Friendship Works Archives

Rebecca’s story: my experience mentoring a young person

Growing up and leaving care can be difficult without many of the family and friend networks many of us take…

It’s not always easy for families to find the time or the money to ensure their children have a varied…

10-year-old Issac struggled to make friends at school and often felt isolated and alone. He and his mum came to…

Over the past year we noticed the huge impact that the increased cost of living had on many of the…

During this period of physical distancing, staying connected to each other is more important than ever. That’s why our services are…

Amy began volunteering with Family Action in the run up to last Christmas with our mentoring service Friendship Works. At…

Gabrielle is a volunteer mentor with our Friendship Works service. She writes about how her friendship with Crocell, her mentee,…

Crocell, 16, writes about his friendship with his volunteer mentor, Gabrielle. Crocell was referred to our Friendship Works service in…

One year ago, our Friendship Works service ran the first training weekend for Care Leaver Mentors. David, one of the…

After a huge amount of success working with children in care, our Friendship Works service is drawing on 40 years’…

For National Mentoring Day on 27th October, Sarah-Louise, a volunteer mentor with our Friendship Works service, reflected on what mentoring…

News, Volunteering

We are proud of the diversity we have within our organisation and would like to showcase and celebrate this during…

Our London mentoring service, Friendship Works currently has 48 children in Lambeth and other London boroughs who are waiting for…

It’s back to school time again and our London mentoring service, Friendship Works is looking at how this and other…

Our London youth mentoring service, Friendship Works gears up to celebrate International Friendship Day and looks at the importance of…