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Befriending Learners, by Jane Field. NIACE
good practice guide looking at the concept of befriending
programmes, and the importance they have in tackling social
inclusion, in assisting others with specific difficulties
such as disability or mental ill health, and in supporting
vulnerable people living in the community. £7.95
Contact: NIACE Publication Sales, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester
LE1 7GE. Tel: 0116 204 2804.
Website: www.niace.org.uk/publications/B/Befriending.asp
BTEC certificates in peer mentoring.
UK Youth has developed peer education and mentoring qualifications
for young people, based around four units. The introductory
unit teaches the principles behind peer education, how attitudes
develop and how they can be changed. The three remaining
units are based around how the young person will plan, undertake
and review their peer education or mentoring activities. Each
unit has clearly stated learning objectives, such as learning
to deal with difficult group situations. The peer education
qualification takes nine to 12 months to complete; the mentoring
version takes 12 to 14 months. Both are recognised by UCAS.
Assessment is via a portfolio, which can include evidence
such as live observation, peer assessment or spoken evidence
on tape. More
Contact: UK Youth, Kirby House, 20-24 Kirby Street, London
EC1N 8TS. Tel: 020 7242 4045. Email: info@ukyouth.org.
Website: www.ukyouth.org.
Certificate in Community Volunteering. ASDAN has developed
a qualification at Levels 1 and 2 to recognise the general,
transferable skills and good practice that volunteers need
to work effectively, whatever the context. It is suitable
for both young people (age 14 and over) and adults and can
be run by voluntary, community and health sector organisations;
training providers; adult and community education; colleges,
schools and universities; and partnerships involving combinations
of these. The qualification has also been mapped against the
national adult literacy core curriculum, and ASDAN was
funded by the DfES to develop learning materials for use with
volunteers with literacy needs.
Contact: ASDAN, Wainbrook House, Hudds Vale Road, St George,
Bristol BS5 7HY. Tel: 0117 941 1126. Website: www.asdan.org.uk.
East mentoring Forum, website: www.mentfor.co.uk
E-mentoring website: www.e-mentoring.net.
Flexible Learning. Distance learning package from Volunteer
Reading Help based on the face-to-face training that the charity
has developed for its volunteers over its 30-year history.
It enables individuals to take the initiative and train to
help children who find reading a challenge wherever they live.
The enrolment fee of £150 covers nine modules, module
assessment, a final distance proficiency test and a certificate.
More details are available at www.vrh.org.uk,
e-mail flexible.learning@vrh.org.uk
or telephone on 0870 77 44 300.
Helping in schools. Accredited 45-hour course for volunteer
helpers in primary schools, run by the Workers' Educational
Association. In addition to attending the course students
are required to undertake a placement of 20 hours at a primary
school. The course is free to schools and students.
Contact: Julian Harber, Helping in Schools national coordinator,
WEA Calderdale and Kirklees Office, Free School Lane, Halifax
HX1 2PT. Tel: 01422 253020.
Help Your Child To Succeed Toolkit. This follows on
from the parent book Help You Child To Succeed published in
October 2002. It provides learning professionals with resources
for creating flexible learning partnerships with parents.
For further information contact Jane Phillips, tel: 01785
221783; fax: 01785 228566; postal address: PO Box 635, Stafford
ST16 1BF; email: janep@networkpress.co.uk
Intergenerational school-based projects research. The
Beth Johnson Foundation has conducted research into the experience
of older volunteers in intergenerational school-based projects.
The research focuses on the older person's perspective of
volunteering in projects that bring the old and young together.
It aims to contribute to the debate that acknowledges the
value of volunteering and community involvement, as a means
of creating active communities and addressing social exclusion.
Cost £3 (a summary of the research is also available).
