Mentoring - To recruit, train and support volunteer mentors and to then match those volunteers with young people identified as “at risk” that have been referred to SOVA. The Mentoring Service provides opportunities for young people to be matched with a trained volunteer, who acts as a role model to that young person with an aim to build resilience and self confidence in the young person. During mentoring the young person will be engaged in positive use of their leisure time and be given the opportunity to develop new interests and broaden their experiences.

E-Mentoring - To recruit, train and support volunteers to engage with young people by using E-mail to provide mentoring services. To provide young people with there own mentor who they can connect with them over e-mail to talk about issues in their lives and receive support and encouragement. To maintain and moderate forums for young people to post contributions for group discussions about the challenges they can face in their lives.