Service Details
Brief description:
Befriend a Child is an independent Aberdeen-based charity - and Scotland’s oldest befriending service for disadvantaged and vulnerable children - focused on providing support to young people across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. The children that Befriend a Child supports are all aged 4-16 and often come from troubled family backgrounds of parental drug and alcohol abuse, neglect and inconsistent parenting.
Organisation name:
Befriend a Child
Type of break:
Befriending
Ages catered for:
Children, Young People
How do people access your service:
Please see attached referral leaflet. All referrals must be in typed format and are available by email or calling 01224 210 060.
Full service description:
The charity’s motto is to ‘Turn a Frown Upside Down’ and their core service is a 1:1 befriending scheme whereby the children it supports are provided with a positive adult role model. The Volunteer Befriender who meets with them on a fortnightly basis to engage in a range of fun, everyday activities which most people would take for granted but which family and home circumstances mean are not realistic aspirations for these youngsters. In recent years, Befriend a Child has taken on a number of new projects to expand and complement its core befriending service. These include school holiday Play Schemes, an activity-based programme for children waiting to be befriended called Kids are Go! and the Grandparents as Parents Project, a support group for grandparents acting as the parent for their grandchildren. Activities can include outings to the park, beach, cinema, swimming and eating out.
Price information:
All out of pocket expenses are paid to the volunteer.
Any other information you think people might find helpful:
Our Base Unit is located in Bon Accord Square, just a two minutes walk from Union Street in the heart of Aberdeen. As well as our offices there are three rooms available for use by the children we support and their Befrienders.
Organisation providing this information:
Befriend a Child
Quality Assurance Accreditation:
OSCR, Investing in Volunteers, Quality in Befriending
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