Contact the Beth Johnson Foundation on 01782 844036 or visit
www.bjf.org.uk
Learning Mentors in Schools: Policy
and Practice, authored by Leora Curddas. This publication
highlights 35 studies of best practice and day-to-day experiences
of learning mentors and how they improve children's learning,
participation, personal development and well-being. It also
has practical guidance on how to work with learning mentors
and identify pupils who will most benefit. For more information
visit www.trentham-books.co.uk,
or call 01782 745567
Link Up training materials. The Link
Up project ,which ended in July 2004, produced guidance
and resources to support the delivery of the level 2 certificate
in adult learner support within the 21 Link Up projects in
England. For more on the Link Up project, visit www.linkup-volunteers.org.uk.
Making a Difference: A resource pack for people who want to
become more active citizens. This pack is an outcome of
the Adult and Community Learning Fund and it offers a series
of practical activities designed to stimulate discussion about
active citizenship, to explore some key ideas and to develop
knowledge and skills associated with individual and community
action. The pack is also intended to support a wider interest
in learning, based on extensive experience in the field and
consultation with practitioners from the voluntary, community
and educational sectors. Modules cover issues such as working
out a programme of learning; what we mean by citizenship and
and democracy; effective campaigning and how groups work;
and where to go for further information and contacts. Cost
£60.
Contact: NIACE Publication Sales, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester
LE1 7GE. www.niace.org.uk
National Education Business Partnership Network is the
umbrella organisation and national voice for 126 education
business partnerships. Postal address: 188 Main Street, New
Greenham Park, Thatcham, Berkshire RG19 6HW; Tel: 01635279914;
Website: www.nebpn.org
Pre and Post-16 Peer Mentoring Resource Packs are produced by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. These resource packs provide information and guidance on planning and setting up a peer mentoring scheme. They also include a complete set of training materials to prepare young people aged 11-25 for their role as peer mentor. The pack costs £30 (£20 for members of the MBF). For further details email carla.sleaford@mandbf.org.uk, call 0161 787 8600 or visit www.mandbf.org.uk
Thinking, Reading, Writing: a practical guide to paired
learning with peers, parents and volunteers, Keith Topping,
University of Dundee. This book details specific structured
methods for improving quality and effectiveness in parent,
peer and volunteer tutoring. The methods cover reading, thinking,
writing and spelling. The book is linked with a website containing
over 50 free resource materials. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 082644945X.
Voluntary Matters 3 is a resource for those working with
volunteers in all sectors, covering six key areas: vision,
motivation, diversity, decision-making, conflict management
and risk. It comprises a TV series, shown on the BBC2 Learning
Zone and available to buy on video (£20), a free booklet
(send an SAE with 66p postage) and a complementary website.
Visit www.voluntarymatters3.org.
Contact: The Media Trust, 3-7 Euston Centre, Regent's Place,
London NW1 3JG. Tel: 020 7874 7629.
Volunteering and Volunteers, by Janet Swinney. NIACE
good practice guide that examines what prompts volunteers
to make a contribution to a public and community life using
the experiences of volunteers themselves.
Contact: NIACE Publication Sales, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester
LE1 7GE. Tel: 0116 204 2804. www.niace.org.uk/publications/V/volunteering.asp
Working in partnership to support families (pack)
The DfES (now the DCSF) has funded ContinYou for three years to produce materials to assist those working in family support to work more effectively in partnership. This pack of flexible and user-friendly materials, entitled Working in partnership to support families, is designed to help paid and voluntary workers in their day-to-day roles. The pack includes a folder containing printed copies of the flexible materials and the guidelines for facilitators and managers, and also a CD containing pdfs of both publications. For more information visit http://www.continyou.org.uk/
Resources are available for free download:
http://www.continyou.org.uk/
WorldWide Volunteering for Young People is a registered
charity dedicated to enabling young people to become involved
in full-time or residential volunteering in the UK or abroad.
The WorldWide Volunteering database details volunteer projects
of one week to one year's duration. Information is continuously
updated. More details are available from www.wwv.org.uk
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