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NEW! Funding for mentoring and befriending projects - findings from our 2010 survey
Report of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England. The findings highlight the uncertainty and pressures that many projects are under as they compete for funding during the recession combined with optimism in seeing an increase both in demand for services and in volunteer applications.
Funding for mentoring and befriending projects: the current picture and impact of the recession (2010)
Funding for mentoring and befriending projects: the current picture and impact of the recession (2010)
NEW! Promising returns - two guides to investing in mentoring and befriending provision for commissioners or funders
Download Commissioners guide:
Promising returns – a commissioners guide to investing in mentoring and befriending programmes
Download Funders guide:
Promising returns – a funders guide to investing in mentoring and befriending programmes
Hard copies free to order.
Transforming Lives: Examining the positive impact of mentoring and befriending
This report highlights the positive impact that mentoring and befriending can have on people who are facing challenges in their lives. It also draws on the work of previous research and examines how mentoring and befriending is contributing to government policy and wider social and economic goals. This report examines evidence across a range of mentoring and befriending settings.
Read Transforming Lives
Hard copies free to order
National peer mentoring pilot 2006-2008 dissemination manual
Download National peer mentoring 2006-2008 pilot dissemination manual
Hard copies free to order
Setting up a Successful Mentoring or Befriending Programme – A Resource Pack for Project Co-ordinators
£50 member; £60 non member
Lean on me! Primary school peer support resource pack
£40 member; £50 non member
Free leaflets and packs
Mentoring and Befriending - An introduction
This leaflet introduces the work of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF), looks at what mentoring and befriending is and the benefits and characteristics that make a good mentor or befriender.
MBF Membership application pack
This pack includes an application form, a leaflet about the benefits of membership and an introductory leaflet to MBF and mentoring and befriending.
Approved Provider Standard leaflet
This PDF leaflet provides a brief overview of the new format of APS.
APS Journey
This PDF document provides a detailed step-by-step guide towards accreditation against the Approved Provider Standard (APS) the national quality standard for organisations running mentoring and befriending projects.
Personal Safety Guidelines for mentoring and befriending programmes working with children and young people
A set of free resources produced by MBF and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to help co-ordinators consider personal safety issues to ensure their volunteers and mentees/befriendees are safeguarded. The set includes:
A set of free drugs awareness resources has been produced by MBF and FRANK to provide essential guidance about drugs-related issues and offer advice on the most effective methods of assisting young people. The set includes:
This leaflet introduces the work of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF), looks at what mentoring and befriending is and the benefits and characteristics that make a good mentor or befriender.
MBF Membership application pack
This pack includes an application form, a leaflet about the benefits of membership and an introductory leaflet to MBF and mentoring and befriending.
Approved Provider Standard leaflet
This PDF leaflet provides a brief overview of the new format of APS.
APS Journey
This PDF document provides a detailed step-by-step guide towards accreditation against the Approved Provider Standard (APS) the national quality standard for organisations running mentoring and befriending projects.
Personal Safety Guidelines for mentoring and befriending programmes working with children and young people
A set of free resources produced by MBF and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to help co-ordinators consider personal safety issues to ensure their volunteers and mentees/befriendees are safeguarded. The set includes:
- Guide for co-ordinators based on 10 key personal safety guidelines
- Leaflet for volunteers outlining 10 key personal safety guidelines
- Poster displaying the 10 key personal safety guidelines
A set of free drugs awareness resources has been produced by MBF and FRANK to provide essential guidance about drugs-related issues and offer advice on the most effective methods of assisting young people. The set includes:
- Guide for co-ordinators (Drugs and young people)
- Guide for volunteers (Mentoring, befriending and drugs)
- Leaflet for volunteers (Safety first)
Guides
Covers legal issues, volunteer status, insurance, implementing effective risk management plus good practice models, checklists and examples from a range of approaches. It has been compiled with the input of providers of mentoring and befriending services.
Mentoring: A Guide to Effective Evaluation
This guide provides support for individuals and organisations wishing to improve mentoring practice and to gain better outcomes for mentees and mentors. It offers advice that can be applied in a variety of mentoring contexts.
