Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about us and what we do. But if you have any more questions, please feel free tocontact us to discuss them.
To become a mentor with us you will first need to join us either as a member or as a volunteer. For this please see our membership/volunteer section
Please note that every member/volunteer, especially those who wish to mentor must complete a CRB or other equivalent check.
You will then be taken through our mentoring training process, through which you will be helped to understand the principles of mentoring generally as well as "Mentoring the 100 Way Across a Lifetime" (which is how we specifically run our programmes).
Training after that is primarily 'on the job' so that you will be expected to attend the group mentoring sessions and assist the other more experienced mentors with their duties.
Once you feel more comfortable and ready, you will be able to co-facilitate a session with another more experienced mentor, using the notes and session plans that have already been carefully devised for each session. Eventually, when you feel ready you will be able to facilitate a session on your own, but of course with the support of the other mentors in the session.
There is a forgotten your password option when you go to log in under the Discussion Forum page in the 'Have Your Say' section; alternatively, send an email to
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and we will email you a temporary password to use.
Our Community (Mentoring) programme has three different levels; the Rough & Bronze Diamond (entry level) programme; the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) and the Peer Mentoring Programme (PMP).
If your child has not participated in one of our mentoring programmes before, then he or she will have to join the entry level Rough & Bronze Diamond programme.
The child should be of African or Caribbean heritage and must be between the ages of 10 - 15 (inclusive) as at the 31st December in the year the programme starts (ie if the programme starts on 15th November 2009 the child must be no younger than 10 and no older than 15 on 31st December 2009).
We hold an Open Registration Day usually about one month before the programme actually starts. The Open Day will be held at a venue within London and on this day we will give a presentation about our mentoring programme, what it entails etc and answer any questions you may have.
At the end of the Open Day you can then register the child or children with our programme in time to attend the first Introductory session usually within one month.
If you are not already on our mailing list, then please join our mailing list here as it is through our mailing list that we send out emails notifying you of the date for the next Open Day Registration. Alternatively, please check our website regularly, particularly our Events Calendar, for notification of the Open Day.
There are many ways in which you can contribute and support us.
Of course we always look for member and volunteers.
If you have taken part in or benefitted from our services before, then consider becoming one of the Ambassadors of the 100. These are people who are happy to speak to others about us and to promote us and what we do.
Financial contributions are always welcome, whether they are one-off contributions or regular donations.
We always need venues in which we can deliver some of our programmes so the donation of a venue or space is always very welcome.
People also raise funds for us for instance by running or doing bike rides and donating the funds raised to us.
Gifts (of items, equipment) are also always welcome
Attend our various events through the year.
Most of all we would like you to spread the word about us by telling others about us and what we do, joining and getting others to join our mailing list and forwarding our monthly e-newsletter to others.
Women play a very important in the organisation as part of the Volunteers Division of the 100 Black Men of London.
Whilst membership itself is open only to men of African or Caribbean descent, our female volunteers contribute to nearly every aspect and at nearly every level of our organisation, including being mentors, creating and running entire programmes (such as our Black History Challenge), sitting on various committees (finance & fundraising, membership committees etc).
If you are a woman and you are interested in contributing to our organisation as a volunteer then please contact our volunteer team
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"100 Black Men" was chosen as a name to represent the idea of unity and strength in numbers. When the first few black men gathered together in 1963 in New York, they decided to choose a name that would make a powerful statement.
Primarily we aim to be entirely self-funded or community-funded.
So all members pay annual dues of £250 and we also benefit very significantly from regular standing order contributions from people that like what we do and want to support us financially with regular monthly payments of £10 or more.
Sponsorship from Companies has also provided a major source of funding and we also occassionally seek grants from trusts, foundations and other relevant bodies.
Our mentoring programme is based on a group mentoring model so we do not also offer an individual mentoring service, although all mentees on our group mentoring programme are assigned an individual mentor, who will contact them between the bi-weekly sessions to discuss the topics discussed during the mentoring sessions.
If you consider that you need specific individual mentoring instead then we know other organisations that might be more suitable so feel free to contact our mentoring team for more information
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It is our aim to be self-funding so far as possible. Therefore, we consider that all our members should make an annual contribution to the considerable cost of running the organisation and all its programmes.
The fee is £250 per annum and is paid only by our members and not by our volunteers (although all volunteers are also encouraged to make voluntary contributions).
These membership dues are usually paid at the beginning of each tax year (ie April). However, you can also reach agreement with the Finance team to make the payment in instalments.
