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Renfrewshire Community Plan 2008 - 2017 Befriending Youth Scheme - information for volunteers
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What is the Befriending Scheme?
- a social work managed scheme
- provides volunteer befrienders for children and young people aged 10-16 years, who are experiencing difficulties in the community as a result of their offending behaviour
- volunteer befrienders are trained and selected to befriend a child/young person.
- befriending is offering support to a young person through a one to one consistent relationship with an adult volunteer
- befrienders will build up relationships with the child/young person by spending time listening and talking to them
- this usually happens through sharing time doing a hobby or pastime they both enjoy
- must be 18 years or over
- be able to commit themselves to a minimum of six months in a befriending relationship
- must participate in the selection process where volunteers will have to undergo an informal interview, police check and training
- volunteers are ordinary people from every walk of life such as students, unemployed people, mothers. No specialist skills are required
- the opportunity to learn new skills through the initial and ongoing training
- ongoing support from the befriending scheme on an individual basis and group basis
- all reasonable expenses paid by the project
- increased self confidence and improved educational job prospects
- social fun and the chance to meet other volunteers
For further information please email: sw.paisley@renfrewshire.gov.uk
or phone: 0141 842 4060
or write to us at:
Befriending Youth Scheme
Abbey House
8 Seedhill Road
Paisley
PA1 1AJ
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