If you have spare time, perhaps retired, experience in enterprise, or senior management/ director experience in a larger company, for example, you may be interested in mentoring small enterprises on a voluntary basis..
To find out more about volunteer mentoring, please email in the first instance :
enquiries@businessmentorssouthwest.co.uk
Volunteer mentors to whom we have referred small businesses seeking a volunteer mentor have gained a good deal of satisfaction from helping them.
Becoming a volunteer business mentor will usually open up a range of new challenges - no matter how experienced in enterprise a mentor might be.
Free mentoring support to small businesses starting out is also made available at occasional sector specific trade events.