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Mentor and befriender volunteer training for programme coordinators

16/02/2010 09:30
16/02/2010 16:00

Learn how to train your volunteers and develop your own mentoring and befriending knowledge
Venue: Best Western Monkbar Hotel, Monk Bar, York, YO31 7JA

Aims

  • To introduce you to the MBF resource that covers the basics of volunteer training 
  • To explore training frameworks to suit your own programme and the needs of your volunteers

Audience

  • Project co-ordinators or trainers for mentoring or befriending programmes of any size with little or no prior experience of delivering training for volunteer mentors or befrienders

Learning outcomes

  • Increased understanding of the importance of learning styles when delivering training
  • Increased knowledge of the key elements of mentor and befriender training
  • Increased understanding on how to practise and appraise a range of activities appropriate for your training
  • Increased clarification of different levels and methods of training evaluation

Trainer biography
MBFs own regional co-ordinators deliver this course.  All are experienced trainers and have extensive background in mentoring and befriending provision.
To find out more about this course or to book a place, please contact Stewart Graham on 0161 787 8600 or use our online booking system.