Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville

Each program deals with prevention and building resilience. Research indicates that by providing children and youth with positive role models, mentoring programs demonstrate to the children and youth involved that they are valued and possess the strength to overcome the obstacles they will undoubtedly face as they grow older. Mentoring also plays an important role in the future direction a child will decide to take later on in life, paving the way to a future full of possibilities.

Girls with a Big Sister are two and a half times more likely than girls without a mentor to be confident in their ability to be successful at school.

Boys with a Big Brother are three times less likely than boys without a mentor to suffer peer pressure related anxiety, such as worrying about what other children think or say about them.

Mentored boys are two times more likely to believe that school is fun and that doing well academically is important.

Mentored boys are also two times less likely than non-mentored boys to develop negative conducts like bullying, fighting, lying, cheating, losing their temper or expressing anger.

Mentoring is a solution to combat bullying – our mentoring programs improve a young person’s ability to connect with family and peers, which builds their resiliency, which guards against bullying. The benefits are far reaching, impacting not only the individual and their close circle, but also strengthening the community as a whole.

Healthy Development Depends on Healthy Relationships-Healthy relationships provide a strong foundation for school engagement and life-long adaptation. 

Our mandate is to assist children and youth in need in Leeds and Grenville to achieve their full potential through mentoring programs with caring, responsible volunteers. The work of our agency and volunteers helps provide children with life lessons and experiences they would otherwise not be exposed to; and provides our volunteers with the experience of truly making a difference in the life of a child. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville is an accredited agency with high standards for child safety, committed to serving the children of Leeds and Grenville aged 6-16, by providing them with the highest quality, volunteer -based mentoring programs.