Mentoring Report UGLE

 

RW Bro. Percy Jamshed Faramji Driver District Grand Master, District Grand Lodge of Bombay percydriver@gmail.com

W Bro. Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal District Chairman, Mentoring District Grand Lodge of Bombay tsrawal@gmail.com

W Bro Kersasp R Dadachanji District Grand Secretary District Grand Lodge of Bombay kersasp.district@gmail.com

 

 

 

District Grand Lodge of Bombay

MENTORING SCHEME

 

 

MENTORING CONTROL SHEET                LODGE                    START DATE

 

MENTOR                            FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS

 

MENTEE                            DURATION OF MEETINGS

 

 

 

Establishing Relationships        Personal Development    Acquisition of Knowledge

 

 

This document sets out the framework for a mentoring scheme which meets the need of New Masons in the District of Bombay during the early part of their Masonic careers; the framework is broken down into five key stages which relate to logical Masonic milestones. Each element within a stage is colour coded to indicate its relationship to the three aspects of development shown above, namely establishing relationships, personal development and the acquisition of knowledge. Some Mentors will no doubt wish to add items to the list while others may feel that some of the elements are not appropriate for their Lodges, equally some may wish to devolve the responsibility for delivering some elements of the programme to others. Making such judgements is perfectly legitimate but it essential that whoever takes on the role of Mentor is committed to making sure that the whole programme is seen through to its completion; raising expectations which are subsequently not met will be counterproductive and result in potential disillusionment.

 

Remember the District Grand Lodge values any feedback you may have, not just on the effectiveness of the framework but also on the nature of the available support material and its relevance. Finally, don't forget that support is readily available from the District Grand Master, the District Grand Mentor , and the District Grand secretary, if you need it.

 

 

 

STAGE 1    Recruitment and preparation for the Ceremony of Initiation

Timing From the time that a prospective candidate first makes contact with the Lodge until the completion of his Initiation meeting

Aim To make the new Candidate feel welcome and support them from the time of their first formal contact with the Lodge until the time they are initiated, and to provide them with an initial understanding of the personal and financial commitment being made.

 

Element	Objective	How it will be achieved	Ownership	Completed
1.1	Inform the Candidate of the qualifications for membership, to give an initial explanation of what freemasonry is, what is expected of them as a member of a Lodge and what they can hope to gain. Meet with candidate's wife if possible and appropriate so that they also feel included and understand what's involved.	Discussion with Proposer and Seconder, giving handouts.	Proposer and/or Seconder, nominated member or members of the Lodge, Secretary
1.2	To establish the suitability of the Candidate for membership and provide them with information regarding associated timescales and the costs involved with becoming a member.	Lodge Permanent Committee	Lodge Permanent Committee, Secretary
1.3	To inform the Candidate of the successful outcome of the interview and that the decision will need to be formalised by a ballot in open Lodge. Give information about probable initiation dates and overall timescales.	Verbally after the Committee has made its decision	Lodge Secretary
1.4	Formally notify the Candidate of the successful ballot (or otherwise) and confirm the actual costs involved and the specific details of the Initiation meeting, payment of annual subscriptions, required dress, etc	Letter containing relevant information, copy of Summons	Lodge Secretary
1.5	Identify and allocate a suitable Mentor to the Candidate	Guidance notes for selecting Mentors to be sent by the District	Permanent Committee, Mentor
1.6	Arrange an initial meeting between the Candidate and Mentor to discuss and agree the basis of the relationship, the future agenda frequency and location of meetings.	Mentor contacts Candidate and agrees mutually convenient arrangements for the meeting	Mentor
1.7	Communicate the arrangements for the Initiation meeting, the dress requirements, the need to response to the toast at the Festive Board etc.	Discussion and letter	Mentor, Proposer, Secretary
1.8	Provide the Candidate with support before, during and after the Initiation meeting. Prepare the Candidate for the ceremony and make the key introductions before and after the meeting.	One to one support	Mentor, Proposer, Seconder and Tyler

 

 

 

STAGE 2    Entered Apprentice

Timing Commences after the ceremony of Initiation has taken place and is ideally completed by the Second Degree

Aim To provide the Entered Apprentice with an understanding of the Ceremony of Initiation, prepare him for the ceremony of Passing, provide him with information about the Lodge and begin the process of integrating him as a member of it

