But with so many schemes to choose from, what really works? Anne Gulland investigates.
When Rachel Bacon and her colleagues decided to launch a mentoring programme for young carers aged five to 18, little did they know how long it would take to set up. Action for Young Carers, a project within the Nottingham-based Carers' Federation, received funding in August 2006 but it was almost 12 months before the first mentoring relationships began.
Before the scheme even got funding, Bacon, a volunteer co-ordinator at the charity, and other staff members went on training days run by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. The foundation runs the approved-provider standard, a national benchmark supported by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families, for organisations that provide volunteer mentoring.
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