Reciprocal mentoring is a two way process where those paired together both gain as a mentoring pair through formal-and-informal group and one-to-one sessions. As part of MPFT’s journey to ensuring equity for all, members of the Trust Board took part in a reciprocal mentoring programme with colleagues from different ethnic minority backgroundsto hear about their experiences and gain a greater understanding of the challenges they face in their professional and personal lives.

This episode of The MPFT Podcast features a conversation between Saky Kaur (Health Visitor) and Claire Bailey (Managing Director for Children and Families Care Group) where they both share their experiences of being paired together, what their mentoring sessions involved, what they’ve taken from the programme, and how their experience along with the rest of the cohort is now supporting the delivery of key Trust initiatives such as our Anti-Racist Statement and Framework.

A transcript of this episode is available to download: https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/application/files/7917/5431/8449/The_MPFT_Podcast_Episode_099_Transcript_-_Reciprocal_Mentoring.pdf

Links & Info:

- Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/GT6Y4MUIxu8- Read more about the Trust launching a new Anti-Racist Statement and Framework

- Inside MPFT’s new stand against racism - PEP_Talk_2025-07.pdf⁠ (pages 6 & 7).

- More information about Reciprocal Mentoring - Key information – Leadership Academy (NHS Leadership Academy)

- Read both MPFT’s Anti-Racist Statement andFramework & Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy in full - Equality and Inclusion :: Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust