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NEW "...i know someone who can..."
A guide to on-line resources for peer mentors aged 11-25
Includes information and support websites for peer mentors to refer to with their mentees. Covers the following topics:
(Copies are limited to 20 per organisation and we will be asking for feedback about how useful peer mentors found the resource)
Includes information and support websites for peer mentors to refer to with their mentees. Covers the following topics:
- Anti-bullying
- Drugs, alcohol and smoking
- Sex and relationships
- Physical, mental and emotional health
- Safety, crime and youth offending
- Disabilities
- Young carers and young people in care
- LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)
- Racism, discrimination, equality and diversity
- Volunteering
(Copies are limited to 20 per organisation and we will be asking for feedback about how useful peer mentors found the resource)
Community Cohesion Report - Mentoring and Befriending: A case study approach to illustrate its relevance to cohesion and cross cultural issues
Explores how mentoring and befriending relationships can play a major part in bringing about social cohesion and reducing tension among communities.
It recommends a wider use of mentoring and befriending programmes as a method for achieving integration, helping the older person who feels isolated and those individuals going through a transition in their lives.
Many examples of research and case studies are included to support this view.
Full report: 'Mentoring and Befriending: A case study approach to illustrate its relevance to cohesion and cross cultural issues' (PDF)
It recommends a wider use of mentoring and befriending programmes as a method for achieving integration, helping the older person who feels isolated and those individuals going through a transition in their lives.
Many examples of research and case studies are included to support this view.
Full report: 'Mentoring and Befriending: A case study approach to illustrate its relevance to cohesion and cross cultural issues' (PDF)
NEW Personal Safety Guidelines for mentoring and befriending programmes working with children and young people
A set of FREE Personal Safety Guidance resources has been produced by MBF and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to help mentoring and befriending co-ordinators consider personal safety issues to ensure their volunteers and mentees/befriendees are safeguarded.
A one day interactive training workshop has been developed in conjunction with the Trust to explore the issues in further detail and safeguard your volunteers and clients.
The resources include:
- guide for co-ordinators based on 10 key personal safety guidelines
- credit card sized leaflet outlining 10 key personal safety guidelines for volunteers
- poster displaying the 10 key personal safety guidelines
A one day interactive training workshop has been developed in conjunction with the Trust to explore the issues in further detail and safeguard your volunteers and clients.
The resources include:
- guide for co-ordinators based on 10 key personal safety guidelines
- credit card sized leaflet outlining 10 key personal safety guidelines for volunteers
- poster displaying the 10 key personal safety guidelines
NEW drugs resources for mentoring and befriending programmes
A set of FREE drugs awareness resources has been produced by FRANK and MBF to provide essential guidance about drugs-related issues and offer advice on the most effective methods of assisting young people.
The resources include:
- Mentoring, befriending and drugs - aimed at volunteer mentors and befrienders
- Drugs and young people - aimed at mentoring and befriending co-ordinators
- Safety first - aimed at mentees and befriendees
The resources include:
- Mentoring, befriending and drugs - aimed at volunteer mentors and befrienders
- Drugs and young people - aimed at mentoring and befriending co-ordinators
- Safety first - aimed at mentees and befriendees
Mentoring for Looked After Children Dissemination Manual
Outlines the learning from the DCSF-funded national mentoring pilot for Looked After Children (LAC) which the national young people's charity Rainer in a strategic partnership with the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation and the Prince's Trust, led on.
The pilot ran from March 2007 and targeted children between the ages of 10 and 15 years of age. By January 2008, over 400 mentoring matches had been made through 28 providers.
Download the Mentoring for LAC dissemination manual (PDF, 2.84 MB)
Details of other pilot resources available to download (Rainer website)
The pilot ran from March 2007 and targeted children between the ages of 10 and 15 years of age. By January 2008, over 400 mentoring matches had been made through 28 providers.
Download the Mentoring for LAC dissemination manual (PDF, 2.84 MB)
Details of other pilot resources available to download (Rainer website)
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 - A National Standard for Mentoring and Befriending
This leaflet gives basic information about the Approved Provider Standard (APS), a national benchmark for organisations providing one-to-one volunteer mentoring or befriending. Supported by the Home Office and Department for Education and Skills, it provides programmes with a badge of competence and safe practice.
Approved Provider Standard Application Pack
This pack includes an application form, guidelines on how to complete the form and general information on APS.
Approved Provider Standard Application Pack for Schools and Colleges
This pack includes an application form for schools and colleges, guidelines on how to complete the form and general information on APS.
