Press releases

If you’d like more information about any of our press releases, please contact our communications officer, Sharon Cranny, on 03300 882877 or by email at sharon.cranny@mandbf.org.

 

• MBF wins NOMS grant funding

  December 20th

  Press release announcing MBF’s success in winning National Offender Management Service (NOMS) grant funding and become apart of a national development which aims to join up and improve the accessibility of information about mentoring services across England and Wales and to encourage a significant increase in the number of volunteers and mentors working within the criminal justice system.

• UK survey shows spending cuts will impact on 72% of mentoring and befriending projects

  May 26th

  The findings of our 2011 funding survey of mentoring and befriending projects includes the impact of spending cuts as well as revealing the resilient response of projects to the challenges they face

• Restructuring exercise update

  April 1st

  Our new structure will focus our resources on engaging with projects, providing training and support services and strengthening our knowledge of mentoring and befriending in key sectors

• Peer mentors want more UK schools to recognise their work and start up their own programmes

  March 28th

  The findings of a new consultation survey published today reveals that peer mentoring in schools is significantly improving children’s attainment, well-being and raising self-esteem

• MBF chief executive’s statement on completing the restructure exercise

  March 17th

  We’ve gone through a restructuring exercise which has reduced our staff numbers from 32 to 14 posts following a period of consultation

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