 

Element	Area of need	Source of information	Responsibility	Completed
2.1	Explain the meaning and symbolism contained in the First Degree. Reconfirm grip and word, explain meaning of working tools.	Discussion with Mentor, Proposer, Lodge DoC	Mentor
2.2	Learn the questions and answers for the ceremony of Passing	Booklet containing questions and answers with the support of Mentor and Proposer	Proposer, Seconder and Mentor
2.3	Continue introductions to key members of the Lodge such as the active officers, Secretary, Treasurer, Almoner, Charity Steward, DoC, Past Masters etc, and members of the Candidate's peer group	Personal introductions	Mentor
2.4	The structure and importance of the Lodge Summons. Elections, Ballots. How and when the business of the Lodge is conducted, Agenda items and risings.	Discussion and reference material	Mentor and Secretary
2.5	Initial explanation of the different offices in the Lodge and corresponding regalia, aprons, jewels, wands etc.	Discussion, examples and reference material	Mentor
2.6	Explanation of what goes on at the Festive Board, protocols, toasts, Masonic Fire etc.	Discussion, observation and reference material	Mentor, Proposer, Seconder
2.7	Explanation of salutations and greetings to Grand Officers, District Grand Officers.	Explanation and demonstration of salutes reference to ritual book	Mentor, Lodge DoC
2.8	Explain the requirement to avoid discussion on certain subjects such as politics and religion	Discussion	Mentor, Proposer, Seconder.
2.9	Understand the significance of the Lodge By Laws, e.g. impact on payment of subs, exclusion.	Reading the By Laws and discussion of their significance.	Mentor
2.10	Explain the support available for Brethren and their families in distressed circumstances and what constitutes it.	A discussion with the Lodge Almoner facilitated by the Mentor, Reference material from Grand Charity Websites.	Mentor and Lodge Almoner
2.11	Establish the Candidates interests, personal specialisms and how these can potentially be used to contribute to the benefit of the Lodge.	By discussion and documenting the outcomes for future planning activities etc.	Mentor

 

 

STAGE 3    Fellow Craft

Timing The intervening period between the Second and Third Degree

Aim To provide the new Candidate with an understanding of the Second Degree and develop their knowledge of some of the core aspects of the Lodge history and Masonic etiquette and knowledge

 

Element	Area of need	Source of information	Responsibility	Completed
3.1	Explain the meaning and symbolism of the Second Degree; reconfirm pass grip and word, working tools, second degree tracing board.	Discussion with Mentor, Proposer, Lodge DoC	Mentor
3.2	Learn the questions and answers for Raising.	Handouts containing questions and answers with the support of Mentor and Proposer	Proposer, Seconder and Mentor
3.3	Explain the layout of the Lodge and the symbolism of Lodge furniture, movable and immovable jewels, pedestals, gavels, carpet, the letter "G", , Lodge Banner.	Discussion and explanation in the Lodge by the Mentor and DC	Mentor
3.4	Provide an overview of the history of the Lodge, date of founding, key milestones etc.	Discussion with Secretary and or Senior Past Master, Lodge history booklet if available	Mentor, Secretary, Senior Past Masters
3.5	Masonic Etiquette and protocol. Dress, demeanour in and out of the Lodge, giving apologies, structure of toasts at the festive board, how to give a toast, origins of "Masonic Fire" etc.	Discussion with Mentor	Mentor
3.6	Book of Constitutions, overall structure and contents, explain the most salient rules and regulations for Private Lodges and the usefulness of the BOC as a source of reference	Discussion with Mentor and Lodge Secretary. BOC available on UGLE Website	Mentor, Secretary
3.7	Arrange a visit, or visits, to other lodges to experience different rituals, make new contacts, experience the enjoyment of visiting and maintaining interest in Freemasonry	Selection of suitable visits in conjunction with Proposer and Seconder using existing contacts and special relationships with individuals or other Lodges	Mentor, Proposer and Seconder
3.8	Explain the significance of charitable giving to Masonic and Non-Masonic charities and how contributions are made, formally and informally.	Discussion, charity booklets and other reference material from Grand Charity Websites	Mentor and Charity Steward

 

 

 

STAGE 4    Master Mason and beyond

Timing This stage can commence immediately after the Third Degree has been completed

Aim To provide the new Master Mason with an understanding of the Third Degree, maintain their interest in Freemasonry, further develop their Masonic Knowledge and encourage their active involvement in the Lodge and Freemasonry generally.

