Our Training and Events are designed to supercharge your befriending project! With 30 years of experience in the sector, we’ve developed a programme of training and events that provides your team with the knowledge and skills needed to deliver quality befriending to individuals and communities.
Check out our upcoming Vital Skills, Topical Training and Good Practice sessions for continued development and staff learning. To learn directly from other projects and build connections across the sector, book your place on one of our monthly Networking events, or enhance your knowledge and build your skillset by attending our next Masterclass. You can browse all of our upcoming training opportunities and events below.
Have a team that needs training? Can’t find the training you need at the time you need it? Or would prefer training in person at your organisation? Contact our team to discuss bespoke training packages.
Don’t miss out – some training sessions and events are only open to members of Befriending Networks! Join now to receive discounted booking fees and exclusive access to training and events.
The training toolkit is a resource for staff in befriending, providing you with a variety of 38 resources to help you build befriender training.
Join us online for an interactive discussion and tutorial on how we can best support the mental wellbeing of our service users, befrienders, and staff within our befriending projects.
By attending Policies and Procedures for Befrienders, participants will discuss good practice for communicating your infrastructure with befrienders and motivating them to actively engage and follow your policies and procedures.
This course reviews matching techniques, match aims and outcomes, and reviews endings of a match.
Co-hosted with Age Cymru.
Join us on a journey across the world of befriending with our 2025 roadshow.
Find out more about Befriending Networks and how to access resources to support your project.
New to Befriending Networks and want to learn more about what your membership has to offer? Or are you an existing member looking for a refresher on the benefits of being part of our Network? Either way, this session is for you!
Co-hosted with Befriend a Child, a Quality in Befriending Excellence Award holder.
Join this session to learn and discuss the seven key principles of retention.
How do you meaningfully thank and recognise your volunteers?
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