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- Relationships and Family
- Health and Wellbeing
- Beliefs and Identity
- Passions and Talents
- Home, Money and Finance
- Citizenship, Community and Volunteering
- Your Rights & the Law
Work
topics covered in this section
- Choosing a Career
- Changing a Career
- Getting a Job
- Starting a business
- Working Relationships and Managing People
- Your Rights at Work
- Work-Life Balance and Retirement
Learning
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- What, Where and Whether to Study
- Pathways to Pursuing a Dream
- Further and Higher Education
- Vocational and Skills Training
- Learning Difficulties and Challenges
- Practical Learning
- Student Life
Spotlight
- There is no age limit to starting a business
- Diversity is making a big impact in business
- Women make some of the best entrepreneurs
- Starting up a business
- Scaling up a business
- Selling up a business
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It's Apprenticeships Week, celebrating the talents and skills of apprentices! Find resources, news and events here, or contact our Apprenticeship mentors to find out about their experiences.
Momentum gathers around the mentoring power of older professionals as Keith Williams from Yorkshire is named our Business Mentor of The Year. Read more.
Online business support network SMARTA interviews horsesmouth.co.uk's Founder, MT Rainey. Watch Video Interview!
Horsesmouth are recruiting! Click here to check out our Senior Partnerships Manager role and if this sounds like you, email us your cv!
horsesmouth features in CNN story on the increasing popularity of mentoring
Help support an end to Domestic Violence - download this great new Womensaid single called Take My Hand here and find lots of great dv mentors here on horsesmouth.
Check out what our Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills has to say in The Guardian's key policy article on careers.
As we join forces with Yell for the 2009 Yell Mentoring Works Awards we can report a 74% increase in people searching for business mentoring on the site. Read more here.
A chance to win up to £1000 cash in this year's Yell Mentoring Works Awards launched this week on horsesmouth. Nominate your mentor, publish your story or just get active on business mentor requests. Details here.
Check out our exciting new partnership with Really Helpful!
Click here to see what Really Helpful is all about and view our 39 mentors who have already signed up to offer advice and support on Body Issues, Parenting and Love & Relationships.
Also find inspiration by meeting Roche, our Really Helpful Mentor of the Month!
Horsesmouth is happy to annouce our new Parter of the Month is the National Apprenticeship Service who is providing one-to-one advice and support for apprentices by apprentices. There are already 35 apprenticeship mentors signed up, with many more to come. Contact them here.
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You’ve heard Sir Alan Sugar tell you how vital apprentices are to this country and to the economy, now find out more about becoming an apprentice here, about Third Sector apprenticeships here and contact one of our horsesmouth mentors on apprenticeships here.
The NCGE has launched Flyingstart which is providing free national business start up programmes for students/graduates and
postgraduates, click here for details of the upcoming programmes and events.
Gordon Ramsay's mother talks about domestic violence and about why she is supporting the work of Women's Aid on horsesmouth.
V needs your support to inspire a million young people to get the job of their dreams. Click here to become a supporter of the new Vinspired awards scheme which is acknowledging the amazing achievements of young volunteers across England!
ThanksTo.com is a great new site you should check out. Its a great way to thank the people who have really made a difference to your life. It could be a teacher who inspired you to succeed, a doctor who saved you or simply a colleague who makes your day more fun. We’ve already joined up to thank all of our great mentors. Visit
www.thanksto.com to join and share your thanks today!
We are delighted to welcome our new friends from FiftyForward, the new website designed to inspire the 50+ generation! Click here to find out more.
Horsesmouth and the Yell Mentoring Works awards feature on the front page of the Telegraph Business Club.
horsesmouth has been named as a finalist in the 2008 New Statesman Awards
startups.co.uk. names horsesmouth as one of the top 100
new start-ups
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There's a great feature about horsesmouth in
The Independent.
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freshbusinessthinking.com gives horsesmouth the thumbs up as a social networking site that could benefit companies. Click here to read the article
A horsesmouth mentoring partnership features in The Times.