 

Element	Area of need	Source of information	Responsibility	Completed
4.1	Understand the meaning and symbolism of the Third Degree. Presentation of Ritual Book	Reference material, Ritual Book, discussion with Mentor, DC and Master	Mentor, DC, Master
4.2	Appreciate the history and structure of the UGLE, key officers, the Board of General Purposes and other key groups. Understand the structure of its Districts and Lodges overseas. Other Grand Lodges	Reference material, UGLE and other web sites and discussions with Grand Officer and Mentor	Mentor
4.3	District Grand Lodge, regalia, who's who, structure and key roles and responsibilities, no of officers, active and past officers.	Reference material, District Grand Officer and Mentor	Mentor
4.4	The Holy Royal Arch and how to join it. Create an awareness of the other degrees in Freemasonry and the qualifications for membership. Understand the impact of over commitment.	Discussion with member of the Holy Royal Arch and other Orders, and Mentor	Mentor
4.5	District meetings and social events, accompany new mason to District Grand Lodge meeting and explain structure etc,	Discussion with Mentor and suitable District Grand Officer	Mentor, Proposer, Seconder
4.6	Explore the opportunities for involving the new Mason in Lodge activities by giving them a clear role in the Lodge to maintain their interest, e.g. membership of social committee etc. Presenting the working tools, tracing board etc.	Discussion to establish the new Mason's level of interest in taking office in the Lodge and level of willingness to make a wider contribution,	Mentor, Lodge Permanent Committee

 

 

STAGE 5    Preparing for Office

Timing After consolidating the learning from Stage 4 and before taking office

Aim To maintain interest and prepare new Masons to take office in the Lodge and participate in the management of the Lodge

 

Element	Area of need	Source of information	Responsibility	Completed
5.1	Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each Lodge Officer, and how progression within the Lodge is planned.	Discussion with Mentor and DC	Mentor
5.2	Understand the key management roles within the Lodge, Secretary, Treasurer, Director of Ceremonies. Role and structure of the Permanent Committee. Role and responsibilities of the WM	Discussion with Mentor and holders of key management offices	Mentor
5.3	Understanding how order is maintained in the Lodge, disciplinary procedures, role of the District Grand Secretary and UGLE.	Discussion with Mentor and key officers	Mentor
5.4	Development of relationships within the "management Team"	Mentoring support and reference material	Mentor
5.5	Development of management skills - communication, leadership, interpersonal skills.	Mentoring support and reference material	Mentor
5.6	Create a personalised programme for learning ritual linked to key milestones, e.g. expected appointment as Inner Guard	Mentoring support and reference material	Mentor

Speech delivered on Universal Brotherhood Day at Nagpur on 24th June, 2010

A Brief History of Freemasonry

W Bro Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal

District Grand Mentor,

District Grand Lodge of Bombay

tsrawal@tsrawal.com

 

Empirical evidence supporting the history of Freemasonry prior to the 18th Century is hard to find. Even UGLE does not publish a house view prior to its own initial conception in 1717. Most of the Masons are content with the premise that Freemasonry is derived from the early medieval stonemasons' guilds and enquire no further. In this article I am happy to present a concise factual history of Freemasonry. I shall examine certain unproven theories and shall also explain the recorded history.

Operative Stonemasons Guilds: Most historians concur on existence of the Operative Stone Masons Guilds. Just how or when the transition took place is not very clear, although Scottish Lodge Kilwinnings records showing non Operatives being admitted by at least 1672 and some Lodges in England were entirely non Operative by the time of Elias Ashmole.

Operative Masonic guilds existed in Scotland as early as 1057 and possibly in England from 1220 when we know the Masons Livery Company was in existence. Those guilds, associations or Compagnonnage as they were known in France and mainland Europe, were conscripted to produce sufficient masons of all qualities to satisfy the aspirations of Kings and the Church in their respective building programmes.

