Peer Mentoring

We are funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to support the development of peer mentoring for young people aged 11-25. 

We work with practitioners and co-ordinators of projects to aid the implementation and delivery of effective and sustainable peer mentoring programmes. Through this contract, we support practitioners in a pre-16 setting (11-16 years, usually in a school environment) and a post-16 setting (16-25 years, both in and out of education).

Support available

• Advice and Guidance
• Resources
• Training
• Networking Opportunities
• Sharing Good Practice

During 2006-2008 the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation managed a national peer mentoring pilot, the purpose of which was to evaluate the effectiveness of different peer mentoring models in schools and to assess the impact that they were having on the students involved.

180 schools took part in the pilot which focussed their peer mentoring activity in four key areas: attainment, bullying, behaviour and transition. 

The independent evaluation, carried out by the University of Canterbury, is now available. Please click here.

In April 2008, MBF was successful in attaining funding from the DCSF Anti Bullying Team to manage a two year pilot to explore how peer mentoring can help tackle bullying in schools.

The Anti Bullying Pilot are engaging with over 150 education providers including primary, secondary and special schools across England. The aim of the pilot is to look at how peer mentoring can be used to support anti bullying policies in Schools.  To find out more, please click here

MBF have linked with the Diana Award.  If you would like to nominate young people involved in your peer mentoring programme, please click here to find out more.