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Founder MT Rainey speaks to Dominic Wood at Social Enterprise Magazine. Click here to read the article
It's enterprise week on horsesmouth from 17th - 23rd November. Take a look at how you can get involved.
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Featured Business Mentors
browse our mentor profiles here to find some who may be right for you.Then get in touch!
The latest requests for a mentor
here are some calls for help posted by our members. Browse here for some people you may be able to help.
"Creative start-up URGENTLY needs financial leg-up"
Hi, I'm looking for a creatively minded entrepreneur. I've brought my business from nothing to pre-market on personal finance and general consensus is that its a great idea. However, as this recession...
"Family Feud"
My sister-in-law lives away from her parental home, but on a recent visit back to her parents house she sat me down and said that she thought that I should find a job! I am a self-employed writer and ...
"change of career/direction"
Hi, I've worked as an administrator within a local authority setting for 20 years. I'd love to change direction completely but not sure which way to go. I've recently become interested in life coach...
Latest Published Stories
here are some stories that individual mentors have published. Browse here for anything that's relevant or inspiring to you. Or publish your own from your profile. .
“The Carlisle Book...”
This is an old tale with a continuing relevance.
Many years ago, before the days of the PC on every desk, I was working for a major retail company and found myself regularly visiting various distribution centres. In the office of one of them, on a ...
“Skills”
Do you have the right person doing the right job?
I recently met up with a friend who is a consultant to a very large retail chain. They were seeing a slight increase in the number of customer complaints and they wanted to see if there was an und...
“True Stories 11”
I was 9 years old when one of biggest passions in my life kicked in - namely music, and in particular, Beatles music!! The first song I can remember listening to was 'she loves you' in 1963. From then on until they split in 1970 I was obsessed by the...
Latest Pearls Of Wisdom
here are some Pearls that individual mentors have published. Browse here for anything that's relevant or inspiring to you. Or publish your own from your profile.
“Try to be positive”
'I cried because I had no shoes; until I met a man who had no feet'...
“Personal Growth”
The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
By as...
“Life”
One who says 'It's too much for me,' does not try. And also remember that the end of the journey is reached by moving ahead....
Latest public groups
here are some special interest public groups started by our mentors. Browse here for anything that's relevant or inspiring to you - then join up.
"Let's lose it together."
A group to bring all those people wishing and needing to lose weight together. Be it just a few pound or a few stone. This is the place to come when we have good and bad days to share our good and bad...
"dealing with the day sober!!"
for people like me , a recovering alcohlic to chat if the day is hard to share thoughts and whinge moan and laugh.and to SUPPORT!!...
"Volunteering Support"
This group is here to offer advice and support for volunteers and people wanting to volunteer.
It can be hard to find out information about what volunteering is, what to expect, how to get started...
The latest shoutouts!
here are some mentors who really want to help right now. Are any of them right for you or anyone you know?
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What is online mentoring?
If you've lived, you've learned...and you've probably got a story to tell. Mentoring online is the perfect way to share your hard earned-wisdom with those who can benefit from your experiences and knowledge, all in a supportive, safe and secure online environment. It takes seconds to sign up and you never know who you might meet!
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Other users say...
I have been mentoring on HM for 18 months. I really enjoy it & hopefully I am helping other people. Recently I posted my my first 'request for a mentor'. I have been completely bowled over by the response. So many people taking their time & making the effort to offer constructive advice in a friendly polite manner. For me it completely validates the intent behind HM. It reminds me how many good, helpful people there are out there. Thanks for providing such a great service.
well what a geat website! in all honestly, i basically typed in "agony aunts online" while on a down day just expecting some upbeat optimism on the computer, and came across this site. it is so much better than just reading a passage on a website, to actually talk to REAL people for honest advice and listening about particular subjects rather than a general overview.
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I just want to say thanks to everyone who replied to one of my recent shout outs about forgiving - every message was useful and some very helpful indeed! It really feels good to know other people understand how i've been feeling, and to know there are people not far from me to help! Thanks so much, and everyone please don't hesitate to get in touch if I can help anyone with any problem you may be having xxx
Georgieee