Stonemasons were clearly the elite of the labour force, had secret customs and marks and would have attracted some of the brightest non-educated recruits. There were no written credentials those days, since not many of the workmen would know how to read and write. For executing the work the stonemasons were required to travel from place to place, and the guilds developed an elaborate secret method of recognition, not only to recognise a mason, but to examine him to find out his degree of proficiency and skill in the trade.

King Athelstan: Legend next informs us that Athelstan, having subjugated most of the minor kingdoms of England, gathered together many skilled masons and established York Rite Masonry in 926 AD by granting them a Royal Charter. Athelstan's importance to Stonemasons is mentioned in both the Regius and Cooke Manuscripts.

Uriels Machines : Knight and Lomas have suggested that Freemasonry ultimately evolved from Megalithic tribes who, having discovered science and astronomy, constructed numerous astounding astronomical observatories between 7100 BC and 2500 BC. These sites enabled those tribes to chart the seasons and years by observing the rotations of the sun and the third brightest object in the sky, Venus. Book of Enoch, discovered amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls from the Qumran and from which many higher Masonic Orders draw their inspiration, explains the scientific principles by which those earliest observatories (or Uriels Machines) operate. Many tribes maintained Enochian and Noachide customs for centuries and when the Enochian-Zadokite priests were expelled from Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Romans, they hid their scrolls and treasures deep under the ruins of Solomons Temple. Knights Templar families led by Hugues de Payens, would return in 1140 AD to dig them up and retrieve them.

Knights Templar : Knights Templar was an enigmatic and powerful military Order of fighting monks set up by Hugues de Payens in 1118. They had amassed considerable wealth and influence in London, Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom. It may be possible that the Knights Templars might have shared some of their knowledge and rituals with their more senior stone masons with whom they employed who later incorporated them into their own traditions.

The Knights Templars were effectively extinguished on Friday 13th October 1307 by King Philippe of France who, broke at the time, stole their lands and possessions.

Many Knights possibly settled in the comparative backwaters of Scotland. Rosslyn Chapel, situated 5 miles south of Edinburgh and built in 1446 by Sir William St Clair whose family had deep Templar ancestry and alleged family ties back to Hugues de Payens. The chapel contains the astounding "Apprentice Pillar" - even depicts some form of initiation. Official Rosslyn Chapel guidebook states that the William St Clair, brother of Edward, was granted the Charters of 1630 from the Masons of Scotland, recognising that the position of Grand Master Mason of Scotland had been hereditary in the St Clair family since it was granted by James II in 1441, the original charter having been destroyed in a fire.

King Solomon's Temple : Freemasonry draws much imagery from the history and construction of King Solomon's Temple (945 BC) by masons from the Phoenician city of Tyre, and Masonic ritual books rely heavily on this Biblical story. Many of the Masonic words in vogue today can be traced to the Egyptian language of this era. The virtues of truth and justice were said by them to be "on the square". Confucius in 500BC referred to the squareness of actions; even Aristotle in 350 BC associates square actions with honest dealings. The square and its symbolism is very old and interestingly has continued to maintain consistency of meaning over the centuries.

The Recorded history

Regius Manuscript held in the British Museum is the oldest genuine record of Masonic relevance and was written in 1390 AD. Its author was probably a priest and this manuscript takes the form of an historical and instructional poem. "So Mote it be" is first quoted in this text, which has been extensively quoted in all Masonic rituals. Cooke Manuscript (also in the British Museum) was written by a Speculative mason in 1450. This is an important document because many current Masonic usages (eg the Constitutions written by Anderson in 1723) have obviously borrowed heavily from its content, which includes reference to the seven Liberal Arts and Sciences and the building of Solomon's Temple.

 

London Company of Freemasons was granted Arms in 1473 and their coat included three castles and compasses. They have been recently incorporated within Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London's arms upon its inauguration in 2003.

In 1583, a William Schaw was appointed by King James VI as Master of the Work and Warden General. In 1598 he issued the first of the now famous Schaw Statutes. More importantly for Freemasons today, Schaw drew up a second Statute in 1599 which carries the first veiled reference to the existence of esoteric knowledge within the craft of stone masonry. It also reveals that The Mother Lodge of Scotland, Lodge Kilwinning No. 0 existed at that time. His regulations required all lodges to keep written records, meet at specific times and test members in the Art of Memory. As a consequence he is regarded by some as the founder of modern Freemasonry as we know it today.

