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02 July 2008
MBF awarded funding for new national peer mentoring anti-bullying pilot
Models of peer mentoring will be developed in 150 primary, secondary and special schools as part of the Government's Anti-Bullying Strategy
MBF has recently been successful in attaining funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to manage a new two year peer mentoring anti-bullying pilot.
The purpose of the anti bullying pilot is to develop several models of peer mentoring as part of the Government’s Anti-Bullying Strategy. MBF will develop a structured peer mentoring programme in 150 schools as part of a wider school anti-bullying strategy and will look at how peer mentoring can fit into wider strategies such as Healthy Schools and SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) programmes. The programme will recruit approximately 3,000 peer mentors per year and work with primary, secondary and special schools across England.
Participating schools will be supported throughout the project by Regional Support Agencies Agencies will have considerable experience and expertise in peer mentoring with a particular emphasis on impact measurement and the capture of evidence. Expressions of interest and applications from organisations wanting to apply to become a Regional Support Agency are invited until 25 July 2008.
The aims of the pilot will be to:
For more information contact Ben McGrath at ben.mcgrath@mandbf.org.uk
The purpose of the anti bullying pilot is to develop several models of peer mentoring as part of the Government’s Anti-Bullying Strategy. MBF will develop a structured peer mentoring programme in 150 schools as part of a wider school anti-bullying strategy and will look at how peer mentoring can fit into wider strategies such as Healthy Schools and SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) programmes. The programme will recruit approximately 3,000 peer mentors per year and work with primary, secondary and special schools across England.
Participating schools will be supported throughout the project by Regional Support Agencies Agencies will have considerable experience and expertise in peer mentoring with a particular emphasis on impact measurement and the capture of evidence. Expressions of interest and applications from organisations wanting to apply to become a Regional Support Agency are invited until 25 July 2008.
The aims of the pilot will be to:
- Establish high quality and sustainable peer mentoring schemes in 150 schools across primary, secondary and special school sectors based upon MBF’s established model for the development of peer mentoring practice within schools
- Support the introduction of a peer mentoring model(s) into the wider anti-bullying plan of each school
- Publication of a number of delivery models that schools can readily incorporate into their structures that have successfully demonstrated an impact in addressing bullying issues
- Development of an impact measurement framework designed to capture evidence from schools of the outcomes for young people and the impact that peer mentoring is having in terms of reducing incidents of bullying, promoting positive relationships and reducing aggressive behaviour
For more information contact Ben McGrath at ben.mcgrath@mandbf.org.uk
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