A mentor does not always need to be someone with many more years of experience. Peer mentoring is based on support between people at a similar stage of life, education, or career, making it easier to exchange experiences, adapt to a new environment, and learn from one another.
Volunteer mentoring from the Centre for Integration of Foreigners in a one-foreigner/one-mentor tandem, usually lasting six to twelve months and focused on language, study, practical skills and integration.
Who is it for? Foreign nationals living in Czechia – children, teenagers, adults and families
Peer mentoring for wheelchair users after spinal cord injury — personal, practical and psychological support from people with the same experience across the Czech Republic.
Who is it for? Wheelchair users after spinal cord injury
A six-month peer-mentoring community for women in project and change management, working in small groups without a fixed mentor–mentee hierarchy and combining online peer support with workshops and Prague meetups.
Who is it for? Women in project and change management at different career stages
Peer mentoring at the Prague University of Economics and Business Faculty of International Relations, where first-year students receive support from more senior students during the academic year.
Who is it for? First-year FMV students as mentees and senior students as mentors
A VOLONTÉ UNITAS social programme for young men leaving children’s homes, combining individual mentoring, case management, workshops, counselling and peer support during the transition to independent life.
Who is it for? Young men leaving children’s homes and preparing for independent life
Peer mentoring program Lata has connected young people aged 12–26 with trained volunteers since 1994, supporting relationships, self-image and risky behaviour.
Who is it for? Young people aged 12–26
The free mentoring program of Centre Carolina at Charles University supports applicants and students in difficult socioeconomic situations with starting and navigating university life.
Who is it for? Applicants and students in difficult socioeconomic situations
Supports the professional and personal development of doctoral students, postdocs and early-career academic staff through individual and peer mentoring and group training events.
Who is it for? Doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career academics
Long-term volunteer mentoring by the Organization for Aid to Refugees, connecting mentors with newly arrived children and adults and supporting their integration into life in the Czech Republic.
Who is it for? Newly arrived migrants and refugees, including children, unaccompanied minors and adults
A 2026–2028 Via Vita project developing and testing peer mentor–mentee tandems that support disadvantaged people through shared lived experience.
Who is it for? Disadvantaged people and peer volunteers with experience of similar life situations