Volunteer Business Mentor Scheme

Mentee (Business) Application form

Section 3: Business Overview

  • Brief description of your business (products/services):

  • Number of employees:

  • Annual turnover (optional banding):
    ☐ Pre-revenue ☐ <£50k ☐ £50k–£250k ☐ £250k+

Section 4: Support Needs

What are the main challenges you want help with? (tick up to 3)

☐ Business planning
☐ Increasing sales
☐ Marketing strategy
☐ Financial management
☐ Access to finance
☐ Staffing / HR
☐ Operations / systems
☐ Growth strategy
☐ Digital transformation
☐ Other:

Section 5: Goals & Expectations

  • What are your top 2–3 business goals for the next 6–12 months?

  • What would success look like from this mentoring support?

Section 6: Commitment

  • Are you able to commit to:

    • Monthly mentoring sessions? ☐ Yes ☐ No

    • ☐ 1–2 hours per month?
      ☐ 3–4 hours per month?
      ☐ Flexible?

    • Taking action between meetings? ☐ Yes ☐ No

  • Preferred meeting format:
    ☐ In-person ☐ Online ☐ Hybrid

Section 7: Previous Support

  • Have you previously received business support/mentoring?
    ☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please describe:

Section 8: Equality & Diversity (Optional)

(This helps target support effectively)

  • Ethnicity:

  • Gender:

  • Age band:

  • Disability: ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say

  • Do you identify as part of an underrepresented group in business?
    ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say

Section 9: Declarations

  • I confirm the information provided is accurate: ☐ Yes

  • I agree to participate fully in the mentoring programme: ☐ Yes

  • I agree to data being used for programme evaluation (GDPR compliant): ☐ Yes

Signature (if applicable):
Date:

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