£3 member; £6 non member
Peer Mentoring: A Guide for Schools
This booklet outlines the steps to be taken prior to the introduction of a successful peer mentoring scheme in a school.
Peer Mentoring: A Guide for Young People
This leaflet explains the concept of peer mentoring to young people with information on the benefits for both mentee and mentor. It can be used to promote the programme to school students.
“…I know someone who can…”
A guide to on-line resources for peer mentors aged 11-25
Peer Mentoring: A Guide for Parents
A booklet giving a brief explanation of schools-based peer mentoring programmes, aimed at parents whose child may be involved in such a scheme.
(This resource is only available online)
ASDAN/MBF Peer Mentoring Short Course Award Booklet
The ASDAN / MBF Peer Mentoring Award accredits up to 60 hours of activities carried out by peer mentors and co-ordinators in many different settings and contexts.
Find out more about the Award
ASDAN/MBF Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator Award (Pre -16) Booklet
This Award records how you have been involved and recognises the skills and qualities you have developed as a co-ordinator in a range of pre-16 learning environments. Booklet price: £5
Find out more about the Award
ASDAN/MBF Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator Award (Post-16) Booklet
This Award records how you have been involved and recognises the skills and qualities you have developed as a co-ordinator in a range of post-16 learning environments including FE colleges, universities, the voluntary and community sector, working with young people in transition and working with young people in vulnerable situations. Booklet price: £5
Find out more about the Award
Guides for offender-involving organisations (Clinks, MBF)
A series of guides to support organisations that involve offenders as volunteers or provide mentoring and befriending services to offenders and ex-offenders. Created by Clinks, MBF co-wrote two of the guides. Titles are: Setting up a project, Quality Standards, Managing Volunteers and Demonstrating Effectiveness. Free to download
DVDs
Friends in Deed
An inspiring documentary that follows the fortunes of five very different mentoring and befriending relationships, each of which have changed lives for the better. The DVD contains a 4 minute, 8 minute and 45 minute version.
Free
Watch a 3 minute extract on our website here
Talking quality standards
Find out what funders and projects have to say about the benefits of achieving APS in this short promotional film.
Watch the 6 minute film here
An inspiring documentary that follows the fortunes of five very different mentoring and befriending relationships, each of which have changed lives for the better. The DVD contains a 4 minute, 8 minute and 45 minute version.
Free
Watch a 3 minute extract on our website here
Talking quality standards
Find out what funders and projects have to say about the benefits of achieving APS in this short promotional film.
Watch the 6 minute film here
Resource packs
Setting up a Successful Mentoring or Befriending Programme – A Resource Pack for Project Co-ordinators
A guide to help set up, manage and operate your mentoring or befriending programme in accordance with safe and effective practice. Includes practical advice and templates on programme design and planning; management and organisation; operation and practice; monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance. Includes a CD-Rom.
£50 member; £60 non member
Training for Mentoring and Befriending Volunteers– A Resource Pack for Trainers
This resource pack is packed with over 20 hours of interactive learning activities, exercises, skills practice and role play to train your volunteer mentors and befrienders. Aimed at scheme co-ordinators with little or no experience of delivering training and can be tailored for use in a variety of mentoring and befriending settings. Includes a CD-Rom.
£40 member; £50 non member
Peer Mentoring: A Resource Pack for Pre-16 Practitioners
This resource pack aims to assist practitioners to design, plan and introduce a peer mentoring programme for pre-16 students. It provides training resources that can be adapted to include the primary and tertiary sectors and includes a CD-rom.
£40 member; £50 non member
Lean on me! Primary School Peer Support Resource Pack
This resource pack assists schools that wish to set up a peer support programme in a primary setting. It takes co-ordinators through the complete process from initial planning, to training and supervising the peer supporters.
£40 member; £50 non member
A guide to help set up, manage and operate your mentoring or befriending programme in accordance with safe and effective practice. Includes practical advice and templates on programme design and planning; management and organisation; operation and practice; monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance. Includes a CD-Rom.
