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Over the last 25 years, we’ve seen how powerful mentoring can be for our volunteers. Our Mentoring Scheme works because everyone is different, and through one-to-one support, every individual’s needs can be addressed.
For those volunteers who wish to have further support throughout their time with us, we can offer a personal service in addition to the standard volunteering experience. Those volunteers who are away from home for the first time, need extra help in understanding the work we are doing, or simply want to get the very best out of their experience with us have found our mentoring service incredibly useful: One-to-one Mentoring of Volunteers:
Our Mentored Volunteers benefit from:
We offer the mentoring for £25 per week, and these funds go towards our overall programme costs. So not only will you be receiving further support, you will be benefiting the important work we are doing. If you wish to find out more about our mentoring service, please email us now. Meet Your Mentors |
Luke McMillan - Head of Programmes and Research
Luke qualified with a PGCE in Secondary Geography from Swansea University and a MSc in Marine Biodiversity Conservation from Bournemouth University. He first came to the AWDF in 2010 as Research Intern, where he remained with us for nearly two years, working across a number of our conservation programmes. Having been inspired by the work he was doing, he started his own NGO which focused on assisting grassroots organisations to enable them to reach their own conservation and humanitarian goals. Having built up a raft of contacts through the NGO, he was approached by Save the Children, travelling to the charity’s programmes, assessing what could be done to benefit the greatest amount of people, and then coming up with and implementing strategies. He spent time in Gaza, in refugee camps across Africa and joined the emergency response in Haiti. Following time with the United Nations, managing the Peace Day Campaign, Luke has returned to the AWDF to head up our Programmes and Research. With his vast experience as a qualified teacher and working in the field, he knows how to get the best out of individuals, no matter their interests and abilities, and ensure that they leave the AWDF having achieved all they wanted to. 
Emma Chereskin - Research Coordinator
Behaviour, Bioacoustics, and Conservation Emma graduated with a B.A. in Zoology from the Honors College at the University of Vermont. She joined AWdF in June of 2019, working as our research coordinator specializing in bioacoustics. Emma first got her start working with cetaceans during her time at university where she completed a thesis project on humpback whale bioacoustics. Having loved the work she was doing, she followed her passion as a field assistant working for a cetacean NGO in Panama. After this experience, she worked as a marine mammal research intern for the New England Aquarium in Boston. Choosing to stay on with the Aquarium, she gained further experience as a Research Assistant working in their research department, the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life. While there, she assisted the Right Whale Research team with photo identification, database management, and aerial survey photo analysis. Following this opportunity, Emma joined the AWdF as our research coordinator, running our acoustic research program. With Emma’s experience as a teaching assistant in university and field research, she knows how to motivate her students to achieve their personal best and further explore their passions. |