The earliest known record of a Masonic initiation: -John Boswell, Laird of Auchenleck, who was initiated in the Lodge of Edinburgh on 8 June 1600 is the first recorded Masonic initiation in Scotland. The earliest records of an initiation in England include Sir Robert Moray in 1641 and Elias Ashmole in 1646. The first native-born American to be made a Mason was probably Jonathan Belcher, in 1704, who was then the Governor of Massachusetts.

Ashmole a renowned author and scholar was a friend of Robert Boyle, Sir Robert Moray, Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton and Dr John Wilkins. They all were early members of the Royal Society, which began its life as the Invisible College, an organization led by Francis Bacon, before securing a Royal Charter from Charles II in 1662. Invisible College met at a place which carried lots of Masonic emblems. Invisible College was perhaps the invisible face of masonry, or if not that, it was being run by the same set of people who were running the Freemasonry. To get a flavour of the times in mid Seventeenth Century England, bear in mind that slavery was still universal. Galileo was in deep trouble with the Catholic Church by insisting that the earth revolved around the sun, Bacon's works were banned by Rome Despite the risks, Freemasonry was spreading quickly.

Freemasonry was in transition at this point from pure Operative Masonry to Non Operative or Speculative Freemasonry., England copied the Scottish Masonic structure .Interestingly, even in English lodges Constitutions were written by a Scotsman, Anderson.

Little is known of Masonic activity for seventy years after Ashmole's initiation in 1646. In 1717, four London lodges formed The Premier Grand Lodge of England. The date was St John The Baptists Day, 24 June 1717.

The third degree: Till 1730, Masonic ritual were being learned parrot-fashion until Prichard's exposure entitled Masonry Dissected was published. Ritual prior to that point followed a two-degree system simplified symbolism and the Old Charges. This two-tier degree system was expanded when Desaguliers (Grand Master in 1719) wrote the Third Degree and grew again when Laurence Dermott introduced the Fourth (ie Royal Arch) Degree in 1752. The words "hele" and "conceal" and "points of fellowship" are both found in the Edinburgh Register House Manuscript of 1696; "Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth", made its appearance in print in a pamphlet printed in London in 1724. The word Tyler probably came into usage around this time and is thought to be derived from the French Tailleur, ie one who cuts.

In 1731 the first American Grand Lodge obtained its Constitution, The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, making it the first Grand Lodge in the United States of America. Over the next 100 years, Freemasonry attracted many leading lights forming the cream of the intellectual and scientific establishment including Sir Robert Walpole, Robert Burns, Mozart, Darwin, Frederick the Great and from the USA, Franklin, and Washington.

Ancients vs. Modern: Premier Grand Lodge made drastic changes to the ritual and passwords and the creation of a third degree out of the previous two-degree ritual system. Some traditionalists were so upset; they broke away and set up splinter groups. A significant group broke away in 1751 and was called The Grand Lodge of England, nicknamed The Antients, Those whom they left behind in The Premier Grand Lodge of England were nicknamed The "Moderns".

From this time onwards, new degrees and rituals proliferated which fuelled fierce argument between the "Antients" and the "Moderns". French Freemason, JM Ragon estimated that at one point, there were over 1400 separate Masonic degrees An example of dispute between these two Grand lodges would be that the Antients worked a four-degree system whilst the Moderns only recognised a three Degree system. To the irritation of the Moderns, they often found their members sympathetic to the fourth or Royal Arch Degree, to the point where it became regarded as an extension to the Third Degree.

Eventually a compromise was negotiated and on St John The Evangelists Day, 27 December 1813, United Grand Lodge of England was formed, largely though the combined efforts of the Earl of Moira presiding over the Duke of Sussex (Moderns Grand Master) and the Duke of Kent (Antients Grand Master). The ritual reconciled, mainly in favour of the "Antients". Most of the regulations and ritual determined then still apply to this day

In 2003 with the Inauguration of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London 50,000 London Freemasons have a separate identity from United Grand Lodge of England and enabled UGLE to concentrate on its worldwide affairs and duties.

Whatever course Freemasonry actually followed, it has inspired millions of people across many countries for more than three centuries and has attracted famous personalities from Europe, United States of America and other Continents.

