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Mentoring and Befriending Foundation Events Round Up

Sports Volunteering North West has received a round up of events and courses happening from the MEntoring and Befriending Foundation. Read on to find out more.

Personal Safety for volunteers and clients in association with Suzy Lamplugh Trust
12^th June 2008, NCVO, London
This course helps you to implement practical steps to improve your policies and procedures around personal safety for your volunteers and clients. It includes managing aggressive behaviour, working out and about, home visits and safer travelling.

Befriender volunteer training for programme co-ordinators

24^th June 2008, NCVO, London

Want to develop a training programme for your volunteers? Need to refresh your schedule?

Learn how to develop a comprehensive training programme for your volunteer befrienders. Modules include the purpose and key process of mentoring, skills and attributes needed by volunteers, ground rules and communication skills.

*please note the above courses may not be in your region, however, they are the courses available before the summer break

Setting up a s uccessful m entoring or b efriending p rogramme � Part One*

9^th October 2008, MDDA, Manchester

Interested in setting up a programme? Wondered if you have set your programme up correctly? Then attend this workshop to find out more about the different models of mentoring and befriending and how to apply these when developing your programme.

Impact measurement, monitoring and evaluation for mentoring and befriending programmes

11^th November 2008, MDDA, Manchester

Want to increase your focus on outcomes?

Learn how to practically identify tools and techniques to improve your monitoring and evaluation systems and get an understanding of the basics. This course should lead to more confidence in giving basic advice and support regarding outcomes.

Effective risk management for providers

22^nd November 2008, MDDA, Manchester

Want to minimise the risks within your programme?

Increase your knowledge of the risks of mentoring and befriending and the associated implications for managing these risks. This course includes topics such as legislation and appropriate models for effective risk management.

Befriender volunteer training for programme co-ordinators

9^th December 2008, MDDA, Manchester

Want to develop a training programme for your volunteers? Need to refresh your schedule?

Peer mentoring events in your region:

Pre-16 peer mentor co-ordinator training

19 ^th November 2008, Conference Centre at LACE, Liverpool

This one day training course is aimed at practitioners within the education sector working within Key Stage 3/4 who wish to set up a peer mentoring programme to support students who may be facing barriers to their learning. The course is aimed at introducing practitioners to peer mentoring and the programme co-ordination.

Post-16 peer mentor co-ordinator training

20 ^th November 2008, Conference Centre at LACE, Liverpool

This one day training course is aimed at practitioners working within Further and Higher Education, as well as those providing support services for young people within the voluntary and community sectors. The course is aimed at introducing you to peer mentor programme co-ordination and provide you with core resources for training and supporting your peer mentors.

Peer mentoring networking event

19 ^th November 2008, Conference Centre at LACE, Liverpool

Regional networking event for Co-ordinators and peer mentors

If you would like alternative course dates and locations for the National Training Programme please access them at National training programme

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