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• Join us at the launch of justmentoring – in Manchester, York, Birmingham, London and Bristol!

  May 21st

  Get in touch at info@mandbf.org for further detalis

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  May 21st

  Latest APS accredited projects

• Help expand our network membership – FREE prize draw for new members!

  May 15th

  MBF are looking to grow their mentoring and befriending network and are looking for your help

• MBF DEAL OF THE MONTH – UPDATED Monitoring and evaluation in mentoring and befriending and other offers

  May 1st

  Responding to MBF network member feedback, we have put together the following special offers and packages

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  Launch of justmentoring set for 12 June 2013

  April 15th

  To list your service on the justmentoring directory go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/justmentoring

• The results are in – your views do count!

  April 15th

  Read your responses to the MBF’s Assessing value – your views count survey 2012

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  Download our FREE quick guide to safeguarding and risk management

  April 15th

  Download MBF’s FREE quick guide to safeguarding and risk management

• Age UK and MBF partnership – Quality Pilot and Befriending Development Project 2013

  April 15th

  Age UK contracted MBF to manage a quality standard accreditation project with six of its Brand Partner befriending services using its Approved Provider Standard (APS) assessment process

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  April 10th

• MBF launch NEW Safeguarding and risk management toolkit

  March 19th

  Our latest training toolkit has been launched – find out more about how you can develop a safety management framework for your mentoring and befriending programme
  

• New MBF training courses coming soon

  March 18th

  Find out more about the new range of courses for this year and book now to secure your place at 2012/2013 prices

• Justmentoring website – make sure your service is listed pre-launch

  February 25th

  By listing your service you will get a dedicated area on the website to showcase your work and benefits to offenders and ex-offenders

• Massive knowledge boost from participants on MBF’s London monitoring and evaluation programme

  February 19th

  Read more about how participants on MBF’s London Monitoring and Outcomes Programme are increasing their knowledge and skills

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  NEW Peer support and mentoring – a guide for young people

  February 18th

  Find out more about MBF’s new guide for peer supporters or mentors

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers

  February 13th

  Latest APS accredited projects

• Schools peer mentoring programme gets underway with training events for school co-ordinators from 17 West Sussex schools

  January 23rd

  Read about the progress of our West Sussex schools peer mentoring programme

• Mentoring for success project January update

  January 22nd

  Read about some of the outcomes achieved so far through this project’s mentoring support to individuals made redundant from Remploy factories and other Remploy sites

• APS re-accreditation special offer – 20% discount available!

  January 21st

  Find out more information about our new APS re-accreditation special offer – sign up before 28 February 2013 and receive 20% discount* *Terms and conditions apply

• Have you had your say? Complete our online ‘Assessing value – your views count survey 2012′ and be entered into a free prize draw!

  January 20th

  Be entered into a free prize draw  - complete our survey now!

• Ementoring zero pilot takes off

  January 18th

  MBF pilots its new Ementoring zero platform with four very different projects

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  January 14th

  Latest APS accredited projects

• MBF christmas opening times

  December 21st

  We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

• MBF launch a new range of ‘Quick Guides’ – free to download

  December 18th

  Find out more about MBF’s new range of quick guides which are FREE to download

• APS briefing events in Jan/Feb 2013 for projects supporting adult offenders (free accreditation on offer)

  December 17th

  Book your place on one of our free APS briefing events and find out more about the free accreditation offer for mentoring services with offenders

• More than 50 London charities have been trained in essential monitoring and evaluation techniques thanks to MBF over the past month

  December 17th

  As part of a year long programme funded by the City Bridge Trust, up to 60 organisations around Greater London will be trained in monitoring and evaluation processes by MBF

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  December 14th

  Latest APS accredited projects

• Mentoring for Employment Success is now in its 8th month with 45 active volunteers now on board

  December 13th

  Latest on the Mentoring for Employment Success project working across Greater Manchester

• MBF out and about: spreading the mentoring and befriending message

  December 12th

  More about the Inform Inspire Celebrate event in Manchester which showcased projects across the North West

• Mentoring for success project November update

  November 19th

  Find out the latest developments from the Mentoring for success project

• MBF’s free London outcomes monitoring and evaluation programme 2012/13 gets under way!

