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Design, planning and funding

See our range of resources relating to the key areas of design, planning and funding below.

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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
    Resource type: leaflet
    Price: free

  • 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
    Resource type: toolkit
    Price: £25

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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.
    Resource type: toolkit
    Price: £45

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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
    Resource type: information sheet
    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.
    Resource type: toolkit
    Price: £25

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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
    Resource type: toolkit
    Price: £50

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  • Funding opportunities for mentoring and befriending projects

    Helpful starting point if you are looking for funding for your project
    Resource type: information sheet
    Price: free

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  • 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
    Resource type: information sheet
    Price: free

  • 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)
    Resource type: guide
    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)
    Resource type: guide
    Price: free

  • 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
    Resource type: information sheet
    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
    Resource type: article
    Price: free

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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
    Resource type: article
    Price: free

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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
    Resource type: article
    Price: free

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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
    Resource type: article
    Price: free

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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?
    Resource type: article
    Price: free

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