Non-technical CPD that supports people, leadership and confident decision-making
Structured, cross-industry mentoring for veterinary professionals — and the practices and organisations that want to support them.
Working in the veterinary sector is rewarding, demanding and complex. Whether you are in clinical practice, leadership or a supporting role, you are often balancing professional responsibility, commercial reality and the expectations of others – all while trying to do the right thing.
Twocan® delivers a structured mentoring programme that provides non-technical CPD, focusing on the human skills that sit alongside clinical expertise: clarity, confidence, leadership and decision-making.
CPD
We are actively working to qualify this programme as verifiable non-technical CPD in line with RCVS requirements. Once confirmed, participation will be recordable towards your annual CPD requirement.
People working in the veterinary sector often tell us about:
These challenges are not about technical ability or clinical knowledge – they are about being human in a demanding profession.
Without the opportunity to step back, it is easy to:
Mentoring creates protected space to slow things down, gain perspective and move forward with confidence.
Twocan mentoring provides non-technical CPD that helps people to:
Think clearly through complex or high-pressure decisions
Build confidence in professional judgement
Develop leadership and people-management skills
Navigate career progression and increasing responsibility
Handle challenging situations with clients or colleagues
Feel less isolated in roles that carry responsibility
This is not about being told what to do. It is about having an experienced, impartial person alongside you as you work things out for yourself.
Twocan offers a structured, professional mentoring programme, delivered either in person or online, designed to support meaningful and lasting development.
Participants take part in an in-person or online programme that builds the skills and understanding needed to get the most from mentoring, ensuring mentoring relationships are effective, focused and valuable.
Our bespoke mentoring matching software carefully matches mentors and mentees based on experience, preferences and development goals, removing guesswork and improving outcomes.
Participants are supported throughout the programme with clear structure, guidance and a point of contact, ensuring mentoring remains purposeful and sustainable.
Participants also have access to ongoing personal development courses, supporting continued growth beyond the core mentoring relationship.
Individuals working in the veterinary sector can join our Veterinary Cross-Ecosystem Mentoring Programme.
This programme brings together people from across the veterinary ecosystem – including clinical practice, leadership, management and related professional roles – while drawing on wider cross-sector experience and perspective.
This option is well suited to:
Twocan works with veterinary practices, groups and corporate organisations in two ways:
Place people into an existing programme
Organisations can place individuals or cohorts into the Veterinary Cross-Ecosystem Mentoring Programme, benefiting from a structured, professional mentoring experience without needing to design or manage a programme internally.
A mentoring programme designed specifically for your organisation
We also work with organisations to design and deliver a mentoring programme tailored to your structure, culture and people strategy.
This includes:
This provides a complete, professional mentoring solution, delivered consistently across your organisation.
Twocan runs multiple cross-ecosystem mentoring programmes, each anchored in a specific sector – including veterinary, food and farming, optometry and others.
Each programme reflects the realities of its sector while benefiting from broader experience and perspective.
Different roles, similar human challenges – that is where mentoring delivers the greatest value.
Whether you are exploring mentoring for yourself, placing people into one of our sector-based programmes, or looking for a mentoring solution designed specifically for your organisation, we would love to talk.
We will be in touch with more details soon
I am a rural researcher at Savills, focusing on agricultural, environmental, rural property, and land use issues across the UK. I lead a team of research analysts and a specialist rural data team, analysing the impact of policy changes on rural businesses and the land market. Alongside this, I run our family arable farm in east Lincolnshire and am busy investigating ways that we can evolve our combinable cropping system to make the business more sustainable.
I joined the programme as I was keen to benefit from an outside perspective on my development while also offering my experience back as a mentor. I really like the matching process and that there is training to help make sure you get the most out of the programme.
I am a passionate agriculturalist with a fierce thirst for learning. Farming is in my blood; I see agriculture as an industry that is often overlooked despite its global importance. As an Agri-Business Consultant I specialise in advising on business strategies, improving farm efficiency, and addressing the unique challenges of the agricultural sector, combining my deep-rooted understanding of practical farming with modern business practices.
Land management is vital for food production, environmental conservation, and energy generation. My aim is to help facilitate, empower UK farmers, showcasing them as world leaders in our industry.