  November 18th

  FInd out more about MBF’s free London outcomes monitoring and evaluation programme 2012/13 and the first round of training that took place recently

• Latest on the justmentoring website and APS free accreditation offer

  November 18th

  We invite mentoring services supporting adult offenders to promote your service for free through this new national mentoring hub - add your listing information for the directory here

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  November 16th

  The latest projects to have achieved the national quality standard

• MBF and West Sussex Public Health and Wellbeing partnership launch schools peer mentoring programme

  November 13th

  Schools within the Local Neighbourhood Improvement areas in Sussex we invite to express an interest

• Supporting offenders through mentoring and befriending – views and good practice from organisations in the field

  October 25th

  Find out from organisations working in the field about how they are supporting offenders and ex-offenders through mentoring and befriending provision

• Last chance to apply for MBF’s free London outcomes monitoring and evaluation programme 2012/13

  October 22nd

  Spaces are limited so apply now to secure your place

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  October 22nd

  The latest projects to have achieved the national quality standard

• Our People. Our Skills. Our Future. Conference 2012 – save 15% MBF network member offer

  October 17th

  MBF network members receive 15% off the Our People. Our Skills. Our Future. Conference 2012.

  Not a member? Simply sign up for FREE today and register as a MBF network member for this and other member benefits!

• Apply now for MBF’s free London outcomes monitoring and evaluation programme 2012/13

  September 20th

  Are you confused about how to produce evidence for your funders? Not sure about the best way to evaluate your impact on your service users and volunteers? Would you like to learn more about report writing and produce an outcomes report for your project? If the answer is yes to any of the above, why not join MBF’s free monitoring and support programme…

• Undergoing APS: Assessment Plus Stress? or A Pleasant Surprise

  September 20th

  A lighthearted article from Debra Elliott giving some insights into what it’s like to undergo an APS assessment

• List your service in new criminal justice mentoring directory

  September 19th

  New website will help improve access to mentoring support for offenders and ex-offenders

• Mentoring for success project – September update

  September 18th

  Monthly update on MBF’s Mentoring for success project

• MBF communications and website survey 2012 – the results are in!

  September 18th

  Find out more about what you said in our MBF website and communication survey 2012 and who won the FREE National Training Programme Course place

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  September 14th

  The latest projects/organisations to have achieved the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending activity

• NOMS APS free accreditation offer event in Birmingham on 3 Oct – specifically for offender mentoring services

  September 13th

  Book your place online today!

• Fill in our outcome monitoring and evaluation survey 2012 and tell us your support needs

  September 12th

  MBF have been successful in securing funding to support London community projects with their monitoring and evaluation activities

• MBF is seeking examples of your good practice

  August 17th

  Help us to develop our resources and contribute to our online bank of good practice in mentoring and befriending

• Congratulations to latest APS achievers!

  August 14th

  The latest projects/organisations  to have achieved the national quality standard

• Mentoring for success project August update

  August 14th

  Monthly update on MBF’s Mentoring for success project

• Mentoring for Employment Success evaluation uses unique approach to evaluate mentoring programme

  August 13th

  We are currently recruiting community researchers for this project

• NOMS free APS bursary events for projects working with offenders/ex-offenders: next event on 9 Aug in Newcastle

  August 1st

  Book your place online – next events coming up in Newcastle, Peterborough and Birmingham

• Complete our online website and communications survey and be entered into our free prize draw

  July 24th

  Tell us your views on our website and experience of how we communicate with you

• Volunteering and mentoring project update – improving access to mentoring for offenders

  July 19th

  A round up of latest developments on this NOMS-funded project

• MBF visit Lancaster University’s career mentoring programme

  July 18th

  MBF presents to Lancaster University’s Career Mentoring Programme

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  July 17th

  The latest projects to have achieved the national quality standard

• Mentoring for success project update

  July 17th

  Interested in volunteering with this project?

