The following examples describe some of the key benefits of commissioning Befriending Network Scotland's consultancy services:
| date | organisation & work undertaken |
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| Oct-Dec 2002 | Crisis, London
- Survey of homelessness organisations' interest in befriending
- Survey of homelessness befriending projects' procedures, resources and practice
- Survey of vulnerable adult befriending projects' procedures, resources and practice
- Strategic place of befriending within Crisis
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| May 2003 | Epilepsy Connections, Glasgow
- Year 1 Review
- Audit of Project Procedures
- Documentation and suggestions for development
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| Aug 2003 | Volunteer Centre East Dunbartonshire Befriending Project
- Year 1 Review of Telephone
- Email befriending service
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| Aug 2003 | Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Project
- Project Audit
- Crossover of Staff roles
- Suitability of Project Procedures / Salary Recommendations
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| Sep 2003 | COVEY Clydesdale
- Writing of Manual for Transition Befriending, a new form of 3 way befriending developed by the project
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| Oct 2003 | Community Support Team, Gorbals
- Staff training and manual-writing on good practice development of new project
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| Nov 2003 | Shetland Befriending Scheme
- 3 year evaluation
- Interviews with befrienders, parents and referral agencies
- Postal survey for young people
- Audit of project's current status and suggestions on future developments.
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| Feb 2004 | Interest Link Borders
- Evaluation of project supporting people with learning disabilities
- Interviews with volunteers, carers/parents and referral agencies.
- Focus group with service users
- Strategic analysis to assist project in future planning
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| May 2004 | SoLVE Befriending Project, Hamilton
- Evaluation of project supporting formerly homeless people in new tenancies
- Face to face and telephone interviews with volunteers, service users and current and potential referral agencies
- Strategic analysis to assist project in planning its expansion
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| Jun 2004 | Sound Sense, Tayside Association for the Deaf, Dundee
- Evaluation of befriending project supporting people with hearing impairments
- Interviews undertaken with volunteers, service users and referral agencies
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| Nov 2004 | Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, Manchester
- Assessment of Approved Provider Standards and their applicability for befriending projects
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| Jan 2005 | Grampian Buddy Group, Aberdeen
- Review of volunteer support service for people who are HIV+ with recommendations for future structuring and management of the project
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| Jan 2005 | Age Concern Newcastle
- 1 day training on 'Boundaries' for staff from Age Concern projects in the north east of England
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| Feb 2005 | Volunteer Centre East Dunbartonshire Befriending Service
- Evaluation of generic befriending project for isolated adults at end of 3 year lottery funding period. 30 interviews with volunteers, service users and referral agencies.
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| Mar 2005 | Healthy Valleys
- Lanarkshire 1 day working with project to explore progress to date, problems in setting up and solutions for the future
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| Feb-Apr 2005 | Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, Manchester
- Support of 8 English befriending projects through the application process of the Approved Provider Standards and reporting on their experience
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| May 2005 | Sunshine Project, Help the Aged, Clacton
- Provision of 2 days training for volunteers to be placed in care homes (training provided to assist project where there was a staff shortage because of maternity leave)
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| Jun 2005 | Interest Link Borders
- 2 days staff training on Interviewing Skills, Motivation of Volunteers, Supervision and Providing 1:1 Training
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| Sep 2005 | Home Link, Edinburgh
- Analysis of project strengths within wide social care context
- Recommendations on related funding approaches
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| Nov 2005 | LEAD Scotland
- 2 days of staff training on issues in supporting volunteers who work with home based people with physical disabilities (Ongoing, every 2 months)
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| 2005/6 | City and Hackney Mind, London
- External supervision for Befriending Project Co-ordinator
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| Jan 2006 | Midlothian Befriending Scheme
- Feasibility study looking at potential of developing of a generic adult befriending service to support children and young people
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| Mar 2006 | Cardiff Health Board
- 3 days training for befriending project staff from varied projects around Cardiff
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| May 2006 | Midlothian Volunteer Centre
- Feasibility study looking at potential/need for an environmental volunteering project for people with mental health problems
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| May 2006 | Camphill Community
- Conference presentation and workshop on befriending for people with learning disabilities
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| Jun 2006 | Bield Housing Association
- 1 day training for staff involved in supporting volunteer befrienders at Bield care homes
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| Jan-Feb 2007 | Interest Link Borders
- 3 year evaluation of project supporting people with learning disabilities. Interviews with volunteers, carers/parents and referral agencies.
- Focus group with service users.
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| Apr 2007 | Butterfly Trust
- Session for volunteer befrienders who support young people with cystic fibrosis as part of a day event
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| May 2007 | Shetland Befriending Scheme
- Evaluation of pilot project with 16-25 year olds
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| May 2007 | Befriend ER (East Renfrewshire)
- Evaluation of befriending project for older people
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| Jul 2007 | Clydesdale Befriending for People with Learning Disabilities
- Evaluation of befriending project for people with learning disabilities and assessment of procedures and practice
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| Jul 2007 | COVEY, Blantyre
- Evaluation of befriending project for young people referred through the Youth Justice Team
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| Dec-Feb 2007/8 | Bridging the Gap, Dundee
- Evaluation of befriending project for voice hearers and assessment of procedures and practice
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| Jan-Mar 2008 | Liver Transplant Unit, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
- Feasibility study into the development of a Scotland-wide telephone befriending project for people on the liver transplant waiting list
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| Jan 2008 | Cardiff Health Board
- Training on Challenging Behaviour
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| Mar 2008 | Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, London
- Training on Recovery and Resilience in Mental Health
- Planned for Apr onwards
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| 2008 | Eden MIND
- Penrith Evaluation of new mental health befriending project
- Planned for Apr onwards
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| 2008 | LINK, East Fife
- Feasibility study into an existing adult mental health befriending service developing support for older people in Glenrothes
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