The Catalyst Collective Organisation CIC
The Catalyst started in December 2020 as a simple idea - that by connecting Black girls with role models to act as mentors, they would accelerate towards and achieve their goals even faster.
Our approach centres on creating and sustaining a joyful, authentic and supportive mentoring community of Black women, and we're focused on providing opportunities for our mentors and mentees to learn and grow from each other.
At The Catalyst Collective, we believe that mentoring can be a powerful intervention in the lives of young women. We recruit, train, match and support professional Black women with Black teenagers for year-long mentoring relationships. We know that an excellent mentor can change our trajectory, challenge our thinking and encourage us to go further than perhaps we thought ourselves capable of. We are committed to facilitating meaningful mentoring relationships between young Black women, and mentors they can identify with to support them in achieving their goals.
“We celebrate Black girls and Black women unapologetically. We see you, and you can bring all of yourself to this space. We are the bridge - supporting you on the journey between where you are and where you are going. We are a community - we have each other’s backs and we learn from each other’s experiences. We are joyful - like sunflowers, we turn towards the light and each other.”
