Mentoring is seen increasingly by politicians as an effective way to reduce youth crime and improve outcomes for young people.
Since 2007, 180 secondary schools have taken part in a government-funded peer mentoring pilot involving 3,600 pairs of students and earlier this month the Conservative Party pledged to support such schemes should it win the next election.
With crime experts such as former Youth Justice Board chair Rod Morgan predicting that the Conservatives are likely to "push" mentoring more than the current government, now could be an ideal opportunity for youth workers to raise the issue with young people.
According to the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, a good starting point is to ask young people to consider what a mentor is.
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