Our mentoring programmes are great for mid-to-senior level talent looking to develop and evolve their management, leadership and DE&I knowledge. You don’t already need to be a leader or manager or be in a creative role to mentor.

The variety of roles in our mentoring community is huge. We’ve worked with art directors, journalists, account managers, event organisers, producers, strategists and even lawyers.

The breadth of roles in the creative industry is huge, and our mentors reflect that.

If you’re interested in mentoring and want to find out if it’s right for you, contact us here.

Our programmes are primarily for mentors who are based in the UK. This is because of the nuances of socioeconomic diversity and class, and our focus on building networks for our mentees.

We operate across the UK, and training is hybrid to enable mentors to join from across the country. Some programmes will have in-person elements, but get in touch to understand how these work.

For our general Break the Wall programmes, in person events will take place at our offices in London Victoria. For location specific programmes, like Break the Wall Manchester, in-person events will be held locally.

As a charity, we are funded by the courses we run. Mentors, or their employers, pay a course fee that covers the programme costs and enables us to keep our programmes free and accessible to young people from lower socioeconomic communities.

The cost per mentor is £1,195 + VAT for the 16 week programme.

Discounts are available for group mentor bookings of 6+ over the course of a year, and for freelancers.

Break the Wall runs four times a year, with two cohorts starting at the beginning of the year and two in the Autumn. Programmes are scheduled around the summer holidays to reduce disruption to the training and mentoring meetings.