Majority of the mentoring programs in the UK are geared toward supporting the youth, especially those who are from less privileged backgrounds. Research in the UK and the USA concluded that mentoring produces more successful youths, increases youth attendance and interests in the education system. Mentoring has also been shown to reduce youth antisocial behaviours and crime rates. Mentoring has a proliferative effect on the youths. Youths who have been mentored are more likely to become mentors themself.
Mentoring as a tool does not need only to be applied to the less fortunate but can also be applied to those students with high aspirations. Mentoring at a younger age increases youth participation in community activities. Studies have shown that individuals who are mentored at a younger age tend to take on a leading role in teamwork and they tend to go on to fill executive positions and lead organisations.
Therefore, mentoring the youth is not only likely to reduce academic and social failure rate but is also likely to lead on to developing successful and passionate youths. Moreover, these youths are late in life are far more likely to lead people and organisations with passion.
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