Our Current Award Holders
Developed by Befriending Networks in consultation with member organisations and experts in the field of befriending, the award launched in 2010 and was revised and updated in 2021. There are more than 50 organisations currently holding a Quality in Befriending Award in the UK and Ireland!
Interested in applying?

Being quality assured means that our service is fully aligned with Quality in Befriending guidelines and allows us to provide a best practice service to our clients and volunteers. It has also been hugely beneficial for funding opportunities. The Quality Award demonstrates that we are robust, effective, and aligned with a best-practice delivery framework.
– London Irish Centre

It’s always useful to review your service, update and tighten processes where needed, and have the benefit of expertise and advice from a different perspective. As a bonus, it’s great to be able to use the Quality Award logo, which is a quick and straight-forward way to demonstrate you meet a required level of practice.
– Integr8 Befriending Service
Explore the Quality Award Holders Directory
Aberlour – Scotland’s Children’s Charity

Action in Mind (AiM)

Age UK (national)

Age UK Merton

Befriend a Child

Befriend Motherwell

Befrienders Highland

Befrienders: Argyll and Bute

Befriending Caithness

Bfriend (registered South Ayrshire Befriending Project)
Bfriend


Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations
Community Companions

CACE


Changes
Befriending East Lothian – Well Connected

Community Together CIC

Dumfries & Galloway Befriending Project

Epilepsy Connections

Fairway Fife

Home Link Family Support

Kent Coast Volunteering
Good Neighbours Service

Kincardine & Deeside Befriending

Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project
KASP Befriending

Kingston Carers Network

Le Cheile Mentoring

LEAP Project

Linking Lives Eastbourne


London Irish Centre


MOSS – Move On Support Service

Omega, Ending Isolation/Ending Loneliness
Chatterbox, Letterbox

Seascape Reconnect with Hope


Sky
Time to Care
Private

South Derbyshire CVS
SDCVS Connect Befriending Service

Space @the Broomhouse Hub
Space for Youth Befriending

St Barnabas Hospice
Community Companions

STAR Project

SWAN Women’s Centre
Befriending Service

The Welcoming Association

Time to Talk Befriending

Together Co
Together Co Befriending


Trust Befriending & Supportive Communities Befriending

Voluntary Action Shetland – Shetland Befriending Scheme

Volunteer Centre Greenwich
Supported Volunteering Project and Emotional and Well Being Project

West Lothian Youth Action Project
INtegr8 Befriending Service

West Norfolk Befriending
