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Welcome to Befriending Network Scotland's Media Centre. Befriending offers a supportive, trusting relationship through volunteer befrienders to people throughout all sections of the community who are socially isolated or facing difficulties in their lives. Befriending Network Scotland operates a large, national network of projects active or interested in befriending.
If you have a story to tell or are a media professional wanting to find out more about befriending, please contact info@befriending.co.uk.
Vital Skills in Befriending To Launch in London
16 Jul
New Dementia Training Package Sets New Direction for Befriending
09 Jun
BNS Seeks New CEO
04 Mar After 12 years at the helm, Mike Nicholson is leaving to pursue a career in writing and freelance consultancy.
BNS Needs Members Feedback Now
01 Sep
Scotland's Befriending Sector to Measure Wellbeing
07 Apr
Scottish Parliament Appeal to Children/YP Befriending Projects
16 Dec The Scottish Parliament has just set up a new inquiry into children/yp's mental health and where and how needs are/aren't being met. This is an exciting opportunity for befriending's role to feed into government-level policy. BNS encourages all projects to get in touch - see contact details below.
BNS Hosts 11 National Befriending Training & Networking Events in December 2008
19 Nov Befriending Network Scotland is holding 11 training and networking events in December 2008. Training modules include client assessment, risk assessment, managing waiting lists & endings and project development. Our networking meetings will be discussing the role of a befriender and lone working & risk and are being held in different locations around Scotland as well as in Newcastle. For more information, visit our training page: http://www.befriending.co.uk/trainingandevents.php
Scottish Government Grant for New Dementia Toolkit
23 Sep The Scottish Government has just given over £14,000 to Befriending Network Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland to develop a volunteers dementia training programme.
Befriending Facts and Figures 2008
21 Apr Some interesting facts and figures about the befriending sector in Scotland from the number of volunteer hours worked through to existing gaps in provision.
Petition to end postcode lottery for adults with learning disabilities
20 Mar Projects supporting adults with learning disabilities have recently submitted a petition to the Scottish Government in order to end the postcode lottery that currently exists in the provision of befriending services across Scotland.
Scotland's Befriending sector reveals widespread ADHD misdiagnosis
27 Nov Misdiagnosis of ADHD may go some way to explaining why volunteer befrienders have largely positive experiences of working with children expected to have disruptive behaviour.
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“The Big Lottery Fund has supported the Befriending Network Scotland and befriending projects from our Investing in Communities funding. Our support for this part of the voluntary sector reflects our belief that the sector is uniquely placed to help build strong and inclusive communities. Befriending projects and their volunteers have a key role to play in helping us achieve our commitment to bring real improvements to communities by encouraging connections between people and by relieving social isolation.”
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