PROMISEworks is a local mentoring charity pairing disadvantaged and vulnerable young people between the ages of five and 25 years with mentors from across the region.
Since the charity’s mentoring programme was launched in 2017, hundreds of young people have received help with difficulties at home, and in education and training.
But PROMISEworks is short of mentors in the West Somerset area.
The charity is currently facilitating more than 150 mentor-mentee partnerships across the entire county, with only eight in West Somerset.
Mrs Gilmour urged local people to consider signing up to be a mentor and make a positive impact on the lives of local young people.
PROMISEworks Somerset coast area co-ordinator Sue Bill said: “I am extremely excited to be working with Rachel and her team to raise awareness of PROMISEworks across the West Somerset area.
“We are providing vital support to vulnerable children and young people through long-term volunteer mentoring.
“Working with Rachel will help to further establish PROMISEworks at the heart of the local community.
“West Somerset faces its own challenges as a rural area, but this has also fostered a vibrant and creative community with a strong passion for supporting one another.
“We hope to recruit many more volunteers to continue and grow this invaluable work.”
Mrs Gilmour said: “I will work closely with the PROMISEworks team to increase the numbers of mentors in West Somerset.
“In what is a very rural part of the country, the partnerships formed through their mentoring programme have changed lives, offering young people hope and aspiration.”
Potential volunteers, who need to be aged 21 years and older, can find more information on the charity’s website.
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