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- A guide to effective risk management for providers of mentoring and befriending services This guide covers legal issues, volunteer status, insurance, implementing effective risk management plus good practice models, checklists and examples from a range of approaches (FREE to download)
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Price: £10 - A new vetting and barring scheme Implications for recruiting volunteers and employees in mentoring and befriending activity with children and vulnerable adults
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- A synthesis of published research on mentoring and befriending Commissioned by MBF, this review by Dr Kate Philip and Jenny Spratt of the University of Aberdeen, brings together evidence about research and practice in youth mentoring and befriending in the UK
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Price: free - All of a twitter Do you tweet? Are you linkedin? Do you worry about the widgets on your blog? In this, the first of two articles, it is argued that social networking can be a vital tool in a mentoring or befriending project’s armoury
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- Approved Provider Standard (APS) DVD - Talking quality standards! Find out what funders and projects have to say about the benefits of achieving the Approved Provider Standard (APS) in this short promotional film
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Price: free - Approved Provider Standard (APS) – detailed requirements Gives a detailed explanation of the 12 elements of the Approved Provider Standard (APS) to give you a feel for what is involved and to help you work out how your project currently measures up in relation to the 12 elements
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Price: free - Approved Provider Standard (APS) – the national quality standard Tells you all the basic information you need to know about the Approved Provider Standard (APS)
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- Befriending builds across Cornwall Regional networking and partnership working could be the way forward for many befriending and mentoring projects. The success of the Cornwall Befriending Forum underlines the advantages that size can bring
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- Befriending works: building resilience in local communities. Provides an overview of how befriending can contribute to improving the health and well-being outcomes of vulnerable people at risk of social isolation or exclusion from mainstream society
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- Consultancy brochure 2012-2013 Tells you information about MBF’s new consultancy and development services and details their experience as the country’s leading experts in mentoring and befriending
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- Data protection Guidelines on how data protection may impact on your organisation or mentoring and befriending project
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- Developing a matching process for your mentoring and befriending project For mentoring and befriending projects looking to develop consistent matching procedures. It highlights some of the key areas to consider when developing a matching process for your scheme
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- Drugs awareness resources: Drugs and young people – advice for co-ordinators running mentoring and befriending projects Part of a set of free drugs awareness resources produced by MBF and FRANK to provide essential guidance about drugs-related issues and to offer advice on the most effective methods of assisting young people (FREE to download or £5 for a set of 10)
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- Drugs awareness resources: Mentoring, befriending and drugs – advice for mentors and befrienders This booklet designed for volunteer mentors and befrienders is part of a set of drugs awareness resources produced by MBF and FRANK to provide essential guidance about drugs-related issues and to offer advice on the most effective methods of assisting young people (FREE to download or £5 for a set of 10)
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- Effective safeguarding of service users and volunteers in mentoring and befriending projects Outlines the main policies and procedures that providers of mentoring and befriending services will need to develop to ensure that their service users and volunteers are fully safeguarded
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- Evaluation of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation’s Pilot Project on Peer Mentoring for Information, Advice and Guidance An external evaluation by The Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University of this pilot project which was funded in 30 Greater Manchester schools
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- Final Evaluation Report of the DCSF funded national mentoring pilot for looked after children Evaluation of the National Mentoring Pilot for Looked After Children which the charities Rainer, MBF and the Prince’s trust led on
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Price: free - Friends in Deed A powerful film following the fortunes of five very different mentoring and befriending relationships, each of which are changing people’s lives for the better. Watch an extract online
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- Funding for mentoring and befriending projects: the current picture and impact of the recession Report of our second annual funding survey of mentoring and befriending projects across England
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Price: free - Funding for mentoring and befriending: challenges and opportunities Findings of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England giving a snapshot of the current funding climate and key challenges and opportunities they face
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Price: free - Funding for mentoring and befriending: impact of spending cuts on the survival and sustainability of projects across the UK (2011) Report on the findings of our annual funding survey outlining the impact that spending cuts are having on mentoring and befriending projects
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Price: free - Funding opportunities for mentoring and befriending projects Helpful starting point if you are looking for funding for your project
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- Getting your training accredited – an introduction for mentoring and befriending projects An introduction to accreditation options for getting your mentor and befriender training accredited with links to awarding bodies and further information
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- Guides for offender-involving organisations A series of five guides published by Clinks and designed to support organisations in their day-to-day work with offenders. Developed with the expertise of MBF, Volunteering England and Charities Evaluation Service
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- Hackney council befriending scheme: an approach to monitoring and evaluation An interview with Eric Anomah, community resource officer at Hackney council befriending scheme, who shares the project's approach to monitoring and evaluation
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- How social networking can work for you In this, the second part of our look at the importance of social networking, the article examines how projects are using the latest tools to improve their services
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- How to find a mentor or befriender Signposting information for anyone looking to find a mentor or befriender for themselves or someone they know
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Price: free - How to start building a relationship with your MP To support mentoring and befriending projects in starting to build a relationship with their local Member of Parliament (MP) to help keep mentoring and befriending high on the political agenda
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- I know someone who can… A signposting guide to information available on the web for peer mentors aged 11-25 to use as an aid when supporting their mentee (FREE to download or £5 for a set of 10)
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- Induction for mentoring and befriending service users Provides a framework for mentoring and befriending projects to deliver an induction process that meets the needs of their service users
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- Influencing commissioning at a local level A briefing for mentoring and befriending projects with practical suggestions to help you build your local commissioning knowledge, contacts and influence
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- Keeping faith in professionalism Mentoring and befriending programmes run by faith-based community groups often form the bedrock of local support. But are they missing out on sector links that would boost their achievements and funding?
