Flourish Mentors: Believe Belong Become

At Flourish Mentors, we make sure no young woman is invisible, by empowering young women to:

Believe: Nurture confidence, self-belief, and bold aspirations.

Belong: Find connection in our supportive, volunteer-led community.

Become: Dream big, grow, and flourish into your full potential.

Flourish Mentors is a registered charity supporting young women (LGBTQIA+ inclusive), aged 16–25 in Sussex, on their journey into adulthood.

Brighton Girls Award

We are delighted to be a finalist in this year’s Brighton Girl Awards for Charity of the Year.

If Flourish or mentoring has ever mattered to you, helped you, or represents the kind of Brighton/world you want to be part of, we’d be so grateful for your vote.

What we do

We offer a range of tailored support activities designed to help young women build confidence, manage wellbeing, and navigate life’s challenges as they transition into adulthood.

Workshops

Experiential sessions for groups of up to 35 young women. All our workshops come with free neurodiverse-friendly booklets and youth co-created podcasts. We adapt to each audience’s needs.

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1-1 Mentoring

Long-term, free mentoring carefully matched to each young woman’s unique needs, offering consistent, supportive guidance for wellbeing, aspirations, and life challenges.

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Coaching

A structured six-week programme focused on building confidence and professional skills to prepare young women to enter – and flourish in – the workplace.

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Join our mentoring programme

Become a mentee

Get matched with a supportive, inspiring woman who’s here to listen, guide, and walk alongside you.

Whether you’re facing challenges or just want a kind, listening ear, your mentor is here to help you grow with confidence and dream bigger!

Receiving mentorship is totally free, in person and can last up to 2 years.

Become a mentor

Connect with a young woman with whom you will be matched according to your personality, life experience and fit. All life experiences are welcome.

You do not need therapeutic experience, just a compassionate listening ear.

Come and join our community of women supporting women. Feel the connection and rewards of being part of our team!

Our Impact

At Flourish Mentors, we believe real change begins when young women are supported and empowered to Believe, Belong, and Become.

By nurturing self-awareness, building a strong community of belonging, and fostering confidence and resilience, we equip young women with the tools they need to strengthen their mental health and wellbeing.

Through our mentoring and co-created workshops, we are proud to make a lasting difference – helping young women not only navigate challenges, but truly flourish.

Our impact speaks for itself:

1-2-1 Mentoring

of mentees believe that mentoring has made a positive difference to their life and wellbeing

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of mentees rate their mentor 9 out of 10 (where 10 is a "perfect match")

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Workshops

feel that the workshops are well designed and run

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have learned a valuable technique to improve their wellbeing in the future

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"My mentor was amazing! It was refreshing to speak to somebody who could relate to similar life experiences. This helped me see how other people can work through it and emerge through it, as well as helping validate what I was going through. They were kind & polite and never approached any topics that I wasn’t ready to speak about yet. They helped me explore new local areas that I otherwise wouldn’t have known about; it also helped me by giving me another reason to leave the house when I felt isolated & alone. They helped me develop practical skills that I could apply to my day to day life as well as helping plan into the future."

“I had a great experience with Flourish mentors, they assigned me with a mentor who really understood me and how I was feeling. I found the experience extremely valuable and would recommend it.”

"I’ve been asked to give a few words about my experience with my mentor, and all I can say is it’s been absolutely amazing. She’s been very attentive, understanding, and gives amazing advice. She’s helped me with friendship issues, organising my life better, and is just very encouraging in general. I’m very glad to have her guidance in my life and think we’ve formed a great relationship so far. She’s definitely been a big help and I always look forward to our meetings."

"Flourish has been really helpful for me and my mentor has been an amazing source of information and place for me to go with any issues. It’s very nice to know that I have support and the advice I get is always useful and a source of comfort. It was really easy to get involved with the program."

"My experience so far with flourish mentors has been amazing. From the first introductory meeting I had with my mentor to every meeting since with my amazing mentor! I can definitely see changes from accessing mentoring, it has made me more confident and it has made me realise it's okay to not be okay. I would definitely recommend it to people my age who are thinking of doing it as it is definitely worth it! My mentor is great, she recently supported me at my GP appointment and she even took me Christmas shopping! I think Flourish is an amazing charity from the volunteers through to the work that they do!"

"Flourish is such a unique organisation. It helped me a lot knowing someone was always there for me when I needed it."