mentoring

It’s a story about influence, about mentoring and being mentored, and torches passing.

That same energy — careful attention to detail, generosity, ritualistic devotion — maps almost perfectly onto sourdough culture: people exchanging starters, mentoring newbies on Reddit, obsessing over hydration ratios, even running “starter hotels” for friends’ yeast cultures.

It offers various mentoring programmes to children of all ages and over the years has helped 27,000 children and young people to re-engage with school.

It’s a reminder to notice where influence is tangible: supporting a local business, showing up at a community meeting, mentoring someone, volunteering.

It also found the Covid pandemic "limited opportunities for oversight and mentoring".