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- Lean on me! Primary school peer support resource pack This training pack assists schools that want to set up as peer support programme in a primary setting. Such programmes have a proven track record in promoting the emotional health and well-being of pupils
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- LSC Offender Mentoring Pilot Project evaluation report The pilot’s purpose was to reduce re-offending and improve employability skills by helping to improve standards of mentoring and befriending services currently delivered within organisations working with ex-offenders in the North East
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- Making waves One in five befriending programmes have problems attracting volunteers - this article talks to befriending project managers to find out what has worked well for them
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- Managing waiting lists for service users and volunteers in your mentoring and befriending project To help mentoring and befriending service providers put strategies in place to help manage waiting lists for both their service users and volunteers
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- Matching mentors and befrienders for success An article that talks to mentoring and befriending project leaders to discover good practice in how they successfully match volunteer mentors and befrienders with vulnerable clients
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- MBF National Conference Report 2011 MBF National Conference Report 2011 - opportunities and challenges
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Price: free - Mentoring and befriending: a case study approach to illustrate its relevance to cohesion and cross cultural issue Explores how mentoring and befriending relationships can play a major part in bringing about social cohesion and reducing tension among communities
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Price: free - Mentoring at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre An article interview with the project worker at Al-Manaar, revealing the successes behind two Muslim-based mentoring schemes working with young people at risk of exclusion or with educational or specialist needs
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- Mentoring builds organisational capacity An article about the success of the Funding Information and Advice Service Mentoring Scheme at Community Links Bromley, which finds mentors to help small local voluntary organisations to build their capacity and attract funding
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- Mentoring for Looked After Children Dissemination Manual Disseminates the work and learning undertaken as part of the Looked After Children Mentoring Pilot funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families
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Price: free - Mentoring into employment An interview with a lone parent and her mentor about how her mentoring experience rebuilt her confidence and helped her move back into work
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- Monitoring and evaluating outcomes in mentoring and befriending toolkit - interactive PDF version Whether you are new to monitoring and evaluation or are already monitoring some aspects of your work, this toolkit will give you practical step-by-step guidance to evaluating the outcomes of your work
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- Monitoring and evaluating outcomes in mentoring and befriending toolkit – Hard copy version Whether you are new to monitoring and evaluation or are already monitoring some aspects of your work, this toolkit will give you practical step-by-step guidance to evaluating the outcomes of your work
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- Monitoring your outcomes step by step Assesses the benefits of monitoring progress towards outcomes throughout mentoring and befriending relationships
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- National Peer Mentoring Anti-Bullying Pilot 2008-2010 This pilot project ran from 2008-2010 funded by the Department for Education and managed by MBF
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Price: free - National Peer Mentoring Pilot Dissemination Manual Highlights the good practice and methods used to successfully set up and sustain peer mentoring schemes
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- Other roads off the roundabout This article looks at how mentoring projects are supporting women into - or back into - employment
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- Our healthcheck: East Cumbria Family Support Association An interview with the operations manager at East Cumbria Family Support Association reveals how going through the procedure to achieve APS has helped to enhance professionalism, review systems and boost the organisation's volunteer support
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- Peer Mentoring in Schools: a review of the evidence base of the benefits of peer mentoring in schools including findings from the MBF Outcomes Measurement Programme This report reviews the success of peer mentoring and the outcomes which peer mentors and mentees have achieved within schools throughout England
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Price: free - Peer mentoring – a resource pack for pre-16 practitioners Aims to assist practitioners to design, plan and introduce a peer mentoring programme. It provides training resources and a CD-rom.
