The Young Black Men's Mentoring Programme is being funded and run by social regeneration charity East Potential.
The programme's creation follows research by East Potential that found role models were needed to reduce high unemployment rates among young black men. It found that many young black men are not aware of training on offer, are more likely to experience discrimination and have low aspirations.
East Potential hopes around 60 black professional mentors will be recruited during the next 12 months. Each mentor will be paired up with a mentee to support the young person in their search for work over a three to six month period.
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