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City Lions Mentoring - become a mentor!

We are excited that you are interested in becoming a mentor with City Lions! 

By becoming a mentor with us you’ll get an opportunity to help shape a young person’s future by sharing insight and guidance to help them succeed.

If you want to find out more about mentoring with us, what the commitment is and what support you'll receive you can sign up to our Q&A drop in on the 24th of September from 4-5.  Register Here!

If you're interested in applying to become a mentor please complete the form below. The information you give us will be used to match you with a suitable mentee. Our hope is to match as many young people as we can with relatable role models that can help them develop their own creativity, build confidence, and inspire their future career choices.

View our information postcard here to find out about mentoring here.  

We prioritise matching you to a young person with similar interests and aspirations to your areas of expertise. We hope to pair as many people with mentors as possible but in some cases, it won't be possible to do this. 

Questions? Please contact us directly at citylions@westminster.gov.uk

Sign up closes on 16th October 2026.

We'd love to know a bit more about you, understand why you would like to take part and what you'll bring to our mentoring programme. Your responses to these questions will also help us pair you with a mentee, so please do include as much about yourself and experiences as you can.

Do you already hold a valid DBS completed via City Lions?

Our hope is to match young people with a mentor who can be a relatable and inspiring role model. In order to do this, we would like to collect the following information about you to help us pair you with a mentee. We understand the nature of this information is personal, you can always select the 'prefer not to say' option if you do not want to share these details with us. You can view our Privacy and GDPR notice here for more information on how we store your data securely: https://citylions.org/privacy/

Ethnicity
Gender Identity
Do you have a disability or neurodiverse condition? Disability is defined as: 'a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'
Do you have any support needs?
If you finished school after 1980, were you eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point during your school years?
Please tell us about the occupation of the main household earner when you were 14? If this question does not apply to you (because, for example, you were in care at this time), you can indicate this below.
What is the highest level of qualification achieved by either of your parent(s) or guardian(s) by the time you were 18?
The reason for collecting this data is to inform you about this programme and future programmes. Your data will not be passed on to any third parties and will only be used internally. By registering for programme you are providing consent for us to contact you in relation to the City Lions events and opportunities via the email/telephone details you have provided. Your data will not be passed on to any third parties and will only be used internally. Please see our privacy and GDPR policy for information on how your data will be used, stored and secured: https://citylions.org/privacy/Do you consent to this?
Photos and videos may be taken at events during the programme and used for City Lions and Westminster City Council promotional material, but never by third party organisations. Do you consent to this?
Where did you hear about City Lions 2026 Mentoring programme?

 

 

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