Mentoring 4 Creatives- Applications now closed
How does the mentoring support work?
Mentoring is a partnership where a more experienced mentor shares their knowledge and expertise with a mentee. As a mentee you’ll be encouraged, challenged and supported by your mentor to learn and progress.
We aim to match successful applicants with mentors who are established and currently working in the industry in your field or in the field in which you’d like to work.
- Mentoring sessions are usually conducted online but you can meet face-to-face on occasions if geography, time and accessibility allow.
How & When?
6 x 1 hr monthly mentoring sessions (or equivalent) from Autumn 2025 to Spring 2026 plus opportunities to participate in a mentee roundtable (online) where you can meet other mentees on the programme.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and levels of experience, these include:
- Fully paid-up union members (Bectu, Equity or the MU) – including new members
- Those returning to work after a period of absence (due to health, disability, maternity, caring responsibilities etc)
- in a group that is under-represented or require additional support – women, parents, Global Majority, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities and those from a less privileged socio-economic background.
What is a mentee?
A mentee is someone who wants to focus on their personal and professional development. You’ll have goals and objectives you want to achieve, and you want to overcome challenges. As a mentee you can expect support, encouragement, challenge, feedback and ideas from your mentor. You accept that your mentor will not have all the answers nor tell you what you should do; nor is it their job to give you a job!
Mentoring can:
- Help boost your confidence and increase your self-awareness.
- Give you clarity and an opportunity to focus on your challenges, goals and career objectives.
- Provide a confidential, safe space to come up with ideas, to reflect, develop and progress.
- Give you the opportunity to learn from your mentor and their experience.
To get the best from the mentoring partnership you’ll need to:
- Be proactive and drive the mentoring process.
- Be clear about what you want to achieve.
- Use your planning and organising skills.
- Understand your strengths and needs for your career – and be willing to share both with your mentor.
- Be ready to receive feedback, be challenged and to use your creativity to generate ideas.
- Learn from your mentor’s experience.
- Commit to actions and review progress with your mentor.
“Really enjoying the sessions, the mentoring has really helped me focus. It’s made me a lot more motivated to think about how to improve my craft skills.”
Dan Rees, 2nd assistant editor
“My mentor was great on so many levels and filled me mostly with confidence that I lacked after taking a 3-year career break. I have been able to overcome some barriers at work and was successfully selected for a BBC training scheme and I feel Hannah did a lot to help me get to that level where I could go for things that I would have previously hesitated or avoided altogether!”
Yeota Imam-Rashid, Assistant Producer, factual TV
Terms and Conditions
Successful candidates for mentorship will:
- complete a short Welsh Government Learner Form.
- complete a short feedback form at the end of the process and will be invited to contribute their story as a case study (GDPR compliance applies). The benefits of receiving mentoring often emerge further down the line.
Please see CULT Cymru’s privacy policy
Becoming a mentee requires great commitment and hard work and you need to be proactive. Please read above before you decide whether to apply:
How to apply
Please note that this is a competitive process, so we urge you to take time to complete the online application form. Apply here
Deadline: Midnight, Wednesday 17th September, 2025
A CULT Cymru programme funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales Union Learn Fund.