• Volition Leeds event highlights mentoring and befriending for mental health

  July 16th

  MBF runs workshop with Leeds Mind at this event

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  June 20th

  The latest projects/organisations  to have achieved the national quality standard

• Help us develop the new Volunteering and Mentoring Hub – we need your views

  May 22nd

  If you provide a mentoring service to adult offenders or work with offenders on probation then please complete our surveys

• “Working Towards” APS forum launched

  May 21st

  Log on today to the MBF “Working Towards” APS forum post and respond to questions/queries regarding the APS journey

• Mentoring for success project launched

  May 18th

  Mentoring for disabled and disadvantaged people across the UK

• MBF offers monitoring and evaluation support across London

  May 18th

  120 projects to be supported over two years

• NOMS APS bursary events spark interest from over 50 mentoring providers

  May 18th

  Don’t miss out on our free bursary offer to get quality assured – check your project’s eligibility and look out for future events coming up over the next few months!

• Congratulations to the latest APS achievers!

  May 10th

  The latest projects to have achieved the national quality standard

• MBF attend key funding conference

  April 18th

  Overview and key messages from funding conference

• New training toolkits – now available!

  April 12th

  Find out about MBF’s new training toolkits

• NEW MBF Training and Resources Catalogue 2012/2013 now available

  April 11th

  Special discounts and offers now available for 2012-2013

• Volunteers’ Week is just around the corner

  April 5th

  MBF support this year’s Volunteers Week 2012

• NOMS Volunteering and Mentoring Project – free APS accreditation offer

  March 23rd

  Check if your project is eligible to apply and if so, book onto our specialist briefing events to find out more

• NEW MBF consultancy and development services

  March 22nd

  Find out how we can support you to increase the quality and effectiveness of your mentoring and befriending service

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  March 19th

  The latest projects to have achieved the national qality standard

• NOMS mapping questionnaire for mentoring projects working with offenders and ex-offenders; incentives available

  March 19th

  Do you providing volunteering and mentoring services with and by offenders across England and Wales? If yes, get your services included in this national mapping exercise

• Come and meet us at Responsible Business Exhibition 2012!

  March 6th

  Come and meet MBF at this year’s Responsible Business Exhibition 2012 in London

• MBF recent speaker appearances: spreading the mentoring and befriending message

  February 28th

  MBF have attended a couple of events recently to promote the value of mentoring and befriending

• Volunteer Mentors needed!

  February 22nd

  Volunteer Recruitment for the Employment Mentoring Project now underway.

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  February 9th

  The latest projects to have achieved the national quality standard

• Qualification in mentoring for offenders update

  February 7th

  Latest on this new mentoring qualification for offenders

• Shaathi Mentoring Project hold seminar on addressing complex and interlocking needs for vulnerable children and young people

  January 30th

  Book your place on the Addressing Complex and Interlocking Needs for Vulnerable Children and Young People Seminar

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  January 24th

  The latest project to have achieved the national quality standard

• MBF continues to meet the specific needs of projects through bespoke training

  January 20th

  Learn about how our in-house and bespoke training service allows you to experience MBF’s expertise right on your doorstep!

• MBF christmas opening times

  December 23rd

  We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year

• Do you provide support to offenders or ex-offenders? Please help with our short online survey

  December 15th

  Five projects that complete the survey will win a free copy of our Monitoring and evaluation toolkit

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  December 15th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• Exploring the future of voluntary sector mentoring and befriending in Wirral – Conference report

  December 14th

  Find out about mentoring and developments in the Wirral and get involved

• MBF speaker appearances this month: spreading the mentoring and befriending message

  November 23rd

  MBF have been busy attending a number of different conferences across England, Wales and Northern Ireland this month to promote the value of mentoring and befriending

• New Quality Standards directory for commissioners and funders

  November 23rd

  MBF compares The Approved Provider Standards’ equivalence to ISO 9001

• Mentoring project helps anxiety sufferers towards recovery

  November 21st

  Community care article looks at Anxiety UK and its peer mentoring and employment scheme

