Befriending Resources
Download best practice guides and publications and participate in Scotland's largest Befriending Discussion Forum.

Publications Store

Browse, download or buy the latest befriending publications and resources, including our free 125-page, Evaluation Resource Pack for Befriending and Mentoring Projects, an excellent guide to evaluation.

Useful Links

Find helpful starting points for your research under a wide selection of headings from children and young people through to governance, funders and publishers.

Quotes on Befriending

Policy documents lie at the heart of government strategy and funders priorities. In order to tie befriending into these, the following can be used to show how relevant it is to the work being carried out by key decision-makers.

Befriending Resources A-Z

The Befriending Resources A-Z contains over 350 befriending-specific articles, policies and guides filed under a set of core subject headings, for Network Members only.

Members’ Discussion Forum

If you are a member of BNS, why not join our discussion forum? Each month, a topic will be posted up onto the site. Anyone can respond and anyone can nominate future topics for discussion.

Legislation

A general guide to key legislation affecting the befriending sector in Scotland.