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 - A National Standard for Mentoring and Befriending
This leaflet gives basic information about the Approved Provider Standard (APS), a national benchmark for organisations providing one-to-one volunteer mentoring or befriending. Supported by the Home Office and Department for Education and Skills, it provides programmes with a badge of competence and safe practice.
Approved Provider Standard Application Pack
This pack includes an application form, guidelines on how to complete the form and general information on APS.
Approved Provider Standard Application Pack for Schools and Colleges
This pack includes an application form for schools and colleges, guidelines on how to complete the form and general information on APS.
Guides
This leaflet outlines the ten steps that any prospective mentoring or befriending programme will need to take to establish itself effectively.
A Guide to Effective Risk Management for Providers of Mentoring and Befriending Services
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.
£6 member; £10 non member
A Guide to Fundraising for Mentoring and Befriending Organisations
This guide aims to provide an introduction to fundraising and highlights potential sources of funding. It is intended as a 'signposting' tool to different types of funding available from different sources in all areas of the country.
£3 member; £6 non member
A Guide to Insurance for Mentoring and Befriending Programmes
This guide offers a useful starting point for practitioners and organisations concerned about adequately protecting both their own mentoring programmes and their volunteers.
£3 member; £6 non member
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
Developing Your APS Evidence Portfolio
This portfolio aims to help you complete your application for the Approved Provider Standard (APS) successfully. It contains samples of the types of evidence to include with your application for the Award. Most of the examples are generic and can be easily adapted for use on your own programme.
£10 member; £20 non member
* Mentoring: A Guide for Schools
This booklet is of particular use to any school thinking about setting up a mentoring programme. It gives advice on selecting pupils, recruiting mentors, evaluating and monitoring the programme. Also contains case studies.
* Mentoring: A Guide for Young People
This leaflet explains to young people how mentor relationships work and gives information on how to find a mentor. Offers guidance on the role of the mentor and suggests things that a young person can discuss with their mentor. their mentor.
* 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.
* Mentoring: Advice for Parents
This leaflet answers key questions that parents may raise about mentoring and provides information on how mentoring can help their child.
E-mentoring: a guide to mentoring via email
This guide introduces e-mentoring for people who are considering introducing new schemes or adapting existing mentoring programmes.
£3 member; £6 non member
Safe and Secure E-mentoring: A guide to developing successful projects
This guide gives detailed information on policies for safe and secure E-mentoring, security considerations and informative reviews of commercially available software. Also includes a guide to email etiquette.
£3 member; £6 non member
Approved Provider Standard Guidance notes for E-mentoring Programmes
This guide aims to help those running E-mentoring projects who wish to apply for the Approved Provider Standard.
£3 member; £6 non member
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
DVDs
Face to Face 1 and 2
A resource tool for mentoring programmes working with schools and in the community
This half hour DVD is in two parts: Part 1 is for organisations working with school-based mentoring programmes. Part 2 is for organisations working with community based mentoring programmes. It can be used as part of a training session, for help with recruiting mentors or as part of mentee preparation.
£10 member; £15 non member
Making Mentoring Work: How to run an effective mentoring programme
A DVD to inform and support new co-ordinators, provide guidance for those setting up a mentoring programme and as a benchmark of best practice for current practitioners. Guidance notes are included.
£10 member; £15 non member
A resource tool for mentoring programmes working with schools and in the community
This half hour DVD is in two parts: Part 1 is for organisations working with school-based mentoring programmes. Part 2 is for organisations working with community based mentoring programmes. It can be used as part of a training session, for help with recruiting mentors or as part of mentee preparation.
£10 member; £15 non member
Making Mentoring Work: How to run an effective mentoring programme
A DVD to inform and support new co-ordinators, provide guidance for those setting up a mentoring programme and as a benchmark of best practice for current practitioners. Guidance notes are included.
£10 member; £15 non member
Training packs
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.
£30 member; £40 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.
£30 member; £40 non member
**Peer Mentoring: A Resource Pack for Post-16 Practitioners
This resource pack aims to assist practitioners to design, plan and introduce a peer mentoring programme for post-16 students. It provides training resources that can be adapted and includes a CD-rom.
£30 member; £40 non member
Research
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. Price: £6 member; £10 non member
Read the Executive Summary here
Download the full report here
MBF magazine - Rapport
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
*Orders over 50 leaflets are subject to a £2.50 postage & packaging chargePublished 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
**Orders are subject to a £2.50 postage & packaging charge
