Seeking volunteer mentors - mentor a creative entrepreneur with refugee background in TERN's Makers & Creators Incubator

TERN's Makers & Creators supports the unique needs of makers, artists & designers with refugee background who are launching a business in the arts and creative sector.

The programme includes tailored support to entrepreneurs who want to start a London-based crafts, fashion, design, or creative services business. They’ll have access to benefits like:

• entrepreneurial skills workshops
• a dedicated mentor from the creative industries (you!)
• 1-1 Coaching
• a free website & brand
• route to market opportunities in markets & ecommerce platforms

TERN is seeking established creative industry professionals, practitioners or entrepreneurs who have a craft, fashion, arts, performance and/or design background to join the programme as mentors. It's important that all M&C mentors have experience in the artistic & creative sectors whether as a hobby, passion, career or side hustle. 

The role:

• Get matched with one entrepreneur and spend 1-3 hours/week meeting with them & supporting their creative business development between early November 2023 & early April 2024.
• Work with your mentee 1-1 as a cheerleader & sounding board, a connector to creative and arts industry networks, and in a hands-on way to support in the development of their business assets.
• A chance to make a deep & tangible impact in someone’s journey using your hard-earned special skills!

Your input and participation will impact one entrepreneur's journey deeply, providing support, direction & accountability as they work through the programme to launch their creative business. 

Mentors are a core part of TERN's business support ecosystem: entrepreneurs report gaining long-lasting professional skills, heightened confidence and sense of self-belief, and greater sense of belonging in business & the UK after working with their mentors.

Mentors report they feel they learn a lot from their experience- about launching a business, different sectors, mentorship, social enterprise, and about involuntary displacement. Many come back year after year!