Volunteer Glasgow's Young Persons Befriending Service supports young people aged 8 - 18 and their families, who are often facing difficult circumstances, to gain confidence and self-esteem, build their skills, engage in community activities, to feel safe and protected, and to access essential services.

I work closely with the Young Person's Befriending Service team and have seen first-hand both the positive impacts of the project and the difficulty that the extremely hardworking and passionate team have experienced due to lack of funding. It is essential that we raise funds to make sure that young people and families across Glasgow can access this vital service.

There's some more information below - if you can spare a fiver please do!

Thank you,

Kathleen

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In August, 18-year-old Ricky’s match of two years came to its planned conclusion. He said, “I have learned how to interact with people, my confidence has grown – I know this because I never used to talk to people. Having John as my befriender helped me to talk to my family more.”

Carole has been volunteering as a Befriender for the last 15 years. “It has to be one of the greatest things I’ve ever done in my spare time. It’s great fun. But it’s built on trust, mutual respect and the excellent foundations of training, support and supervision provided by the small staff team. And it’s made a massive difference to the children and young people I’ve been matched with.”

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Your Kiltwalk fundraising will ensure Volunteer Glasgow can continue to provide these services for young people in communities across the city:

£10 will fund one befriending visit/outing.

£500 will provide a child and their befriender/mentor with a year’s activity costs and ensures the befriender/mentor is never out-of-pocket because of their volunteering.

£3,500 will provide sufficient funding for a year to support one child.

Thank you!