Vital Skills:Supporting and Supervising Your Team
Tuesday 17th February 2026
13:00 - 15:30
£160.00
Builds your knowledge and confidence to effectively support volunteers, staff, and service users, while strengthening your organisation's practice.
Policies and Procedures for Befrienders
Wednesday 18th February 2026
13:15 - 15:00
£53.00
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.
Vital Skills: Risk Management
Starts Monday 23rd February 2026
Multi-Day Event
£160.00
Examine the purpose, structure and best approach of a risk management policy and procedure, protecting stakeholders and the reputation of your project.
Vital Skills: Train the Trainer
Starts Wednesday 25th February 2026
Multi-Day Event
£375.00
Develop your knowledge, skills and confidence for designing, delivering and evaluating the training you provide.
Introduction to Safeguarding
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
13:00 - 14:30
£53.00
Introducing for safeguarding provides participants with a chance for peer discussion, and access to the delegate pack of resources, policies and procedures.
Making the Most of Membership (March)
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
14:00 - 15:00
Free
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!
Vital Skills: Managing Waiting Lists and Organisational Capacity
Tuesday 10th March 2026
09:30 - 13:30
£160.00
Is a waiting list system good for your project? Do you have the capacity to manage it? Join this session to discuss streamlined approaches to befriending operations.
Volunteer Retention
Thursday 12th March 2026
11:00 - 13:00
£71.00
Join this session to learn and discuss the seven key principles of retention.
Vital Skills: Matching and Endings
Wednesday 8th April 2026
09:30 - 14:00
£160.00
This course reviews matching techniques, match aims and outcomes, and reviews endings of a match.
