeamMCR | #MilesforMCR

🏅 30 walkers, £9,492.61 raised! Huge thanks to our incredible Glasgow #Kiltwalk2025 team for going the extra mile for MCR Pathways 💙 Every step supports young people across the UK. Still time to donate: tinyurl.com/59vycr2b #TeamMCR #MilesforMCR

📣 | MCR Pathways expresses sincere gratitude to @stephaniemsp.bsky.social for Uddingston & Bellshill for lodging a motion of support regarding our recent expansion of #mentorship services in #SouthLanarkshire, & call for greater numbers of #mentors to come forward. Read More: tinyurl.com/y3tzc6zt

🎉 | We’ve received a generous £5,000 donation from The Belron Ronnie Lubner Foundation! This will help ensure young people, who’ve had the most unfair start, have someone to guide them. Thank you to the Foundation! Read more: tinyurl.com/bdezr99j #CharityDonation

🚶‍♀️| It's just under 1 week to go until the first Kiltwalk of 2025! Next weekend, some of our staff, mentors and friends will be walking up to a whopping 24 miles to raise money to continue supporting our young people. Donate here: tinyurl.com/59vycr2b #TeamMCR | #MilesforMCR | #Kiltwalk2025

👩‍🦰 | We wanted to get in on the act with one of the latest trends sweeping social media right now. So, we have created a mentor action figure with what we feel are some useful accessories. What do you think? #fridayvibes| #fridayfun | #ActionFigure | #actionfigures | #mentoring | #mentoringmatters