Befriending Resources

The Befriending Networks site has a lot of excellent content for experienced and new befrienders alike.
The following resources are some of the most popular:
- Telephone Befriending Guidance
- Volunteer Now: Good Practice in Setting Up a Befriending Service
- Being a Befriender: The Good Practice Guide
- A Decision Making Toolkit: The Impact of Easing Restrictions on Befriending
- Time Well Spent: A National Survey on the Volunteering Experience (Summary)
- Hints and Tips for Positive Conversations
- TTTB Telephone Befriending and Dementia Tips
- COVID-19 Guidance for Befrienders
- An exploration of the value and mechanisms of befriending for older adults in England ( 2011 )
- Time to Shine: Telephone Befriending – information and resources