Welcome to the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation

The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation aims to ensure that mentoring and befriending are at the centre of current and future national volunteering strategies.

Through the promotion of standards and a range of support structures and services, the Foundation aims to provide a quality experience for the volunteer and a successful outcome for mentees and befriendees.


Have you made contact with your new MP yet?

Front cover of Agenda for Change document

Use our Agenda for Change and other resources to contact your MP to raise awareness of your project and the value of mentoring and befriending in your local area.

Together we can show how mentoring and befriending makes a lasting difference and why sustained investment is crucial to support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in our society.

Go to Agenda for Change, briefing paper and templates for contacting your MP

Case study - SEAL it with your peer mentors - St. Gregory's Catholic High School

Peer mentors and mentees in the playground
“I have definitely seen a real difference over the last year in my son's confidence” - Parent of a year 7 mentee

Hear how the High Five peer mentoring programme is playing a dual role for peer mentors and mentees and how the PASS system is being used to demonstrate positive outcomes.

Read about this peer mentoring programme