£50 member; £60 non member
Training for Mentoring and Befriending Volunteers– A Resource Pack for Trainers
This resource pack is packed with over 20 hours of interactive learning activities, exercises, skills practice and role play to train your volunteer mentors and befrienders. Aimed at scheme co-ordinators with little or no experience of delivering training and can be tailored for use in a variety of mentoring and befriending settings. Includes a CD-Rom.
£40 member; £50 non member
Peer Mentoring: A Resource Pack for Pre-16 Practitioners
This resource pack aims to assist practitioners to design, plan and introduce a peer mentoring programme for pre-16 students. It provides training resources that can be adapted to include the primary and tertiary sectors and includes a CD-rom.
£40 member; £50 non member
Lean on me! Primary School Peer Support Resource Pack
This resource pack assists schools that wish to set up a peer support programme in a primary setting. It takes co-ordinators through the complete process from initial planning, to training and supervising the peer supporters.
£40 member; £50 non member
Research
Community Cohesion Report - Mentoring and Befriending: A case study approach to illustrate its relevance to cohesion and cross cultural issues
MBF Strategic Development Group, April 2008
Explores how mentoring and befriending relationships can play a major part in bringing about social cohesion and reducing tension among communities. Many examples of research and case studies are included to support this view.
(This resource is only available online)
Mentoring for Looked After Children Dissemination Manual
Outlines the learning from the Department for Education funded national mentoring pilot for Looked After Children (LAC) which the national charity Rainer, MBF and the Prince's Trust, led on.
Details of other pilot resources available to download (Rainer website)
A Synthesis of Published Research on Mentoring and Befriending
Dr Kate Philip and Jenny Spratt, University of Aberdeen, July 2007
Commissioned by MBF, this review brings together evidence about research and practice in youth mentoring and befriending in the UK. It explores findings from academic literature and highlights both positive and negative findings on the value of these interventions.
Order your free copy now
Read the Executive Summary here
Download the full report here
MBF Funding survey reports:
Funding for mentoring and befriending projects: the current picture and impact of the recession (2010)
Findings of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England. The report highlights the uncertainty and pressures that many projects are under as they compete for funding combined with many projects seeing an increase in demand for their services as well as a increase in volunteer applications. (Only available as a PDF file)
Funding for mentoring and befriending: challenges and opportunities (2009)
Report of the findings of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England to give a snapshot of the current funding climate and key challenges and opportunities facing mentoring and befriending projects.
(Only available as a PDF file)
MBF Strategic Development Group, April 2008
Explores how mentoring and befriending relationships can play a major part in bringing about social cohesion and reducing tension among communities. Many examples of research and case studies are included to support this view.
(This resource is only available online)
Mentoring for Looked After Children Dissemination Manual
Outlines the learning from the Department for Education funded national mentoring pilot for Looked After Children (LAC) which the national charity Rainer, MBF and the Prince's Trust, led on.
Details of other pilot resources available to download (Rainer website)
A Synthesis of Published Research on Mentoring and Befriending
Dr Kate Philip and Jenny Spratt, University of Aberdeen, July 2007
Commissioned by MBF, this review brings together evidence about research and practice in youth mentoring and befriending in the UK. It explores findings from academic literature and highlights both positive and negative findings on the value of these interventions.
Order your free copy now
Read the Executive Summary here
Download the full report here
MBF Funding survey reports:
Funding for mentoring and befriending projects: the current picture and impact of the recession (2010)
Findings of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England. The report highlights the uncertainty and pressures that many projects are under as they compete for funding combined with many projects seeing an increase in demand for their services as well as a increase in volunteer applications. (Only available as a PDF file)
Funding for mentoring and befriending: challenges and opportunities (2009)
Report of the findings of a survey undertaken with mentoring and befriending projects across England to give a snapshot of the current funding climate and key challenges and opportunities facing mentoring and befriending projects.
(Only available as a PDF file)
MBF magazine - Rapport
Published three times a year, the MBF magazine offers in-depth articles and features on mentoring and befriending, news and events, publication reviews and case studies.
Free member; £3.50 non member
View back copies and latest issue here
How to order
Order items by:
- Downloading the order form
- Telephoning 0161 787 8600
- Faxing 0161 787 8100
- Emailing info@mandbf.org.uk
