Mentoring culture,
enhancing society

Promoting cultural mentoring as a tool
for social inclusion of young people

MentorCult web platform

Match with Arts and Culture European Project

The “MentorCult” web platform is an Open Education Resource (OER) that collects tools, learning methods, interviews, stories, presentations, films as well as an opportunity to exchange and inspire. It also includes exercises for mentoring skills, assessment tools, activities for mentors and learners, storytelling on mentoring for disadvantaged youth as well as for cultural activists.

This web platform is addressed to young people, mentors, mentoring coordinators, policy makers, staff and coordinators of NGOs, cultural institutions and connects them all to exchange their experiences on cultural mentoring.

Goals & Objectives

The main goal of the “Match with Arts and Culture” project is to promote cultural mentoring as a tool for social inclusion of young people.
The project idea is based on linking together two powerful engines of change and integration for young people – mentoring and culture. The partnership built in the project will develop, apply and analyze different methods for mentoring disadvantaged groups in order to bring them closer to culture and arts and to improve their social skills and integration.

Our Aim

To encourage civil participation of young people through taking part in volunteering/mentoring programs and thus making an impact on local environment

To boost the process of social inclusion through promoting a new cultural mentoring program for disadvantaged youth

To empower marginalized youth groups in the local communities through meaningful mentoring relationships and easier access to culture

To help disadvantaged youth groups discover their full potential, develop new skills and interests in the fields of culture and use them to respond to social challenges and build on their soft skills