Mentoring Case Studies: ‘Mentee’ Perspective

Case Study 1
You are an Award Leader

You are a new Award Leader in a large Award Centre.

You have prepared a presentation on the Award for your Award groups. While presenting it, you give
the young people details on what they will follow for their Bronze Award:

 Service: Training through the school

 Skills: One available through the school
 Physical recreation: One of the after school clubs run by the sports department
 Adventurous Journey: Completing the school annual camp

You feel that you have meet the requirements for all sections of the Award and are very pleased with
how you delivered the presentation.

You are now meeting with a more experienced Award Leader to discuss your presentation.

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Case Study 2
You are a participant

You have already completed a First Aid course whilst a member of the Scouts.

You now want to do First Aid for the Service section of your Silver Award, and you would like your
Award Leader to approve the course and certificate you did with the Scouts as completing the section
requirement. You don’t see the point in repeating the course if you already have the certificate.

You are now meeting with your Award Leader to discuss this.

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Case Study 3
You are a participant

After looking at what other participants have done on the Award website for inspiration, you have
decided to take up sailing for your Physical Recreation section activity.

The nearest sailing location is over 25km away, and there are very few transport links. However, your
parents will be able to take you once a month so you can do 4 hours of activity at a time to help meet
the requirement.

You are really looking forward to learning to sail, and are excited to discuss your chosen activity with
your Award Leader.

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Case Study 4
You are a parent of a participant

You have been discussing the Award with a group of parents, and you have decided as a group you
think it would be a great idea to incentivise your children to complete their Gold Awards.

You have decided to offer your child $200 if they complete.

You think this would give your child motivation to finish the Award, and then they will be able to add
their Award on their university applications.

You are meeting with the Award Leader to discuss your idea.

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Case Study 5
You are an Assessor

Your current group of young people who are designing websites for their Skills section are not nearly
as competent as those who did it last year.

They are not reaching their targets as quickly as you thought they would, and last years’ group were
more creative with their designs.

You are thinking of failing them if they don’t improve soon.

You ring their Award Leader to discuss.

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Case Study 6
You are a participant

You started swimming for the Physical Recreation section of your Bronze Award, then progressed to
swimming for the school for your Silver Award.

You now want to do swimming for your Gold Award as you are hoping to make the local county team.

Swimming has become a passion for you and you are hoping to achieve your target of being selected
for the local swimming team.

You are meeting with your Award Leader to discuss your choice.

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Case Study 7
You are a busy 16 year old

You are starting your Gold Award and have decided to discuss your activity choices with your Award
Leader. You have chosen:

 To continue to help at the local old people’s home as you have been doing this for the last
three years
 To complete your Adventurous Journey on horseback (you are currently club captain at the
local horse riding club)
 Do rugby for your Physical Recreation (you are already a member of the local rugby club)

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Case Study 8
You are a participant

You are completing a sports leader award during a free period at school. You would like this to count
towards your Service section of the Award.

You are meeting with your Award Leader to discuss.

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Case Study 9
You are a direct entrant at Gold level

You intend to do cricket for your Physical Recreation section.

You would like the Physical Recreation section to be the longest section (18 months), but you are
concerned as the cricket season only lasts four months.

You are meeting with your Award Leader to discuss your options.

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Case Study 10
You are a participant

You have decided you would like to do a coast-to-coast walk to raise money for a local charity, and as
an activity for your Bronze Award.

You have never done any long distance walking before, your map reading skills are very basic, and
you do not know how to use a compass. However, you are planning on learning these skills and
practicing long distance walking.

You are meeting with your Award Leader to discuss your activity. You are very passionate about the
charity you have chosen to support and are looking forward to the challenge ahead.

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Case Study 11
You are a participant

You are a Bronze participant, who is very excited about started your Award. You have made your
activity selections and you are very pleased as you feel you have made good choices for each section.
You have decided on:

 Skills – Horse care

 Physical – Horse riding
 Service – Helping out at a local stables with rides for children with sensory impairments
 Adventurous Journey – A horseback expedition

You are meeting with your Award Leader to discuss your choices.

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Case Study 12
You are a participant

You have approached an Award Leader about starting your Silver Award. You have previously
completed your Bronze Award and you felt you were a committed participant.

For your Skills section you have decided you are going to learn to play the violin. You have an
assessor in place, a local violin tutor, and you have set yourself a goal of achieving your Grade 3 exam
within 6 months.

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