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- Peer Mentoring: A guide for parents Aimed at parents whose child may be involved in a school-based peer mentoring programme giving a brief explanation of what is involved
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- Peer Mentoring: A guide for young people Explains the concept of peer mentoring to young people and includes information on the benefits for both mentee and mentor
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- Personal safety resources: Personal safety guidelines for mentoring and befriending programmes working with children and young people: This guide is part of a set of guidance resources (which also include a leaflet for volunteers and a poster) compiled in association with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and a range of mentoring and befriending service providers (FREE to download or £5 for a set of 10)
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- Personal safety resources: Poster This poster is part of a set of guidance resources compiled in association with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and a range of mentoring and befriending service providers (FREE to download or £5 for a set of 10)
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- Power to the people through personalisation This article outlines the main principles of personalisation and highlights the emerging issues and implications faced by voluntary sector organisations
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- Promising returns – a commissioners guide to investing in mentoring and befriending programmes Aimed at commissioners wanting to invest in high-quality mentoring and befriending provision. It gives an overview of the range, diversity and positive impact of mentoring and befriending activity (updated January 2012)
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Price: free - Promising returns – a funders guide to investing in mentoring and befriending programmes A guide aimed at funders wanting to invest in high-quality mentoring and befriending provision (updated January 2012)
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- Raising the funding possibilities The public spending squeeze has made achieving sustainable funding for your mentoring or befriending project a must. Third sector experts tell how best to approach this
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- Ramping up respect The Respect Athlete Mentoring Programme (RAMP) assigns athlete mentors to deprived young people at risk of committing anti-social behaviour. This article finds out from mentors and their beneficiaries what RAMP has done for them
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- Recruitment of volunteer mentors and befrienders Guidance on the key elements to consider when developing a recruitment process for your project’s volunteer mentors and befrienders
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- Research summaries A set of 10 research summaries which list key findings and links to research studies that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with a range of service users
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Price: free - Research summary 10: Reducing offending Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending in reducing offending
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Price: free - Research summary 1: Young people in care and leaving care Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with young people in or leaving care
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Price: free - Research summary 2: Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants
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Price: free - Research summary 3: Older people A list of key findings from research studies and evaluations that show the positive impact of mentoring and befriending with older people
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Price: free - Research summary 4: Disabled people Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with disabled people
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Price: free - Research summary 5: Substance misuse / homelessness Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with people who have issues with substance misuse or are homeless
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Price: free - Research summary 6: Carers Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with carers
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Price: free - Research summary 7: Youth violence (guns, knives and gangs) Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with young people who are violent and involved with guns, knives or in gangs
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Price: free - Research summary 8: Intergenerational activity Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending within intergenerational activities
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Price: free - Research summary 9: Mental health
Lists key findings with links to research studies and evaluations that demonstrate the impact of mentoring and befriending with people with mental health problems
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Price: free - Resilience: ordinary magic? This article explains how resilience theory could boost the way your mentoring and befriending project shows its impact
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- Setting up and managing a successful mentoring or befriending programme - Hard copy version Our most popular toolkit, designed to help you set up, develop and implement a mentoring or befriending programme, from initial planning, formation and programme delivery though to final evaluation and assessment of success.
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- Setting up and managing a successful mentoring or befriending programme - Interactive PDF version Our most popular toolkit, designed to help you set up, develop and implement a mentoring or befriending programme, from initial planning, formation and programme delivery though to final evaluation and assessment of success
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- Someone to turn to A selection of short films showing the impact of peer mentoring featuring case studies from educational and voluntary and community settings
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- Spending cuts: advice and ideas As budget cuts begin to take effect, we are very aware that many projects in the mentoring and befriending sector may be facing greater demand for their service while experiencing pressure on funding sources
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- Tele-befriending's prudent ring of truth Telebefriending is confidential, easy to manage, informal and cost effective. This article talks to five leading telebefriending practitioners to hear their client groups' preferences and how their projects operate
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- The Big Interview: Asad Ahmad, BBC presenter and Mosaic mentor An interview with BBC presenter Asad Ahmad who is a role model for Mosaic, a mentoring project aimed at young Muslims and helping them achieve their potential
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- The Big Interview: Baroness Julia Neuberger Baroness Julia Neuberger was appointedin 2007 as the Government's Volunteering Champion. In this article, she talks about the importance of befriending to older people and how we all have a role to play to ensure that volunteering remains at the heart of our society
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- Training and Resources Catalogue 2012/2013 MBF's New Training and Resources catalogues 2012/2013 "New training; new toolkits; new MBF network membership; new consultancy and development services"
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Price: £free - Training volunteer mentors or befrienders - Hard copy Planning and delivering your mentor or befriender volunteer training? Then this training toolkit, packed with over 20 hours of interactive learning activities
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- Training volunteer mentors or befrienders - Interactive PDF version Planning and delivering your mentor or befriender volunteer training? Then this training toolkit, packed with over 20 hours of interactive learning activities
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- Transforming lives: examining the positive impact of mentoring and befriending (2009) Focuses on the positive impact that mentoring and befriending can have on people who are facing challenges in their lives
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Price: free - Treating volunteers mean don't keep 'em keen This article reveals how a range of mentoring and befriending project leaders successfully motivated their volunteer mentors and befrienders during the long wait for their CRB checks to come through
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- Want to volunteer as a mentor or befriender? Outlines in general what the volunteer role entails, the key benefits it brings and how to go about finding a volunteering opportunity
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Price: free - What is mentoring and befriending? An introduction to mentoring and befriending activity including its benefits, different models of service delivery, the role of volunteer mentors and befrienders and some facts and figures
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Price: free - Wolverhampton sounds out first deaf-to-deaf mentoring pilot This article talks to those involved in the first deaf-to-deaf peer mentoring pilot in higher education
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