• From Jan 2012 only MBF network members will receive our e-bulletins

  November 21st

  Register for free today and make sure you don’t miss out

• From inside the training room…

  November 21st

  Paul Wainhouse, MBF training co-ordinator tells us about insight gained during a recent training experience

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  November 17th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• BTEG and MBF consortium statement on the Mayor’s Mentoring Programme for black boys

  November 7th

  Update from BTEG and MBF following BBC London report

• MBF conference delegates tell us their current opportunities and challenges

  October 20th

  Watch what delegates had to say about their current challenges and opportunities

• MBF National Conference Report 2011 now available – find out about current challenges and opportunities

  October 20th

  Read about what was discussed and debated at MBF’s 2011 national conference entitled “Measuring up to the future: opportunities for mentoring and befriending in the new political, social and economic climate”

• EYV2011 – Volunteer Tour Event: Come along and meet, network with and learn from others working with volunteers

  October 18th

  Come and join the London stage of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Tour Event. This free event, organised by the European Commission and Cabinet Office, is aimed at organisations working with volunteers as well as individuals interested in volunteering themselves.

• Are you an MBF network member? Don’t miss out on receiving In touch – only members will receive our e-bulletin from Jan 2012

  October 18th

  Read the benefits of being a network member and how to register

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  October 17th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• MBF speaker appearances this month: spreading the mentoring and befriending message

  October 15th

  MBF have been busy attending a number of different conferences across England, Wales and Northern Ireland this month to promote the value of mentoring and befriending

• Remploy/MBF employment mentoring programme gathers pace

  October 13th

  Training for the first cohort of volunteer and peer mentors is now taking place

• MBF taps into CSV/BBC partnership to promote mentoring and befriending – Find out your local BBC contact

  October 10th

  MBF are working closely with CSV on the European Year for Volunteering 2011, through this partnership we are encouraging all mentoring and befriending projects to highlight the impact of volunteer mentoring and befriending with their local BBC networks.

• Call for new ways of working by MBF CEO in conference speech

  October 6th

  MBF chief executive Steve Matthews delivers keynote speech at our 2011 conference

• CSV and MBF bring together European broadcasters for EYV2011 flagship conference to promote volunteering

  September 28th

  UK volunteering and training charity CSV and MBF gave broadcasters from across Europe the opportunity to share best practice about promoting volunteering on air as part of a flagship event which was hosted in London for the European Year of Volunteering 2011

• APS Approved Koestler Trust Mentoring Project showcases artworks created by offenders in pioneering Southbank Centre exhibition

  September 21st

  See the creative talent of offenders, detainees and secure patients involved in mentoring in London at from 22^nd September – 20^th November.

• Conference early bird discount held until 16 September

  September 13th

  Book your place at this exciting event today

• MBF and Remploy consult with disabled people on mentoring and employment – 78% would find access to a mentor useful for employment searching

  September 12th

  The findings will help us to develop and deliver our pilot mentoring project

• 1,000 people have joined the MBF network so far – if you’re not one of them, why not register today

  September 12th

  It’s free to join and gives you access to lots of member-only benefits

• Survey findings of mentoring and befriending support to older people

  September 9th

  The findings will help us work in partnership to support work with older people into the future

• MBF goes into partnership with Clinks – to undertake events, surveys and discover positive case studies

  September 9th

  This work will give both organisations a more accurate picture of the needs and interests of projects working with offenders on the frontline

• From the Training Room

  September 9th

  What do people say about our training? Find out what mentoring co-ordinator Mary Potter said in an interview with MBF and why she has signed up for more

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS!