I decided to join the cultivate success program in the hopes to engage and learn from experienced professionals who can offer different perspectives and further my own professional development.
I hope to gain invaluable personal insights, constructive criticisms, encouragement, and enhanced industry knowledge as well as new friends and connections.
Doctoral Researcher/PhD Candidate
Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, London, UK
I am a dedicated food systems researcher and final-year PhD candidate focused on the cascading effects of disruptive shocks on agri-food value chains (AFVCs). My research has equipped me with a strong background in systems thinking, qualitative research, and stakeholder engagement. I am passionate about building resilient food systems, with a focus on sustainable and equitable solutions for global food security.
I decided to join this program to connect with like-minded professionals and mentors who can help guide my career in food system resilience. The opportunity to engage with a diverse network is invaluable to my personal and professional growth.
Through this experience, I hope to gain insights into practical applications of resilience-building strategies, expand my network within the agriculture industry, and strengthen my skills to better contribute to the global challenge of food security.
Environmental Assistant
I was recently made redundant from 7 years in breeding Barley in the research and development sector, upon this crossroads I joined the Twocan Mentor programme to hopefully gain direction and open up vision to other career options within agriculture that are not sitting on a tractor all day long.
My mentor is expertly matched and first session in going swimmingly well. So far this programme has given me purpose and a road in which I feel I can progress.
I look forward to what the next few months holds!
Studying for her PhD at Harper Adams University
Originally from inner-city Birmingham, I was attracted to the broad range of subjects that agriculture encompasses so completed a degree in Agriculture at Harper Adams University. During this time, I developed an interest in poultry nutrition and am now pursuing a PhD in slow growing broiler nutrition and environmental impact assessments. In my spare time I enjoy French classical dressage, cooking, knitting and exploring fashion.
I decided to join the Twocan Mentor program to develop a good foundation for a career in agriculture once I finish my PhD. I am passionate about networking and building communities and believe these factors are essential for personal and professional growth.
I hope to have great conversations with people from the sector that will lead to lasting networks and communities. I hope that through the mentorship I will develop clearer goals for my future and gain confidence about heading out to work in the industry.
MSc at Bangor University
I am a dedicated agriculturalist with my first degree in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management from Nigeria. I am also a recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship and OFC Scholarship. I am currently pursuing my MSc in Agroforestry and Food Security at Bangor University, Wales. I am driven by the desire to use my knowledge to address global challenges related to food security and sustainability.
I joined Twocan Mentor to expand my knowledge and experience while advancing my career in the agri-food and forestry sectors. Through Twocan Mentor, I aim to gain valuable experience, develop my career, and pursue my passion for farming.
I look forward to leveraging my education, experiences, and opportunities offered by Twocan Mentor, to make a meaningful contribution to UK agriculture and beyond.
Knowledge Exchange at AHDB
I was brought up on a mixed livestock farm in East Yorkshire. After studying Agriculture at Newcastle University, I moved down to Warwickshire for my first ‘proper job’ at AHDB in the beef & sheep genetics sector. I did that for 3 years before taking a secondment into the Knowledge Exchange team at AHDB, being the point of contact for beef & sheep producers between Lincolnshire and Herefordshire. A year secondment, turned into 2 and then I got invited to stay! I’ve now been in the role 5 years and enjoy the variety my role brings – no two days are the same.
I love my job and my team, but I was looking for a new challenge when I came across Helen and Twocan Mentor at an industry networking event. Being mentored sounded like a great idea and opportunity to push myself. Having been in the same organisation since I graduated and the same role for a while, you can sometimes become a little sheltered from how other organisations and job roles work. This seemed the perfect opportunity to get an alternative opinion on my career and development from people that have a very different experience to me and don’t really know me, so have no bias.
I would love to have some goals and something to aim for, I don’t know where I see myself in 5/10/15 years, so I’m hoping this scheme will help me bring some clarity to that and work out what I do and don’t want from my career. I’d also like some different opinions on how to deal with work challenges – especially when people have different ways of working. I’m a planner who likes a reasonable amount of detail, a fair amount of control and time to think things through, so working with people who don’t work in that way is inevitable, but can be frustrating