What Is Masonic Mentoring?

What Is Masonic Mentoring?

 

Mentoring is a process where an individual can pass on his Masonic knowledge and experience to a less experienced Brother. Mentoring is widely used in the business world as part of a person's career development, and what we are trying to do is to map that process in an appropriate form into our Masonic lives.

 

By appropriate we mean tailored to each individual Mentee's needs in an agreed and

unobtrusive manner, which is within the boundaries of personal growth and Masonic values.

Think back to when you first came into Masonry and you will realise that entering

Freemasonry can be a daunting and, often, overwhelming time. The very nature of our organisation often leads to men joining us with little, or even no, idea of what is fully expected of them and what they can gain from membership. A Mentor should be there to help during these formative and crucial years.

 

But, I hear you thinking, that is the job of the Proposer or Seconder. At this point I just stress that a Masonic Mentor in no way takes the place of a Proposer or Seconder, but is there to provide support and guidance relating to the spiritual and social integration.

 

Since the term is borrowed from management literature, let us find out what do the terms 'Mentor' and 'Mentoring' mean in management.

 

Mentor

According to legend, Mentor is the name of the person to whom Odysseus (a.k.a. Ulysses) entrusted the care of his son, Telemachus, when he set out on those famous wanderings of his that we now call an "odyssey" and which took him, among other places, to the Trojan Wars. Mentor was Odysseus' wise and trusted counsellor as well as tutor to Telemachus. Myth has it that the goddess Athena would assume Mentor's form for the purpose of giving counsel to Odysseus but, for many centuries now, the goddess has been unavailable for comment to confirm or disconfirm this rumour. At any rate, Mentor's name -- with a lower-case "m" -- has passed into our language as a shorthand term for wise and trusted counsellor and teacher.

Mentoring

In recent years, especially in the management and human resources literature, mentor, which is a noun, has become a verb as well and -- with or without "ing" as an appendage -- now refers to the patterned behaviours or process whereby one person acts as mentor to another.

Mentoring Programme of District Grand Lodge of Bombay

RW Bro. Percy Jamshed Faramji Driver
District Grand Master,
District Grand Lodge of Bombay
percydriver@gmail.com


W Bro. Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal
District Chairman, Mentoring
District Grand Lodge of Bombay
tsrawal@gmail.com





Mentoring Programme of District Grand Lodge of Bombay

Why do we need Mentoring?

It is a sad fact that recent years have seen a steady decline in the number of Freemasons. That is not all; two further worrying trends compound the situation. Many of our newer brethren leave within the first 5 years of their Masonic life and the number of active masons in each Lodge is often declining.

It is this situation that has prompted our District to implement the Mentoring programme. It has the full support of the District Grand Master RW Bro. Percy Driver and is seen as an integral part of the development of Freemasonry in this District, through the recruitment, retention and return of lost members.

How shall we do it?

We are in the process of identifying brethren who will act as Mentors. After the Mentors are appointed we shall be holding workshops for brethren appointed as Mentors and other brethren who are interested in mentoring process. At these workshops, the role of the Mentor is explained and those attending are given a pack with useful information on how to carry out their duties.

What does a Mentor do?

The role of a Mentor is to ensure that a new brother becomes engaged with and integrated into the ideas and aims of our Order.

By “engaged with and integrated into”, we mean someone who is committed to their
Freemasonry; regularly attends their Lodge and takes an active role in Lodge life. By comparison someone who is ‘disengaged or not integrated’ may be a Mason by right of membership, but not in tune with the aims of the Order, not regularly attending and certainly not trying to apply their Masonic learning to their everyday lives.

But isn’t that what the Proposer and Seconder are meant to do?

In an ideal world, the answer to this is YES. Many new masons are fortunate to be proposed by committed and active members, but unfortunately this does not always mean that either the Proposer or Seconder is able to effectively act as Mentor, for a number of reasons, either or both may:
• Hold an office in the lodge and may not be able to spend quality time with their Candidate on a Lodge evening
• Be relatively new to Freemasonry themselves and may not have the experience and knowledge required
• Be unable to attend a Lodge, or, as in some cases, stops attending altogether
It is in such situations that a Mentor is essential, to provide the Candidate with support, advice and above all, friendship.

Welcome to the Mentoring Programme

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