  September 8th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• We’re recruiting for a Finance Officer

  August 25th

  We welcome applications from all career backgrounds and not just the voluntary and community sector

• Final programme for MBF national conference published – special offers available

  August 6th

  Lord Freud Minister for Welfare Reform confirmed as a keynote speaker, as well as 45 mentoring and befriending experts

• Thinking about signing up for APS? Save money and do it soon…

  August 4th

  The current pricing is going up in October – so act fast

• New MBF training courses from September

  August 3rd

  We’re launching a new programme of training and toolkits from September

• Our website’s registration problems now fully resolved

  August 3rd

  If you experienced problems previously, you won’t now, so register or complete your registration and access the free benefits MBF network membership brings

• EY2011 flagship conference: Broadcasting and its role in promoting volunteering

  August 2nd

  CSV in partnership with MBF, BBC Radio One and the Humanitas Association are running a high profile conference to showcase the role of broadcasting to increase volunteering

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  August 1st

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• IAG peer mentoring project shows positive results in raising aspirations for young students

  July 26th

  Evaluation report of MBF’s pilot project published

• MBF supports the London Assembly Time for Action panel

  July 21st

  Our chief executive helps the assembly examine the role of mentoring to support children in care

• Remploy and MBF partner up to run a mentoring pilot

  July 15th

  The scheme will explore the benefits of mentoring to support people with disabilities into employment

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  June 30th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• Have you experienced problems registering on our new site?

  June 30th

  A small number of people have – if you’re one of them, please get in touch

• Meet the Robins – the award winning befrienders

  June 22nd

  The Supporting Life’s Journeys befriending project recognition award winners 2010

• Does your project use email befriending – or other online methods – to support your service users? If so, we’d love to hear from you

  June 13th

  We want to find out more about how befriending projects are using internet-based methods for inclusion in our new mentoring and befriending online toolkit

• Volunteers’ Week 2011 has started today

  June 1st

  Find out how you can get involved and celebrate the role of volunteer mentors and befrienders

• Spending cuts likely to impact on 72% of mentoring and befriending projects – findings from our funding survey

  May 26th

  Our annual funding survey highlights the challenges facing projects alongside good practice tips on how they are coping with the changed funding climate

• Working with employers to recruit volunteers? Want to be part of some national research and campaign?

  May 20th

  Get in touch to be involved with this research and help us to find out why employers get involved with mentoring

• Congratulations to the latest projects accredited with APS

  May 20th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• Our impact report 2010 has been published

  May 19th

  It shows how we’ve performed against our targets and records our activities over the last year

• Join our new, free network for anyone interested in the growth of mentoring and befriending

  April 18th

  Share information, network and discuss ideas, innovation and good practice with others interested in mentoring and befriending

• MBF National Conference ‘Measuring up to the future’ – change of date

  April 14th

  Our National Conference 2011 will now be taking place on Thursday 29 September

• Fill in our UK funding survey and be entered into our prize draw

  March 10th

  We ask all mentoring and befriending projects to fill in our annual funding survey

• From behind the training room door…

  February 18th

  ‘Developing resilience in your mentees and befriendees to improve their well-being’

• Congratulations to the projects accredited with APS over the last month

  January 19th

   The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

• Read our response to Supporting a Stronger Civil Society consultation

  January 11th

  We’ve submitted a response to the Office for Civil Society consultation

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  National Peer Mentoring Anti-Bullying Pilot 2008-10 report released

  January 4th

  Dissemination report looks at ways peer mentoring can be used to tackle bullying

• New MBF report: Peer Mentoring in Schools

  December 17th

  A review of the evidence base of the benefits of peer mentoring in schools including findings from the MBF Outcomes Measurement Programme

• Congratulations to the projects accredited with APS over the last month

  December 17th

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard

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  Research shows early intervention by befriending schemes improve the health and well-being of vulnerable groups

  December 7th

  New MBF report published – Befriending works: building resilience in local communities

• MBF response to Question 9 of the Supporting a Stronger Civil Society consultation

  November 29th

  Thanks to everyone who filled in the survey which informed our response

• MBF to launch new peer support service

  November 23rd

  In January 2011 we’ll take over NSPCC’s CHIPs programme

• Read our submission to the Independent Review on Early Intervention

  November 11th

  Thanks to everyone who gave us their views and time

• Congratulations to the projects accredited with APS over the last month

  November 1st

  The latest batch of projects that have achieved the national quality standard