How companies can mentor LGBTQ refugees in the UK

Mentorship can be incredibly beneficial in helping LGBTQ refugees find work and advance their careers. A mentorship program aims to help LGBTQ refugees strengthen their professional skills, navigate a new job market, learn about cultural workplace norms, and work towards their career goals in their new host country.

This step-by-step guide provides companies in the UK with guidance on how to develop a mentorship program for LGBTQ refugees.

It includes: 

• Background section to provide context on LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, and the challenges they are likely to face when trying to enter the job market.
• Information for mentorship coordinators on how to recruit mentors, connect with a partner organization, match mentors and mentees, prepare mentors, and measure impact. 
• Information for mentors, including suggested content for each meeting with their mentees.