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Councillor mentoring programme

Mentoring is a well-established development technique that benefits individuals and groups. It is particularly useful in times of change such as when people are starting with an organisation or taking on new roles. Mentoring involves an exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes and encourages mentees to address the challenges they face.

Councillor mentoring is available for all local authorities, including fire and rescue services, in England. Capacity building programme subsidy is available to CPA-rated poor and weak authorities and district councils.

The latest brochure containing details of our councillor mentoring programme is now available. Download a copy of the:

Councillor mentoring programme (PDF, 12 pages, 1683KB)

The IDeA offers a series of mentoring options:

Latest

  • One-to-one mentoring Last updated 2 September 2009

    One-to-one mentoring is for councillors facing particular challenges and changes.

  • Political group mentoring Last updated 2 September 2009

    Political group mentoring is particularly useful when there is a change in the political control of a council, both for those gaining control and those moving into opposition.

  • Councillor role mentoring Last updated 2 September 2009

    Role mentoring is for small groups of councillors from one local authority or a number of councils who have similar responsibilities

  • Induction mentoring Last updated 9 July 2010

    Induction mentoring is a buddy system of mentoring is for new and experienced councillors facing challenge in new and or existing roles.

  • Ward visits Last updated 3 September 2009

    Ward visits are an exercise to help councillors improve how they work in their wards and their communities. They enable them to review what they have achieved and how they relate to their local communities. They also help identify challenges and opportunities to promote both representative and participative democracy.

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